On June 8, a hot summer day, college student presenters professionally held the microphone and the audience passionately listened to the presentations with sparkling eyes, seemingly forgetting about the summer heat. Where were they then?

It was the site of a regular meeting of “CJ ONE Young Creators” held in June as an external activity program of CJ ONE for college students.

CJ ONE Young Creators, which was formed for the first time this year, are official supporters of CJ ONE consisting of college students nationwide.

The first group of CJ ONE Young Creators, who proudly made it to the final list through the fierce competition during the recruitment process held last February, was divided into two teams of “CJ ONE App” and “CJ Brand Smart Store” in March. Afterwards, they shared brilliant ideas monthly.

At the last regular meeting after a four-month?long march, the students seemed to show exceptional passion and feelings ahead of the completion ceremony of July.

CJ ONE Young Creators, divided into six groups, proposed ideas for CJ ONE’s new business and curating services under the themes of community, gamification (merging game factors into nongame fields to make them as much fun as games), and chatbot.

Creative and brilliant ideas were proposed including CJ ONE’s customized chatbot service, Twosome Place menu-recommending curation function considering customers’ tendencies, and measures to improve the CJ ONE app using the game format.

The participants carefully listened to the strategies presented by each team as sincerely and professionally like the working-level officers of CJ ONE. They then developed the presented ideas further by pondering on them together.

Oh Su-yeong and Koh Hyeon-gon of CJ ONE Young Creators, who presented a curation service for Twosome Place store kiosks, said that they have grown by completing difficult missions together.

“We went through a difficult process, but it was all the more fun and fulfilling. Thanks to the meticulous mentoring at CJ ONE, we got to learn much about CJ and gain firm insight.” ? Oh Su-yeong, CJ ONE Young Creators

“Completing missions that required a business mind, unlike school, was not easy because we had to actually come up with ideas based on the services and brands that CJ is actually using. I thus thought hard and grew as much.” ? Koh Hyeon-gon , CJ ONE Young Creators

The creators thought hard and persistently debated every day to come up with creative ideas. In addition to their efforts, the help of CJ ONE mentors, who unfailingly provided advice to them, played a major role in achieving such ideas.

“There are moments when falling into mannerism while working. But thanks to the infinite energy of CJ ONE Young Creators, I feel like I regained the energy and passion to work better,” said Kwon Yong of ONE Marketing Team who worked as a mentor. He thus thanked CJ ONE Young Creators in return. “I hope the students will remember for long the experiences they have gained in the supporters’ activities.”

Can you feel the mentor’s affection for CJ ONE Young Creators?

The CJ ONE Creators could personally try services and products unique to CJ and plan business models using the infrastructure and networks of CJ Group’s affiliates, which are its strength. The field activity was, therefore, all the more special.

The CJ ONE Young Creators completed its mission in four months by firmly bonding with team members, passionately engaging in the activities full of energy and passion, and working as professionally as experts.

We hope they would grow into culture-creating leaders wherever they are, based on the experiences and memories built with CJ ONE! Cheers! (End)