Campaign competition: Hold the front page

Campaign competition: Hold the front page

The winning design from Samantha AbloDubai Lynx, in partnership with Campaign Middle East, launched a competition for standout creative students from the MENA region to create the front cover for this ‘Know Your Platform Guide’ issue.

Students were asked to create a front cover that encapsulates how social media continues to move creativity forward. The brief was to be inspiring and reflective of the MENA region.

The winner of the competition was Samantha Ablo at the SAE Institute, Dubai. She appeared on stage at the Dubai Lynx Awards to collect her award. Second place went to Leina Daher, American University in Dubai (AUD), while third place went to Ghada Almaneae, from Prince Sultan University, KSA.

Second place went to Leina Daher, American University in DubaiThe jury president was Tahaab Rais, Chief Strategy Officer and Film Director at Publicis Groupe. He was joined by judges Choi Co, Creative Director at McCann Dubai; Saymon Medeiros, Creative Director at ? and us; Rana Sadek, Associate Creative Director at Impact BBDO Dubai: Firas Ghannam, Creative Director at VML and Justin Harper, editor of Campaign Middle East.

Rais said: “The entries were exciting. Some had a lot of effort and thinking put behind them. And that’s what we choose