The Brilas team achieved the result after presenting their campaign before a panel of judges at the final of the edcom Ad Venture competition in Lisbon on 19 May.
The team, comprising of Rosie Pond, Zennen Thomas, Alice Slade and Emily Westwood, fought off stiff competition to reach the final of the event which attracted 311 participants from 31 universities in 13 countries.
Their 鈥楾ogether Means More鈥� presentation was designed to meet a brief from the European Women鈥檚 Lobby to raise awareness of the progress of women鈥檚 rights and to inspire engagement with women鈥檚 organisations.
Advertising Course Leader Dr Jill Nash went to Lisbon with Brilas 鈥� which means 鈥榯o shine鈥� in Esperanto - and praised the team鈥檚 efforts. She said: 鈥淭hey did so well, they were super confident. We鈥檙e really proud of them because they showed a lot of maturity to handle the pressure.鈥�
Emily Westwood, Media Planner for the team said: 鈥淲e were understandably nervous about meeting and presenting in front of such a diverse international board of people but everyone we met was incredibly kind and welcoming and made a conscious effort to congratulate us on getting so far and to enjoy the experience.鈥�
Brilas Strategy Director Rosie Pond said: 鈥淚t was an honour that we were chosen as top three out of the whole of Europe; we were humbled and loved every second of it. The panel of judges were initially intimidating but after speaking with a few you realise that despite their fancy titles, they're human too and at the end of the day they wanted us to do well."
Creative Director for the team Alice Slade said: 鈥淎ctually arriving in Lisbon made us realise how much of an achievement already it was to be there and that anything else would just be a bonus.鈥�
Brilas Producer Zennen Thomas agreed saying: 鈥淚t was one of the best experiences I've ever had during my time at 蜜桃AV. The whole thing, from networking dinners to presenting in front of so many academics and practitioners; it was such a valuable experience.鈥�
Dr Nash went on to say that: 鈥溍厶褹V鈥檚 degree is a strategic advertising degree programme so it doesn鈥檛 surprise me that that element of their proposal was strong. That鈥檚 what it should be. They did super well.鈥�
She added: 鈥淪econd place is definitely not a losing spot. They did themselves proud and they did 蜜桃AV proud.鈥�
