Clarion Bright Sparks Creative Challenge Terms & Conditions
This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the contractual terms and conditions on which you may enter the Competition (the “Terms”).
Please read these Terms and the associated Privacy Policy carefully before you apply to enter the Competition. Entry to the Competition shall constitute your acceptance of these Terms and your agreement to be bound by them.
INFORMATION ABOUT US
• The promoter is CLARION COMMUNICATIONS P.R. LIMITED (“Clarion”), a company registered in England and Wales (company number 02517824) and whose registered office is at Sea Containers House, 18 Upper Ground, London SE1 9GL.
• The Competition is being managed by THE WEST MIDLANDS CREATIVE ALLIANCE LIMITED (“Creative Alliance”), a company registered in England and Wales (company number 05351588) and whose registered office is at Lg02 Zellig, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B94AT.
HOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION
• To enter this Competition UK individuals need to fill in an entry form here.
Note: Any personal data which we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us in accordance with these Terms and the Privacy Policy set out at the end of these Terms. Please read these carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY
• To enter the competition, applicants must be aged between 18-30 years of age (born between 21.04.1995-21.04.2007) and be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
• Entrants must not already be in full-time employment within a PR agency.
• The Competition commences at 8:00am on 01.04.2025 to 11:59pm on 21.04.2025 (the “Closing Date”).
• All entries received after 11:59pm on 21.04.2025 will be automatically disqualified.
• If shortlisted, entrants must be able to attend Clarion offices in London (Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 9HS) on 30th April 2025. The winner will be contacted within 3 days of the Competition closing.
• By entering into this Competition entrants agree to appear in any publicity materials around the Competition, including but not limited to media interviews, use of comment and imagery in press materials, social media, email marketing and on the relevant websites.
• Each entry must be completed by a maximum of 2 individuals. Entries submitted by groups of larger than 2 will be automatically disqualified.
• No more than one entry may be made per individual.
• Providing incorrect information (such as a false name or address) will mean you are ineligible to enter the Competition.
• Clarion may disregard any entry it believes has been made in breach of these Terms.
THE PRIZE
• £1,000 in cash plus a 2 week paid internship at Clarion.
• The winner/s of the paid internship will need to be available to work at Clarion for 2 consecutive weeks in 2025.
• It will be your responsibility to ensure you can attend the internship for 2 weeks. No accomodation will be provided.
• The winner/s of the internship will be paid London Living Wage on the 25th of the month.
• Should there be 2 winners, the cash prize will be split between the individuals, but both will receive a 2 week internship
• No cash alternative is available to the internship prize and it cannot be transferred, sold or exchanged.
SELECTING THE WINNER
• After the closing date of the Competition, the Competition entries will be selected by a judging panel, including an independent judge.
• Clarion will shortlist up to 10 entries.
• Clarion will attempt to contact each shortlisted entrant within 3 days of the closing date of the Competition by e-mail or phone.
• All shortlisted entrants must be able to attend Clarion HQ (Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 9HS) on 30th April 2025 to pitch to a panel of judges. The winner will be informed as part of the event, on the judging day.
• Shortlisted entries will be judged based on the below criteria:
• How effectively the PR campaign responds to the communications challenge described in the brief
• Creativity of the proposal
• Uniqueness
• Feasibility – how realistic is it that it would deliver earned media/social coverage
• How engaging the proposal is.
• The decision of the judging panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Clarion reserves the right to re-select the shortlisted entrants if the entrant cannot be contacted within 3 days of the Competition closing; or does not meet the Competition requirements.
COMPETITION RULES AND PROCEDURES
• Where appropriate, Competition entries which express an opinion must be written in good faith and must be honestly believed, appropriate, civil, tasteful and accord with generally accepted standards of etiquette. Where appropriate, Competition entries which are a creative work of any kind must be written or created in good faith and must be your own work, appropriate, civil, tasteful and accord with generally accepted standards of etiquette.
• By entering the Competition you warrant that your entry is your own work and that you own the intellectual property rights to it.
• You retain any intellectual property rights in your entry. In consideration of Clarion running the Competition you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty free, perpetual licence to feature your entry in PR and marketing materials for Clarion or Clarion’s clients. Such use is subject to these Terms and the Privacy Policy set out at the end of these Terms.
• Entries must in particular not:
• be illegal or unlawful under any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
• infringe any third party's legal rights (including any copyright, moral right, database right, trade mark right, design right, right in passing off, or other intellectual property right);
• be libellous, maliciously false, harassing or threatening;
• infringe any right of confidence, right of privacy, or right under data protection legislation;
• be fraudulent, have a fraudulent purpose or effect, be in contempt of any court, or in breach of any court order;
• be obscene, offensive, sexually explicit, promote violence or promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
• be untrue, false, inaccurate or misleading; or
• constitute spam.
