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15th Young Lions Competitions and Training Programme

24 Mar – 03 Apr 2023 | 5 categories | 24-hour challenge | Hybrid event

Digital | Marketers | Media | PR | Print

Registrations are closed.

General Partners
14
YEARS
877
TEAMS
230
JURY MEMBERS

The young professionals go head-to-head and compete against the clock to be crowned the Young Lions champions.

It takes only 24 hours from a brief to the outcome.
Each team has two members from agencies, client organisations or freelancers.

Already Registered to Competitions and Want to Prepare Better?

Warmup Workshop | Tue 07 Feb 2023 | 19:00 | Prague | WPP campus

The workshop is only for the Young Lions 2023 competitors. Past jury members and winners will share their tips and recommendations on how to succeed and answer all your questions.

Register to Warmup Workshop

Capacity is limited to 60 attendees.

Registration to Warmup Workshop is closed. Capacity is reached.

Key Dates

Young Lions develop ambition and the ability to create excellent communications solutions. We can call them the national championship for brand communication professionals aged 31 or under*.

*competitors need to be born on or after 23 Jun 1992.

Young Lions provide a unique opportunity to develop creative and personal excellence.

COVETED AWARD

Competitions

The only platform where young professionals can find out how good they are compared to their peers.

Coveted award closely watched by the whole industry.

Success accelerates career development.

Develop a healthy ambition.

POWERFUL LEARNING

Training Programme

Powerful learning through experience by working under time pressure.
Provides invaluable group and individual feedback sessions.

Develops competencies in communication, cooperation, problem-solving, decision-making, getting things done, pitching, and presenting.

Enhances ability to create excellent solutions.

WHO CAN

Participate

It is a competition to suit people from every corner of the communication industry, the perfect opportunity to put your talent in the spotlight and get priceless learning.

You can send as many teams as possible (as our capacity allows). Team members can be from the same organisation or combined from different organisations; you can even put together people from agencies and clients.

Brands

Are you from marketing, communication, or PR?
We have a category specifically for clients (people working for brands) – the Marketers category, but you can select any category.

Agencies

It is not only for creatives, as some people think. It is also great for strategists, accounts, digital and PR specialists, etc.
You can select from four categories. You are not eligible for the category Marketers.

Freelancers

Whatever your profession is in the marketing communication industry, you can select one of the four categories.
Like people from agencies, you are not eligible for the category Marketers.

FIVE

Categories

Participants can choose one of five different categories. Each category has its specifics and brings a different challenge. Some categories limit who is eligible for entry. All details can be found on individual categories pages.

Thanks to our Main Partners in the Digital and Media categories, GroupM and Hearts & Science, winners will get an opportunity to represent Czechia in World competitions, and the delegate passes to the Cannes Lions festival.

STRATEGIC THINKING

MEDIA

Develop an innovative communication strategy and demonstrate how you intend to use selected media channels.

Max capacity is 25 teams.
Win a delegate pass to Cannes Lions.
DIGITAL LED CAMPAIGN

DIGITAL

Unleash your digital expertise and create an innovate integrated digital-led campaign.

Max capacity is 25 teams.
Win a delegate pass to Cannes Lions.
CREATIVE PR CAMPAIGN

PR

Create an innovative PR campaign in response to a client's brief.

Max capacity is 25 teams.
KEY VISUAL

PRINT

Showcase your creative skills and use your craft to produce a brilliant print ad.

Max capacity is 25 teams.
PRODUCT OR SERVICE

MARKETERS

Use your brand and create an innovative solution that answers the challenge from the brief.

Max capacity is 25 teams.
WHAT WHEN

Timeline

We brief all categories in one day, on Friday 24 Mar. After the briefing session of your category, you have 24 hours to deliver your entry.

The next week, each category has its own day for presentations, jury session, winners announcement, and feedback sessions.

On Mon 03 Apr, we will all meet at the Awards & Networking Night to get together and celebrate winners.

GENERAL

Partners & Supporters

Our partners support the development of the young generation of brand communication professionals and help them to grow in their ability to bring great creative ideas and innovative communication solutions needed for the commercial success of brands in today's dynamically changing environment.

General Partner

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.  As our CEO Mark Read says: „Creativity has the power to ensure that what comes next is better than what came before.”   In the Czech Republic, WPP unites a diverse group of talent and expertise across creative, technology, media, digital, and research agencies – Ogilvy, VMLY&R, Wunderman Thompson, GroupM, H1.cz, EssenceMediacom, Mindshare, Wavemaker, METS Czech, Ogilvy (Performance Marketing), EM2 Media Agency and Kantar. We share the WPP Campus on Bubenská 1 to collaborate, learn and create great work for clients in our vibrant workspace.  

General Partner

Nova Group is the largest television and media group in Czechia and operates one of the most successful commercial TVs in Europe. Shortly after its launch in 1994, it became the market leader in terms of viewership, advertising revenues, technology use, independent news, locally produced shows and widest choice of content through a range of niche channels that complement the main channel TV Nova. Nova Group offers a wide portfolio of online portals(TN.cz, nova.cz) and its own streaming service Voyo, which is the most popular local SVOD in Czechia with more than half a million subscribers.

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