Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Launching creative Careers

“Hungry Boy” Aaron Bernstein shares his tips + tricks in our first Career Essentials Workshop.

Adobe Creative Resident alumnus Aaron Bernstein aka “Hungry Boy” showed our Top Talent how to organize and share their wildest creative ideas effectively using a creative brief.

The workshop was loaded with helpful tips and tricks on how to approach your creative vision from a logical point of view. Attendees learned the building blocks of how to concept, structure, and present their thinking in ways that lay the foundation of a successful personal project.

Watch the workshop:

 
Aaron Bernstein
IG @hungry.boy

All members of the 2019 Top Talent have been announced!

View them in the Live Gallery or download the official announcement PDF. 

Members of the Top Talent receive a free Creative Cloud subscription, special website features, extra credentials, and unlock a whole calendar year of opportunities to connect with Adobe and launch their creative careers.

Think you're Top Talent material? Submissions to the Adobe Awards will reopen in early 2020. Follow @adobeawards on social to stay up to speed and get all the program updates.

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Artwork by 2019 Top Talent Celia Hsu
United States

There's lots new happening this year to help launch the creative careers of even more young people in every corner of the globe. Here are the highlights:

• You no longer have to be a student to submit your work to the Adobe Awards! This year's competition is open to any young or emerging creator (over 18), regardless of whether or not you’re currently attending school. Those of you enrolled in school are STILL eligible – nothing changes for you! This remains a beginner / emerging program – absolutely no professionals / professional work is permitted. Read the official rules.
  
  
• The competition structure and submission process have been simplified. There are now six broad categories (as opposed to 14 last year). You’ll be asked a few questions to help the judges understand the purpose of your project (whether you created it as a work of fine art, for a real or fictional commercial client, or for a social or environmental cause) as you complete our improved submission process. See the new categories.
  
  
• More of you will earn honors this year than ever before! There will be just one cut in the 2019 competition, down to the top 5-10% of all entrants. These emerging creators will be the members of Adobe's "Top Talent" of 2019. They will ALL receive a free year-long Creative Cloud subscription. They will ALL form an exclusive community, with special access to Adobe, eligible for additional opportunities on a regular basis, for a term of 12 months – all designed to launch their creative careers! Check out the new benefits structure.
  
  
• We’re giving a special cross-category prize this year. Use Adobe XD in your entry (in any category!) and you'll be in the running for extra recognition. The Adobe XD team is awarding a special prize to a future design leader and bringing them to Adobe MAX to experience all things XD! Enter your work now!

Qualify for the cross-category Xd prize

Use Adobe Xd in your entry (in any category!) and you'll be in the running for extra recognition this year. The Adobe Xd team is awarding a special prize to a future design leader and bringing them to Adobe MAX to experience all things Xd! To be considered, just...

1. Add Adobe Xd as a "Tool" on your Behance project
2. Include a link to your Adobe Xd prototype
   
   

Need to familiarize yourself with Xd? It’s super easy to get started; download Adobe Xd here (it’s totally free!).

ENTER NOW

Once you’ve submitted your work, sign back in to adobeawards.com and head to your dashboard to access your first Credly badge for your LinkedIn and other social profiles (entrants earn a new badge in each phase of the competition!). PLUS –

You’ll also find the official image templates waiting in your dashboard for sharing your entry artwork on social media. Instructions on how to customize the template with your art are located in the CELEBRATE modal. Upload your art as the background image, then post your competition status on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook using #AdobeAwards. More templates will load into your dashboard as the competition advances.

Join the celebration with your fellow Adobe Awards entrants, and tell Adobe how we can launch your career in your posts. We’ll be watching – and listening...