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Graphic communications is the industry that puts words and images on thousands of items you see every day: billboards, web sites, candy wrappers, CDs, T-shirts, textbooks, and your favorite publications. It is an industry with opportunities for all talents – artistic, technical, interpersonal, managerial, and entrepreneurial.
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In an effort to promote the many exciting career opportunities within the graphic communications industry, and showcase the extraordinary talent of our youth, the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF) sponsored a 2009 National Student Design Competition, themed “Careers in Graphic Communications…Imagine the Possibilities!” This competition challenged students to design and produce a marketing product that could be used to encourage young people to investigate the many exciting career opportunities in the graphic communications/printing industry.

The competition was open to all students attending secondary or post-secondary institutions, and studying in a graphic communications/printing, advertising, graphic design or interactive media program. Students entered individually or in teams of up to three members.

First place winners and their instructors received a two-day all-inclusive paid trip to attend PRINT 09 in Chicago, IL.  In addition, they received a $2,000 award presented during PRINT 09 Career Awareness Day, September 16, 2009. The second place winners were awarded $1,500, and the third place winners received $1,000.