Young creative finalists at Clio

Global - The Clio Awards' "ihaveanidea" competition has announced the 12 finalists under 30 years old who will compete in the 2008 Clio Future Gold Young Creatives Program. 

Finalist copywriters:

David Orlic, Garbergs, Stockholm, Sweden

Edson Shundi Oda, DM9 DDB, São Paulo, Brazil

Colleen Harlan, R/GA, New York, USA

Rajat Dawar, Rediffusion DYR, Mumbai, India

Tim Cairns, DDB Sydney, Australia

Keshavan Radhakrishnan, Team Y&R, Dubai, UAE

Finalist art directors:

Yona Hummels, FVH BBDO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Danilo Boer, AlmapBBDO, São Paulo, Brazil

Amanda Clelland, Droga5, New York, USA

Shakoon Khosla, TBWA\India, New Delhi, India

Eron Broughton, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney, Australia

Annie Klintworth, Lowe Bull, Cape Town, South Africa

The finalists will be paired into six teams and asked to respond to a creative brief from client sponsor Yahoo within 24 hours. All work will be judged by a panel of the 2008 Clio Awards jury members and later presented to Yahoo before an audience of Clio Festival delegates. 

The mission of the competition is to elevate and inspire up-and-coming talent in the advertising industry. The Clio Awards, part of Nielsen Business Media, is owned by the Nielsen Company.