Special Honours

1) Best Digital Student

Code: HON01

Best student studying a digital course at an institution, including marketing and related disciplines such as UX.

Think - Top students at AAA or UJ.

Entry Criteria:

  • Quality of work submitted

  • Demonstrate potential

  • Demonstrate innovative, and creative digital thinking

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

No

2) Best Digital Youngster

Code: HON02

Best person under 28 who has made a significant contribution to digital this year through their work - can be agency, publisher or other.

Entry Criteria:

  • Quality of work submitted

  • Demonstrate potential

  • Demonstrate innovative, and creative digital thinking

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

No

3) Brand of the Year

Code: HON03

Company most supportive or innovative in the digital marketing space.

Entry Criteria:

  • Clear evidence of support for innovative, creative digital work

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

Yes

4) Best Marketer

Code: HON04

Individual in a brand who most supports, encourages and succeeds using digital channels.

Entry Criteria:

  • Clear evidence of support for innovative, creative digital work

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

No

5) Best CTO

Code: HON05

Individual in a brand who most supports, encourages and succeeds using digital channels.

Entry Criteria:

  • Clear evidence of support for innovative, creative digital work

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

No

6) Best Contribution to Transformation in the Digital Industry

Code: HON06

Organisation who has made the most convincing contribution to growing diversity in the digital industry in line with overall goals for an integrated South Africa. This could be through any meaningful mechanism ranging from ownership to participation.

Entry Criteria:

  • Clear evidence of support for and success in transforming the digital industry to be more representative of culture, race and gender.

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

No

7) Pixel for Purpose

Code: HON07

Awarded to a piece of work (site, app, publication or any other digital piece) that made a significant positive social impact. The winner will have conclusively proven that the idea worked.

This will award the best of the four quarterly winners preceding the annual event.

Entry Criteria:

  • Campaign strategy

  • Creative excellence

  • Evidence of purposefulness (making the world a better place)

  • Evidence of meaningful change/new features (for previous entrants)

  • Meeting of business goals & results (please provide clear evidence)

  • This category is entered into quarterly. The best of the quarterly winners to be announced at the annual Bookmarks

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

No

8) Best Publisher

Code: HON08

Based on performance in the 2019 Bookmarks and does not require a publisher to enter.

Entry Criteria:

  • Points earned in 2019 bookmarks

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

No

9) Best Online Journalist

Code: HON09

Based on stories entered in the Publisher category and does not require a publisher to enter.

Entry Criteria:

  • Overall excellence in online journalism

  • Excellent use and integration of multimedia components

  • Ability to effectively use online to tell unique and innovative stories

  • Proven contribution to the media industry

  • Innovation in production and storytelling methods

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

N/A

10) Best Digital Agency

Code: HON10

Based on performance in the 2019 Bookmarks and does not require an agency to enter.

Entry Criteria:

  • Points earned in 2019 bookmarks

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

N/A

11) Best Individual Contribution to Digital

Code: HON10

Person who has made the greatest contribution to the digital industry in SA, agency, publisher or other (IAB Chairperson and CEO not eligible).

Entry Criteria:

  • Evidence of innovation and championing digital (marketing, publishing, brand or other) and furthered the success of the digital industry in South Africa.

ENTER OVER MULTIPLE YEARS?

N/A