From AgencySpy:  Aspiring and mid-level copywriters and designers, take notice. AgencySpy's parent Mediabistro and the Miami Ad School are teaming up to launch an online advertising education initiative this fall. We here at AgencySpy are doing our part to bring in senior creatives from various shops to school up-and-comers as well as those looking to elevate their status in the agency world via this education effort (give us a shout if interested).

Miami Ad School President and Co-Founder Pippa Seichrist was among the advertising professionals at last week’s AdAge Small Agency Conference. The conference--created especially for shops that are independent and have 150 employees or less--featured personalities such as Eric Ryan of Method, Bart Cleveland of McKee Wallwork Cleveland, Claudia Batten of Victors & Spoils, Sharon Napier of Partners & Napier, Marc Brownstein of the Brownstein Group, Seraj Bharwani of Visible Measures, Kenny Tomlin of Rockfish Interactive, and Brian Martin of SourceMartin.

Are you an account planner with less than three years of experience in the field? The Pick of the Litter Competition was created to honor the cutting edge work of fledgling planners like you. Sponsored by Miami Ad School’s Boot Camp for Account Planners, the Pick of the Litter is announcing it’s call for entries for the contest’s eleventh year.

The YoungGun Awards turn ten this year, and as part of their celebration they’ll be crowning a  Student YoungGun of the Decade. As Miami Ad School grads have won Student YoungGun of the Year six out of those ten years--2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009--that means we have six nominees for the title!.

Recent Miami Ad School graduates Jackie Dodd and Chase Domergue are holed up in MRM’s “The Apartment,” a bold staffing experiment designed to attract top talent to the agency.