Wieden + Kennedy is the company credited for the legendary tag line for NikeJust Do It.” They have produced advertising campaigns for Nike athletes such as Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Kobe Bryant. In fact they produced the Mars Blackmon campaign with Jordan and Spike Lee, and the “I am not a role model” campaign for Barkley.

WK12 is Wieden + Kennedy’s ongoing experiment. It’s a school, a mini ad agency, and an idea factory…

At the moment, WK12 is recruiting for their upcoming class. The deadline to apply is January 30th, 2009.

They are looking for 12 highly-skilled people to shock them with creativity.

“Housed in Wieden+Kennedy’s Portland headquarters, they do real work with real clients. They also have time to do art projects, make films, and go on adventures. Students at WK12 learn to solve problems.” For more info visit: wk12.com.


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4 Comments

  1. um are you supposed to send then pics of sneakers you designed? and how old do you have to be to enter?

  2. Your best bet is to either create something and snap a photo of it or paint a picture of something creative. You have to impress them somehow. It's an ad agency so you might to be intelligent and creative.

  3. yea you come up with a great idea, send it in, then dont respond and steal your idea. make sure if its good you have copyrights on it.