Nominations open for new-look pan-Channel Island marketing awards

Wednesday 28 January 2015

Submissions for the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s (CIM) ‘2015 Channel Islands Marketing Awards’ are now being accepted, courtesy of the launch of a brand new online Awards entry portal this week.

Entries for the Awards have opened with a brand new online entry portal, enabling submissions to be made swiftly and conveniently. The format for submitting entries has also been simplified to make it easier than ever to enter. Entrants will be asked to submit statistical information to reinforce their achievements and why their campaign was so successful. There is no cost to entering and the closing date for submissions is 20 February 2015.

You can make your submissions here: www.entercimawards.com.

The Awards event, which will take place on 20 March 2015 in Jersey, will include ten award categories including "Best Brand Campaign", "Best Use of PR", "Marketing Team of the Year", "Student Marketer of the Year", and the much sought after "Overall Marketing Excellence Award". 

At the same time, the CIM has also announced a high calibre line-up for its panel of judges, which includes Bronagh Hunt, Global Marketing Manager for Sailor Jerry; Sarah Pinch, President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR); and Suzanne Cole, Director of Best of Wales and a Senior Lecturer in Marketing.

Earlier this month, the CIM announced that this year for the first time it would be welcoming entries from all Channel Islands-based marketers and organisations, with a view to celebrating excellence in marketing across all Channel Islands industries at both an organisational and individual level.

Steve Cartwright, Chairman of the Channel Islands CIM Branch, said: “Our approach this year has been to make the Awards as accessible as possible for marketing professionals in Guernsey and Jersey, which is why we’ve rolled out a new, much more streamlined online entry submission facility through our website. We hope this new, easy to use entry process will encourage marketers, business developers and communications specialists across the marketing community to show the high quality of their work and get the acknowledgement they deserve as we recognise marketing excellence, creativity and innovation across the Islands.

“I am also delighted that, in the inaugural year of our new-look Channel Islands Marketing Awards, we have been able to assemble a panel of judges of such a high calibre and with such a broad range of marketing and communications experience between them. Of course, we are very grateful to our sponsors and partners, without whose support the Awards simply wouldn’t be possible. These include The Beach Communication, Delta Production Services, PBS Media, Jersey Evening Post and Guernsey Press, CIPR Channel Islands, Gallery Magazine, and a special thank you for our new entry portal to Switch Digital.”