Young Lions Competitions Live Masterclass 2025
Make the most of your moment when it comes.
The Young Lions Competitions Live Masterclass is designed to help you prepare for your local competitions and set you on your path to the Palais. Get ready for creative success and, for the very best, a trip to Cannes Lions 2025.
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On 20 February, we hosted a virtual Masterclass event consisting of talks and a Q&A covering building confidence, gaining professional resilience and unlocking boundless creativity. During the session, you’ll learn:
- what the Young Lions Competitions are
- how to thrive during your local competition
- how to tackle the ever-changing creative world and navigate your creative career
- next steps for anyone 30 and under interested in the Young Lions Competitions.
The Masterclass is free to all - the recording is now available to watch below.
Young Lions Competitions Live Masterclass
What you'll learn
This session focuses on practical approaches to managing stress, balancing career demands, and creating supportive networks in the workplace.
This session helps young creatives overcome self-doubt, build self-confidence, and understand the value of their ideas. Attendees will learn how to stand out in a competitive industry by establishing a personal brand and bringing authenticity to their work.
This session is about discovering the unknown and boosting your creativity through cross-disciplinary collaborations. It's also about championing the idea that creativity isn’t confined to certain roles or found in certain places. It encourages all participants to embrace their creative potential and experiment with different creative disciplines - art, music, gaming, design etc.
The Speakers
Helen Tiffany
CEO The Coach House
Helen has been a professional coach for over 20 years and has extensive experience working with board-level executives and top teams. With a background in the media and creative industries, she has global experience across a range of sectors and in multi-cultural settings. She is the founder of The Coach House, one of the leading training organisations based in the UK, offering global programmes in leadership and management and coach training. Helen continues to lead programmes and provides executive coaching alongside her role as CEO. She is passionate about the positive effects that coaching can have and this is reflected in her energy, her focused approach and commitment to the industry. Helen is committed to developing confidence in organisations and is a sought-after speaker on this and all things coaching.
David Shing
Digital Prophet Shingy
“Artist, globe trotting speaker and market seeker, Shingy is a storyteller who identifies emerging trends, and inspires clients to think differently.” - Forbes
Tasnim Bhuiyan
Associate Creative Director EMEA Adobe
With two decades of experience in the industry, Tasnim is a senior creative leader, brand strategist and a constant doodler. She is currently the EMEA creative lead for Photoshop.
In her roles at the BBC, Tumblr and Adobe, she has developed creative strategies for a number of brands, including Warner Bros, Disney, Apple, Amazon, Prada and many more.
Chosen as one of Campaign's 30 Female Creative Leaders, Tasnim has been featured in Huffington Post and Wired and has sat on the judging panel for the D&AD. She is passionate about creativity, design, football, novelty earrings and making all aspects of life a little more fabulous.