JA Alumni: Rise up!

September 23, 2021

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Have you ever considered a career in advertising? Join dentsu and JA alumni for dentsu’s Rise Up global virtual digital-marketing challenge. Learn tools and techniques to campaign for sustainable behavior change and build the work skills you need for the future. Find out what it’s like to work in advertising and get insight into career roles. Connect with JA alumni and leadership. Make a difference!

What is the Rise Up Challenge? 
Rise Up is dentsu’s national digital student challenge, part of The Code work-readiness program. The competition encourages young people to create an advertising campaign in response to a client brief and aligned to the UN Global Goals. Since 2017, national challenges have taken place all over the world. This is our first time running a global challenge for JA alumni.

Application deadline: 11:59:59pm ET on October 9, 2021. 

How to apply: Register for this event! We will contact you via email in 3 business days.

Who can take part?

  • Exclusive for JA Alumni and members age 16 and above.

  • JA alumnus can participate individually or form a team of up to 2 alumni.

  • The program is conducted using English language.

  • No experience in the advertising industry necessary, all training will be provided.

Why should you apply? 

  • Learn and hone tangible digital-marketing skills from the best of the world, for free.

  • The winner receives global recognition, prizes, and connections to dentsu.

UPDATE: Each participant of the #RiseUpChallenge will receive exclusive one-on-one mentoring from Twitter.

Learn more and apply at jaww.org/rise-up.