Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
A diverse group of 32 talented creatives in 14 countries and regions have been named winners in the prestigious Young Guns 19 competition, celebrating creative professionals age 30 or younger.
A program of The One Club for Creativity, the world's foremost non-profit organization recognizing creative excellence in advertising and design, Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.
This year’s entries were received from 38 countries, and judged by a diverse jury of 88 top creatives, nearly half of whom are past YG winners.
Winners were celebrated at Sony Hall in New York City on Wednesday, November 17th.
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Young Guns 19

HeeJae Kim
Designer
Heejae is a Korean American graphic designer, illustrator, art director and writer. He specializes in brand identity, editorial, print design and occasionally experiments in motion.
He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016. Since then, he's worked at Sagmeister & Walsh in NYC and the Apple Music Team in SF and LA. He has an ongoing freelance practice. He grew up in northern New Jersey and loves working on personal projects on his free time.
Some of his clients include Vans, Crack Magazine, Edwin, the Brooklyn Museum, Zumtobel and more.
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Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Heejae Kim
Client:
Vans
Title:
Vans We Will Be Louder
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_18_10

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Heejae Kim
Client:
Nina Las Vegas
Title:
Nina Las Vegas
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_18_20

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Heejae Kim
Client:
Sagmeister & Walsh
Title:
Zumtobel Annual Report 17/18
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_18_30

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Heejae Kim
Client:
Briggs Original
Title:
Briggs Original
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_18_40

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Heejae Kim
Client:
Sagmeister & Walsh
Title:
Beautification Mural
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_18_50

Award:
2021 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Heejae Kim
Client:
Self
Title:
A Hundred Day Poster Project Vol. One
Category:
YG19
Annual ID:
YG19_18_60