So you’ve heard about the amazing opportunity to win a stylish career with ELLE and BlackBerry ®, yes? In case you’ve missed the buzz, the search is on for SA’s own Sartorialist or Face Hunter. ELLE and BlackBerry ® are looking for a style scout with a perfectly tuned instinct and eye for what’s new and noteworthy.
Want to report from the front row? We thought so. You’ve got till 10 September to enter.
Meanwhile, we asked our judges what they’d be looking for. Read on and make the most of their tips!
- ELLE editor, Jackie Burger: ‘ELLE Style Reporter in association with BlackBerry® is possibly one of the most exciting career opportunities. It will afford a really cool hunter the opportunity to not just find and articulate a style aesthetic in South Africa but to contribute to what fashion is all about in our country.’
- Chief judge and photographer Ed Suter: ‘We’re looking for someone with a clear point of view. There are many blogs around but we’re looking for the blogger who can bring his or her worldview to their blog. We’re looking for someone with his or her own ideas and opinions.’
- ELLE Online editor Jenna McArthur: ‘What excites me about this search is that there is nothing like it nor has there ever been anything like it in South Africa. To have the opportunity to report from the front row and keep one’s finger on the fashion pulse as a career is exciting. It’s an opportunity for a passionate style scout to report on fashion with an opinion and with credibility.’
- Ulanova Visser, marketing director: South & Southern Africa for BlackBerry®: ‘What is most exciting is how unique this competition is in that we are searching for someone that has defined him or herself. I would like to see authentic, original opinions of style and fashion trends in SA.
- Christa Botha, Corporate Communications Manager for Sub-Sahara Africa at BlackBerry-maker, Research In Motion (RIM): ‘The most exciting part of this search is that it will help to identify and nurture new talent in the style reporting space. For the winner, it could be a stepping-stone to an amazing career, thanks to the exposure he or she will receive through ELLE as well as the technology and tools he or she will be given.’
The winner will receive exposure in ELLE magazine as well as on the digital and social media platforms of ELLE and BlackBerry® plus a stipend of R10 000 per month. He or she will also be equipped with a BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet and BlackBerry® Bold™ 9790 smartphone to be able to do the job on the move. With BlackBerry® Bridge™ these devices can communicate and work together to help you work smarter. For instance, it lets you use your BlackBerry® smartphone as a keyboard and mouse for the tablet and if you’re editing a document or browsing a webpage on your BlackBerry® smartphone and want to see it on a larger display, BlackBerry Bridge® lets you switch screens by opening it on your BlackBerry® PlayBook™.
COMPETITION DETAILS
ELLE, in association with BlackBerry®, is looking for a Style Reporter to join their fabulously fashionable team!
Yes, the search is officially on for South Africa’s own Sartorialist or Face Hunter. We are looking for a style scout with that perfectly tuned instinct and unerring eye for what’s new and noteworthy as well as the fashion knowledge and credibility to take his or her place in the front row.
WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?
The ELLE Style Reporter, in association with BlackBerry®, will enter a seven-month contract to report on trends and events. Between December 2012 and June 2013, the winner will receive regular exposure in ELLE as well as on the ELLE and BlackBerry® digital and social media platforms, receive a stipend of R10 000 per month and be equipped with all the resources to carry out the Style Reporter role, including a BlackBerry® BoldTM 9790 smartphone – plus the opportunity to have an international experience and meet a top international fashion blogger.
HOW TO ENTER?
You will have to submit a blog post either on your existing blog or on one that you created for the competition to demonstrate your creative ability and fashion flair. Your post must be inspired by the ELLE edits section on page 17 of our July issue – it’s on shelf today – where leading South African style bloggers unpack trends.
SUBMIT THE COMPLETED ENTRY FORM TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOWING:
- the URL for your blog post that demonstrates your creativity and eye for style. Choose any trend featured in the ELLE Edits section of ELLE July 2012 and interpret it in your own way, illustrating it with pictures you have taken yourself.
- a brief motivation (150 words) telling us why you should be our first ELLE Style Reporter in association with BlackBerry®.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For submissions: entries must be emailed to jennamc@ellemag.co.za with ‘ELLE Style Reporter’ in the subject line
Website: http://www.elle.co.za
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