Deadline for entries looms near for 2019 New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards

The New Gen Awards, now in their seventh successive year, calls on all South African agencies, corporate marketing teams, creatives, influencers, bloggers and vloggers, PR firms, web developers, tech developers and strategic comms students to enter.

There is still time, with three weeks left for companies and individuals to submit their winning entries for the New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards. Do not miss this opportunity while others scoop an award!

Entries close: Thursday, 18 July.

Enter here https://www.newgenawards.co.za/awards

The New Gen Awards would like to welcome the following sponsors on board for 2019:

Futuretech Media – Gold Sponsor, sponsoring the following categories:

Most Innovative Gamification Campaign, Best Online PR Campaign, Best Revenue-Generating Marketing Campaign/Event, New Generation Medium to Large Agency of the year Award, New Generation Small Agency of the year Award and Best Agency Community Engagement Manager Award.

Old Mutual South Africa – Bronze Sponsor, sponsoring the following categories:

The New Generation Outstanding Students Award and The New Generation Online Strategy of the Year Award.

JUSTPALM.com – Bronze Sponsor, sponsoring the following categories:

The Best Integrated Marketing Campaign by a Corporate and The New Generation Digital Brand of the Year Award.

Arc Interactive – Category Sponsor, sponsoring the following categories:

The New Generation Social Wiz Award and The New Generation Top Graphic Designer Award.

YOUKNOW+Brandwatch – Category Sponsor, co-sponsoring the following categories:

The Best use of Social Media to Research & Evaluate, Most Innovative Social Media Campaign by a Medium to Large Agency and The New Generation Overall Social & Digital Corporate of the Year Award.

LS24Colab - Media, Digital, Events & Talent Integration Partners

Inside Man Media – Social and Digital Engagement Partners

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for this year’s awards, please contact az.oc.olleval@ahsatan.

New Judges join the 2019 panel:

The New Gen Awards would like to welcome the following judges on-board:

Luke Goller – Arc Interactive (Managing Partner)
Lindy Rudman – Digital Media Vodacom (Portfolio Manager)
Kevin Power – Conversation Lab (Group Managing Director)

To view the full list of 2019 judges please visit https://www.newgenawards.co.za/judges-and-sponsors.

Previous winners 2018:

To view last year’s winners - https://www.newgenawards.co.za/winners2018.

About the Awards:

Founded in 2012, the New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards is the largest celebrated digital media awards in the country. Not only do we honour the South African creative agency teams for their innovative use of social and digital media, and cutting-edge use of online media and tools, we also acknowledge corporate companies and their in-house marketing teams from across our region for their work on campaigns that help promote their organisations and brands in ground-breaking ways.

Corporate companies and brands who do not use a media agency and who wish to enter these awards can do so directly. There's 43 categories to choose from!!

The New Generation Awards offers an array of exciting categories best suited in recognising today’s leading marketers. Now in our seventh successive year, we will continue to recognise new generations of award-winning talent for years to come.

The awards celebrate ingenuity, with a specific focus on results and insight-based success, which makes the awards unique “The awards continually evolve to include new trends in social and digital media, new industry technology and platforms, as well as international trends making their way into South Africa,” says Stephen Paxton, managing director of the New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards.

– A fairer adjudication process sees each entry marked by at least four judges, measuring them against criteria such as innovation, creativity, strategy, content, results, reach and sales. Judges do not adjudicate any categories into which their agencies have entered.

“Although there will always be an element of emotion involved, the judging criteria ensures that it is primarily about the results. A meaningful digital marketing experience is a smart idea executed brilliantly, with the facts to back it up – that’s how the judges will be scrutinising each campaign,” says Paxton, who maintains the judges still value ingenuity and creative brilliance as key factors in the judging process.

For more information on the awards, visit www.newgenawards.co.za. You can also follow the New Gen Awards on Facebook or on Twitter.