A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about Queensland Australia’s campaign for “The Best Job in the World”.

Quick Recap (full post):

“The department of Tourism in Queensland, Australia have created a new position: “The Best Job in the World”. The job’s most important duty is to report to Tourism Queensland (and to the world) to let us know what’s taking place on the islands of the Great Barrier Reef. They’re willing to pay  AUS$150 000 (US$ 100 000) for a 6 month contract to the right person. They launched a website and a global campaign to fill the position.”

To apply for the job, you were asked to submit a 60 sec video describing why you are the best for the position. Submissions are now closed.

A whopping 34,000 applicants were short-listed to 50 and posted on the application site yesterday. Only ten will get the interview, with one spot open for the “Wild Card” to be selected by your votes.

Admittedly, I am biased. The following six videos are for the Canadians who are short-listed. Please cast your vote for one of them, or visit the site to see the others.

I am completely amazed at the production quality of these submissions. No matter what mishaps have happened along the way, I still believe this campaign is an absolute home run.

Marcella (vote for her here)

Mitchell (vote for him here)

Christine (vote for her here)

Linda (vote for her here)

Anny (vote for her here)

Melissa (vote for her here)

Erik (vote for him here)

Good luck!

Tags: best job in the world, contest marketing, global marketing, queensland tourism, radical trust, social media best practices, social media marketing, Youtube

Tweet This!  Print This Post

5 Tweets 2 Other Comments

3 Responses to “Best Job In the World Applicants Short-listed”

1. skanwar Says:
   March 4th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

   6 Canadians shortlisted for ‘The Best Job in the World’. @collindouma is right, the production quality is AMAZING.http://is.gd/lPQ7

   This comment was originally posted on Twitter

2. CollinDouma Says:
   March 5th, 2009 at 10:48 am

   Ok, I admit it. Best job in the world, I voted for Mitchell from Guelph. http://bit.ly/rkxos who did you vote for? #BJITW

   This comment was originally posted on Twitter

3. radical trust: The Best Job in the World may also be the Best Social Media Campaign in the World Says:
   March 7th, 2009 at 1:55 pm

   [...] **UPDATE: Submissions now closed. Check out the Short-list here [...]

Leave a Reply

Name

Mail (will not be published)

Website

Notify me of followup comments via e-mail

Additional comments powered by BackType