AAF Toledo

Students

Every generation of advertisers is built by the one that came before it. AAF Toledo proudly supports our student community with the following resources.

AAF Toledo students at a chapter event

From AAF Toledo

AAF Toledo and Greater Toledo Community Foundation
Scholarship

The AAF Toledo Scholarship.

Administered through the Greater Toledo Community Foundation since 2001, we award at least two $1,000 scholarships every year to full-time students pursuing communications, marketing, PR, or a related degree at UT, BGSU, or another accredited college in Ohio or Michigan. Recipients can reapply in later years.

See eligibility and apply →
Student American Advertising Awards
Awards

Student American Advertising Awards.

Our local awards program runs a full student division alongside the professional one — the same categories, from print and digital to film and copywriting, judged separately, with gold winners advancing to district and national competition. It’s real recognition and real portfolio work before you’ve graduated.

Student rules and categories →
Most Promising Multicultural Student
Nomination

Most Promising Multicultural Student.

A free nomination category through our Mosaic Awards, recognizing students already doing meaningful work around diversity and inclusion in advertising. Recent winners have come from the University of Toledo and beyond.

Mosaic Awards →
Watch, listen, browse

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American Advertising Awards Winners gallery
Gallery

American Advertising Awards Winners gallery

The winners page of the American Advertising Awards serves as the official gallery and directory showcasing top creative work recognized by the American Advertising Federation across digital, video, audio, and traditional media categories.

Filterable by Student division.

Browse the winners →
Future Legends of Advertising podcast
Podcast

Future Legends of Advertising podcast

A collaborative series brought to you by iHeartPodcasts, Known Originals, and the American Advertising Federation (AAF). The show pairs iconic advertising legends—including Advertising Hall of Fame and Hall of Achievement inductees—with the industry’s brightest rising stars and modern innovators.

Listen on iHeart →
2021 CareerCon video series
Video series

Our CareerCon video series.

Straight talk from people who actually work in this industry: what hiring managers really want, what no one tells you about interning, and shop talk broken out by discipline — design, writing, marketing, digital media.

Watch on our channel →

From AAF Nationally

Jobs and guides

The Career Center (jobs.aaf.org) — a real job board plus career guides, an interview coach, and an offer analyzer, open to anyone.

jobs.aaf.org →
Scholarships

Two national scholarships worth knowing about: the Sean Finnegan Memorial Scholarship and the Mosaic Scholarship, both $10,000, for college sophomores and juniors in advertising-related fields.

AAF Foundation scholarships →
Student Advertising Career Conference
Annual · November · New York City

The Student Advertising Career Conference — a three-day event each November in New York City, with direct access to industry recruiters.

Conference details →

This is how we show up for students — real recognition, real dollars, and real connections to the industry.

Interested in helping start a college chapter at your school? We’d love to talk.

[email protected]

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