Bookmarks 2023: Jury Nominations Now Open
(Cape Town, 24 January 2023): As The Bookmark Awards 2023 enters its 15th year, the highly anticipated awards showcase is calling for nominations to its Jury Panels.
“Selecting the jury is an integral part of each Bookmark Awards season as these jury members play an important role in which work is awarded excellence status,” says Khensani Nobanda, Bookmarks Jury President, Group Executive for Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Nedbank Group and a member of the Nedbank Group executive leadership. “This year, we are placing an emphasis on diversity that represents all South Africans, which will further assist in transforming an industry that is driven by constant change and evolution across all areas.”
The Bookmark Awards sets the benchmark for digital media, marketing and technology, and rewards excellence by recognising the powerful impact digital has within the marketing sector. The successful candidates for the Jury Panels will select the award-winning work that inspires and educates the industry about creative digital executions that build brands, deliver measurable results and is a reflection of audiences and societies.
In striving for diversity that represents all South Africans, the following criteria are central during the Jury selection process and should be a consideration when submitting nominations:
Gender and race, as well as, diversity across companies in relation to size, skillset and expertise
Experts with the most relevant expertise for each chosen panel
No more than 1 person per company for each panel
No more than 1 Bookmarks panel per person
Jurors will need to be available for both rounds of judging: Round 1 from 2-13 June 2023 and Round 2 from 29-30 June 2023
To nominate your industry experts for this year’s Bookmark Awards Jury Chairs and Panels, click here. Nominations close on Tuesday, 21 February at 4 pm.
For more information on the 2023 Bookmark Awards, visit thebookmarks.co.za. Companies interested in sponsoring the 2023 Bookmark Awards categories, can view the sponsor pack here.
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Issued by Chimera Creative on behalf of IAB South Africa and The Bookmark Awards 2023.
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About The Bookmark Awards
The Bookmark Awards is an IAB South Africa initiative that celebrates innovation, creativity and effectiveness within the media and marketing industry. It is the unrivalled benchmark of local advertising excellence. While The Bookmarks have always stood for prestige digital work, it also aims to drive digital change. Winning a Bookmark Award is recognition of work that helps move the industry forward. thebookmarks.co.za
About the IAB SA
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) South Africa, formerly known as the DMMA, is an independent, voluntary, non-profit association focused on growing and sustaining a vibrant and profitable digital industry within South Africa. The IAB South Africa empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy and comprises 150 leading media companies, brands and technology firms working in digital marketing and media. The non-profit, non-government trade group fields critical research on interactive advertising while also educating brands, agencies, publishers and the wider business community on the importance of digital marketing. iabsa.net