The Young Outdoorian Creative Contest (YOC)

YOC: Celebrating Out-of-Box thinking for Out-of-Home Advertising!

A recent addition to OAC was The Young Outdoorian Creative Contest (YOC), which was introduced last year at OAC 2025.

Open to creative agency team members, below 30 years, YOC has been conceived as an interactive event that will celebrate fresh new creative talent.

Format
Participants below 30 years from creative agencies will be divided into different teams (each team will be paired as Art-Copy, Art-Strategy or Copy-Social) and given a theme and campaign brief by a brand marketer for an actual brand. The briefing will be done online due to the high number of interested participants, especially from outstation.

At the end of the allotted time of 48 hours, the teams will submit their entries on the given link for the jury to judge.

The jury panel will comprise Creative Heads from creative agencies.

Two teams will be selected by the Jury, with one declared as the winner and the other as the runner-up. Winners will be announced and felicitated with a special prize during the OOH Advertising Awards ceremony.

Contest Rules and Regulations:

  • Candidates should be below 30 years as of July, 2026
  • Only open for advertising agencies
  • Teams will be a combination of Art-Copy, Art-Strategy or Copy-Social
  • Campaign concept and Presentation time: 48 hours
  • Terms and conditions apply

More details on YOC 2026 will be announced soon!

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YOC 2025 WINNERS

Winner

Project Name: 10 Minutes Ago

Sankalp Grover

DDB Mudra Group

Astha Vaibhavi

BBDO India

Runner Up

Project Name: #MenVsInstamart

Mohammed Nadir Ahmed

22Feet Tribal Worldwide (DDB Group)

Krishna Ganatra

22Feet Tribal Worldwide (DDB Group)

Contest Brief by

Abhishek Shetty

Marketing Head
Swiggy Instamart

YOC 2025 JURY

Santosh Padhi (PADDY)

Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Into Creative

Kapil Batra

President – Creative
Lowe Lintas

Vikram Gaikwad

Co-Founder & CCO
Underdog

Raj Kamble

Founder & CCO
Famous Innovations

Manish Bhatt

Founder & Director
Scarecrow M&C Saatchi

Pravin Sutar

Creative Head India
Leo Burnett Orchard

Russell Barrett

Chief Creative Experience Officer
TBWA

Nilay Moonje

Executive Creative Director
Sideways Consulting