UK Young Lions Competition 2023

Enter our UK Young Lions Competition and win the chance to represent the UK in the Global Young Lions Competition, part of Cannes Lions.

As UK Representatives for Cannes Lions, we’re looking to find the very best young creative talent to compete on behalf of the UK in the Global Young Lions competition.

The 12 winners of our UK competition will be taken out to Cannes to compete in the Global Young Lions Competition taking place from 19-23 June, and will also receive a full week’s festival pass, travel and accommodation in Cannes.

Read all about the Cannes Lions 2023 Young Lions Competitions here.

HOW TO ENTER

We are running 6 competitions – Design, Digital, Film, Marketers, Media and Print. The competitions are free of charge to enter, teams work on the brief remotely and upload their work to our competition portal.

Please note that the PRCA is running the PR competition, more details on this can be found here.

The full Competition terms and conditions can be seen here

REGISTRATION FOR THE COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED

CATEGORY TEAM CRITERIA

Please note: You must enter as a team of two. Partners do not have to be employed at the same company.

• DESIGN: Open to a team of two design professionals e.g. graphic designers, specialist designers, art directors, photographers
• DIGITAL: Open to a team of two digital professionals e.g. social media managers, creative technologists, UX designers, digital designers/producers
• FILM: Open to a team of two creative professionals e.g. art directors, producers, film makers, creatives
• MARKETERS: Open to a team of two marketing professionals working for a brand i.e. a client company that engages the services of advertising and communications companies (i.e. Unilever, Coca-Cola etc.) Brand managers, category, product managers client service managers, channel marketing managers. Agencies may not compete in the Marketers competition
• MEDIA: Open to a team of two media professionals working for media agencies, specific in-house media departments in agencies, media owners or freelancers
• PRINT: Open to a team of two creative professionals e.g. art directors, copy writers, producers, creatives

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

7 February, 08:30
Competition registration opens

9 March, 17:30
Closing date for registrations

10 March, 17:00
Competition brief will be emailed to all registered teams

13 March, 23:59
Submission deadline for all categories

15 March – 24 March
Online judging

w/c 27 March
Winners will be notified

19 -23 June
Winners will take part in the Global Young Lions competition

ELIGIBILITY

Participants must be 30 years or younger (born on or after 23 June 1992)

Entrants must be a current employee within the advertising/marketing industry, be a UK resident or have a valid UK work permit and be aged between 18 and 30 on 23 June 2023.

The full criteria and terms and conditions can be seen here

CALL FOR JUDGES

If you are interested in judging the UK competitions, please register your interest here.

View the judges from the 2022 competition here

PREVIOUS UK YOUNG LIONS COMPETITION

CONTACTS

Please contact us at events@adassoc.org.uk with any queries.