Education Strategy

MIAMI AD SCHOOL ISTANBUL IS OPEN!

Inaugural class takes one giant leap for advertising in Turkey

The very first quarter of the new Miami Ad School Istanbul has just finished it’s first week. And in that short time the 4 copywriters and 3 art directors that make up the first class have already found themselves the subject of a Sunday spread in Turkey’s biggest newspaper. Zeynep Karahan, the school’s director, said she’s already received dozens of emails from students and instructors expressing their excitement with the new school. And that excitement is justified, since MAS Istanbul is Turkey’s first International Advertising School.

Zeynep is a Miami Ad School graduate, and two of the school’s instructors, Meltem Muzmuz and Kaan Ayce, are also MAS grads.

Right now Zeynep wants to make sure the first quarter goes smoothly, but her future plans include increasing enrollment at the school & getting the students to enter as many awards shows as possible. The schoo

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FOOTPOOL CRAZE SWEEPS MIAMI AD SCHOOL

South Beach school unveils brand new indoor Footpool field to the sound of vuvuzelas

Once again, Miami Ad School has made a bold advance in the science of leisure-time activity. This time, that advance comes in the form of FOOTPOOL, a Soccer/Pool hybrid that was born from a desire to fuse the athletic artistry of soccer with the lowbrow excitement of pool.

It’s played like this: You kick the balls (bigger than pool balls, smaller than soccer balls) with your feet like soccer, but the gameplay is like pool. The field has four corner pockets & two side pockets like a traditional pool table. Now even the most athletically challenged student can feel like a Pele/Minnesota Fats hybrid. A

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H&R Block, TheLadders.com, Cadillac, Travelers – these are just some of the clients that Fallon Worldwide has on its roster and on 2/16/11, Miami Ad School students had the opportunity to see right where the magic happens. From the moment you walk in the lobby and see the “We Are Fallon” sign, you know this isn’t just an individual effort, but rather a team of creative, account, production, and media geniuses working together to turn out the best possible work for their clients. Fallon’s beautiful space on 9th and Marquette was certainly inspiring and we thank Heather Johnston, Talent Resource Specialist, for showing us around! Thank you also to Jaell Ledford and Deborah Zavitka for setting up tours past and present, as well as ACD Heath Pochucha for being a mentor/portfolio reviewer for the students every quarter.

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Please Note: Comments to this blog post will not count as votes. You must use this poll to cast votes for the People’s Choice.

At the each quarter’s end, all Miami Ad School Base School locations choose a Top Dog winner. The Top Dog is judged to have been the most outstanding piece of creative work executed during that quarter. Once again, we need your help. Please help us pick which students will be the Global Top Dogs for the fall quarter of 2010.

There are two parts to the competition. One is The People’s Choice, the winner of which will have earned the greatest percentage of the votes cast in this poll.

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