It’s that time of year again: the annual 4A’s Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies (IAAS) contest is here, meaning up-and-coming creatives will get a chance to put their education to work for some lucky new clients. This year, however, the client will be a startup. And for any Boston-area startup looking for some free and improved publicity, you can enter here. A committee will whittle the entries down to four finalists. The four finalists will then have to create a pitch that tells a unique story about why that startup should be selected. There will be a live event and then an after-party and then booze. And then, voila. Advertising.
The contest, like most similar competitions, gives off some whiffs of free young-people labor, but that might not be all that upsetting or unusual in the startup world. The deadline for initial entries is October 1.