Winners from Eight Countries Announced for ADC Young Guns 23

The global Art Directors Club, part of The One Club for Creativity, announced the diverse group of 28 talented young individuals and four creative teams based in eight countries who are the winners in the prestigious ADC Young Guns 23 competition, celebrating global creative professionals age 30 or younger. ADC Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creative professionals.   This year’s winners are: Nic Antaya, documentary photographer, Detroit Omer Ben-Shachar, writer, director, Los Angeles Emma Branderhorst, director, the…

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The One Show Launches Free “Best Use of TikTok” Award

The One Club for Creativity has expanded its ongoing partnership with TikTok with the launch of the new Best Use of TikTok award as part of The One Show 2026.  As a special award sponsored by TikTok, there is no fee to enter. The new award, established in recognition of the importance of short-form video and rise of creator content, will honor a brand’s exceptional use of TikTok, embracing the network’s native behaviors, creative tools, and storytelling styles to build cultural relevance and measurable impact.   Winning entries will meaningfully lean…

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Elite Media To Host $50,000 Pitch Competition At 2025 “Where Are All The Black People” Conference

The highlight of this year’s Where Are All The Black People (WAATBP) annual diversity conference and career fair will be an exciting “Keep It 100” entrepreneur pitch competition sponsored by Elite Media, where one winner will receive $50,000 in funding. Now in its 15th edition from the nonprofit One Club for Creativity, WAATBP 2025 is a hybrid event on October 16-17, 2025, with the first day taking place online and the second in person at Convene, 177 West 46th St. near New York’s Times Square. WAATBP 2025 keynote address on…

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Top Global Creative Leaders Come Together To Form New Art Directors Club Board

The One Club for Creativity announced 21 preeminent creative professionals from across a range of industries who have been named to serve on the newly established Art Directors Club Board. Founded in 1920, the Art Directors Club is the world’s longest continuously running creative organization to support and celebrate excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of advertising and design.  Home to the celebrated ADC Annual Awards, global Young Guns competition and more, ADC merged with The One Club in 2017 to form The One Club for Creativity, the…

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The One Club Opens Global Nominations For 2026 Creative Hall of Fame

The One Club for Creativity has opened the global call for nominations for the 2026 edition of its prestigious biannual Creative Hall of Fame induction. The Creative Hall of Fame has a rich heritage of honoring the lifetime achievements of creative luminaries in advertising, design, and education, starting with the induction of Leo Burnett in 1961.  In its current incarnation, it encompasses inductees into the Copywriters Club Hall of Fame (1961–1974), the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame (1972–2012), and the Educators Hall of Fame (2012–present), all under the umbrella…

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