Wunderman Thompson has launched the 2022 Helen Lansdowne Resor scholarship in collaboration with the 4A’s Foundation in a bid to amplify the voices of creative women and non-binary individuals.

The scholarship is named after Helen Lansdowne Resor, the agency and the industry’s first female copywriter.

Winners of the scholarship will be awarded $10,000 and will have the opportunity to work in a paid internship with the agency’s creative teams. The intention is to ensure that female and non-binary people are given a platform to learn what it takes to successfully embark on a career at Wunderman Thompson and in the advertising industry.

“As an agency, we want to continue to amplify the voices of creative women and non-binary individuals by giving them support, mentorship, and the opportunity to thrive in a widely male-dominated field,” Wunderman Thompson global chief inclusion, equity and diversity officer, Ezinne Okoro, said.

“Our hope is to uplift this generation and create a more diverse, equitable, and truly inclusive future for our industry.”

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Applications will close on 6 January 2023 and is open to female and non-binary individuals currently studying in a creative field, who are registered as an undergraduate, graduate, and/or portfolio school. Winners will be announced in March 2023.

Wunderman Thompson global chief creative officers, Daniel Bonner and Bas Korsten, added: “Creativity takes courage, just as it took courage for Helen Lansdowne Resor to blaze a trail as one of the industry’s pioneers and first female creatives.

“It’s an honour to continue this tradition and invite female and non-binary students into the Wunderman Thompson family, and give them a space to hone their creative thinking by working alongside the incredible creative talent across our global network.”