The advertising industry requires too high a barrier to entry: ad school is expensive.

As a result, the industry is left lacking diversity.

Reddit is free, accessible, and home to some pretty creative minds.

So, we created r/Advertising School: a free, 12-week portfolio school hosted on Reddit’s r/Advertising community.

We recruit industry professionals who create real assignments and give real feedback, all centered around the platform’s “upvote” feature.

The initiative is freeing advertising in more ways than one.

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