ADVERTISING WEEK AND WATCH THE YARD ANNOUNCE FIRST IN-PERSON YARDCON EVENT
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Advertising Week, the worldwide gathering of marketing, advertising, technology and brand professionals, and Watch the Yard, the leading destination for online Black college culture and Black fraternity and sorority news/culture, today announced YARDCON — a career development event and continuing education platform for the Black college community — will make its in-person debut this November 17-18 at Clark Atlanta University.
- The event will bring together Black students from across the nation to meet, train with and be hired by top companies such as Endeavor, GroupBlack, Hartbeat, and more.
- "We are thrilled to partner with Jonathan and Watch the Yard to build the YARDCON platform.
- Advertising Week is committed to the next generation of leaders and support the talent pipeline of companies within our ecosystem," said Lance Pillersdorf, Co-Founder & CEO Advertising Week.
- Attendees will hear from a lineup of leaders in the entertainment, marketing, advertising, tech and media space.