• Clarion is not required to return entries to entrants in any form.
• Clarion will not accept entries that are:
• automatically generated by computer;
• completed by third parties or in bulk;
• illegible, have been altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with; or
• incomplete.
• No responsibility or liability will be accepted by Clarion or Creative Alliance for entries which are not received, are incomplete or are lost in transmission for any reason. Proof of sending or transmission will not be accepted as proof of entry. Corrupted, damaged, unintelligible, inaudible or incomplete entries will be invalid.
• Please note that Clarion or Creative Alliance may contact you using the contact details you supply to discuss your entry into the Competition.
SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
• By accepting these Terms you acknowledge that:
• the Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other social media site(s) on or via which the Competition has been promoted (the “Social Media Site(s)”);
• the Social Media Site(s)’ operators have no liability to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the Competition for any loss of profits, loss of sales or business, loss of agreements or contracts, loss of anticipated savings, loss of or damage to goodwill, loss of use or corruption of software, data or information or any other direct, indirect or consequential loss; and
• any use of the Social Media Site(s) in relation to the Competition will be subject to the Terms of Service / Use and Privacy Policies shown on those site(s) from time to time.
GENERAL
• Discretion: Where these Terms refer to the exercise of any discretion by Clarion such discretion shall be absolute and no correspondence shall be entered into regarding any associated decisions.
• Events beyond our control: Events may occur that render the Competition itself or the selection of a winner impractical due to reasons beyond Clarion’s control. We may, at our discretion, make such variations or amendments to the Competition as we feel are necessary as a result of such events.
• Cancellation of the Competition: Clarion reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition in whole or in part at any time. We will not have any liability, whether to you or to any third-party, as a result of such a change.
• Entire Agreement: These Terms (together with the documents referred to in them) constitute the entire agreement between you and Clarion in relation to your entry to the Competition, and supersede and extinguish all previous agreements in respect of the Competition.
• Variation: We may update these Terms from time to time without prior notice. Clarion will attempt to notify entrants of variations by placing a suitable notice on the website or social media channel where the Competition has been promoted (or will provide other suitable notice, as appropriate).
• Other promotions: Any other promotions run by Clarion or Creative Alliance will be governed by their own separate terms and conditions.
• General Terms: In addition to these Terms, your use of Clarion or Creative Alliance websites shall also be subject to any Terms of Use or Privacy Policies shown on those websites from time to time.
• Assignment: Clarion may at any time assign, transfer, mortgage, charge or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights and obligations under or arising from these Terms.
• Severability: Each of the paragraphs of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
• 3rd Party Rights: These Terms relate to an agreement between you and Clarion No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of these Terms.
• Applicable Law: These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
• The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with these Terms or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
PRIVACY POLICY
• Clarion is committed to respecting your privacy and complying with its obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018.
• This policy sets out the basis on which your personal data will be used in respect of Competition. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how it will be treated. By entering the Competition you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
• Please note that by entering the Competition you are providing information to Clarion and Creative Alliance.
• In this context, Clarion will be the data controller, and Creative Alliance will be a data processor of any personal data you provide.
• Information provided while using any Social Media Site(s) associated with the Competition may also be separately gathered by those sites and used in accordance with their Terms of Service / Use and Privacy Policies.
Clarion and Creative Alliance will use your information in the following ways:
• The social media handle of each winner will be announced on appropriate social media channels in accordance with the “Privacy and Publicity” section of the Terms.
• Your social media account name, profile picture and the contents of your entry to the Competition: These may appear in media coverage resulting from publicity announcing the results of the Competition, on Clarion and Creative Alliance websites and on social media channels, including:
• Instagram.com/clarioncomms
• Linkedin.com/clarioncomms
• We will use your data to notify you if you are shortlisted for the Competition or if we are otherwise required to contact you in relation to the Competition (this may include contacting you to discuss your entry to the Competition).
• Your proof of your age will be solely used to verify that you are old enough to win the Competition.
By entering the Competition, you have consented to Clarion and Creative Alliance using the personal data you have provided in this way.
Your Rights
• The Data Protection Act 2018 gives you certain rights over any personal data we hold about you. To learn about what your rights are and how to exercise them, please see the Clarion Communications Privacy Policy
• Any changes we may make to this Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on the Clarion website or via appropriate social media channels.
• If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us