If you want a good reson to enter, you only have to read the testimonials below to see why these awards are valued by the digital industry.
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"2010 will be the fourth year I have chaired the DADI awards and it is one of the highlights of my year. I love pulling together a diverse range of judges from clients and agencies across Europe to pass judgement on the work submitted. The standard of entries has been improving year-on-year and selfishly I have invited previous winners of DADI awards to work with me on my www.digitalpodge.co.uk website and they have helped me raise the bar even further."
Phil Jones, Realtime Consultancy and Chairman of the Judging Panel
'It matters, because competing matters. It’s important because we value our reputation. It’s valuable because you need standards by which to measure yourself. And as much as our clients like to hear that we’re winning, our colleagues, our friends, our families and most of all our Mums like to hear it too.'
Don Smith, Creative Director, Realise
“Winning the best public sector website Dadi award 2010 for diploma-support.org stands out as one of our proudest moments of last year. To get that national recognition for one of our web products and the hard work of our development team meant a lot to The Workshop. Our clients LSIS and the Department for Education are excited that the programme has that recognition in the design world. Entering awards like the DADIs matters because what’s at stake is the reassurance that you’ve done a good job from peers and the wider industry, which is priceless.”
Mark Pearce, Director, The Workshop
"2010 was the first time Exstatik entered any awards and we're glad we did! Since we joined the Intermarketing Group of Companies, we've been privileged to work with clients like adidas and Reebok on some great projects. All the dedication and hard work by the team at Exstatik has now been rewarded with a DADI for the work produced for the adidas "Become the 12th Man" website. On the night of the awards, we were up against stiff competition and when Exstatik was named as the winner, well, we were quite literally, ecstatic!"
Simon Jones, Head of Online, Exstatik
"What a fantastic morale boost it was for our studio to get the recognition they greatly deserved. It meant a hell of a lot to us be judged as winners amongst the regions top talents, we're looking forward to entering some of our work this year."
Behrooz Saeed, Director, Allen Design Group
“At Koozai we were delighted to win the DADI Award for Best Use of Organic Search (SEO) with Merlin Cycles, especially within such a strong award category.
We entered the awards as they are widely recognised within the digital industry for rewarding excellence and we were keen to showcase the impact our hard work had on the clients business and their bottom line.
The win has been significant for Koozai and it all helps towards differentiating ourselves as a key market leader in the field of SEO. As a business we’ve developed hugely over the past few years and its accolades such as the DADI Awards that really ensure we stand out from the crowd and gain instant credibility with clients and prospects alike.
Of course, this is one campaign, so we fully intend on entering many other successful projects in future!”
Rob Arkell, Sales & Marketing Manager, Koozai
“We feel proud and honoured to sit alongside the great creatives that have been fortunate enough to win at the Dadi awards. Young had only been in existence for a little over a year when we were lucky enough to win both awards that we were nominated for and walking away with the Grand Prix came as a huge surprise!”
Geth & Pete, Young
“We were delighted by our Dadi last year! Winning meant a great deal to the Steak team. We knew our campaign had worked well for our client, but there’s nothing like having an independent board of judges give your ideas and achievements the thumbs up to make you feel good. We’ll definitely be entering again and have our fingers crossed for success in 2011 as well.”
Jocelyn Bull, Marketing Director, Steak Digital
“Winning the DADI Agency of the Year Award has been tremendously beneficial to our business. It has publically recognised the great work carried out by our people and the results we achieve for our clients.
“It has helped strengthen our position within the market as one of the UK’s leading digital agencies and has on a number of occasions also led to us being invited to pitch for, and win, new business. The DADIs were certainly worth the effort of entering and we will be looking to see if we can retain our title again this year.”
Nigel Hunter, Managing Director, fuse8 and Digital Agency of the Year 2009
‘We were honoured and delighted to be awarded the 2009 Grand Prix Dadi Award – to get the recognition for the quality of work that we produce for first direct. For us, it was the icing on the cake after a bountiful night of awards including Best Podcast, Best Financial Services website and Creative Individual of the Year for our very own Chris Hemingway. 2009 was a fantastic year for us and this is reflected in the new glassware collected on the night. Normally a more modest bunch, we certainly celebrated our wins with some serious partying at the DADIs event – looking forward to the next one already!”
Karen Lewis, Account Director at MadeByPi
"Some of the work we saw was terrible. Most of it was very good. Some of it was absolutely superb. The winning entries, particularly the grand prix and chairman's award, were fantastic examples of the breadth of creativity within the digital space - from a bespoke social network for clients of an online bank to a viral for fast food, the scope of what we can all play with within the digital space was superbly illustrated.”
Adam Sefton, Reading Room and 2009 Judge
"Winning the Chairman’s Award for our series of virals for Rustlers Burgers was a real boost for everyone involved. The client took a risk with a brave idea and it’s gratifying to see this bravery and the agency’s creativity recognised not only by the tens of thousands of downloads but also by such a prestigious panel of judges. I’m happy to report it’s created an even greater appetite for viral content."
Charlotte Thompson, BJL and 2009 Chairman’s Award winner
"Winning the Best Public Sector website in 2009 for The Open University's 'Devolve Me' reflected both DigForFireDMG’s digital expertise and creativity as well as demonstrating the innovative learning approach The Open University offers. The importance of DADI awards to recognise such effective and innovative strategies is hugely beneficial in today's business environment. And what a great accolade too for Darwin in the 150th anniversary year of the publication of 'On The Origin of Species'!
Sue Wood, DigForFireDMG and winner of Best Public Sector Website 2009
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