The DMA Awards annually attract over 900 entries and are the only direct marketing awards to inspire and demand both clients and agencies to deliver on all aspects of their campaigns – Strategy, Creativity and Results.

The Awards Presentation Ball held in December is the biggest night in the direct marketing industry calendar, with over 1,000 guests attending the ceremony every year. Following the reception, the Awards Dinner and Presentation Ceremony is a glittering showcase of the year’s most successful campaigns and companies, featuring a celebrity host and spectacular entertainment, it is the must attend industry event of the year.

Benefits to sponsors include an opportunity to demonstrate your company’s commitment to excellence and best practice, extensive brand association and positioning, high-profile networking, and opportunities to create an integrated promotional campaign by partnering with the DMA.

Sponsorship Opportunities:

Associate Sponsorship

Associate Sponsorship is the highest level of sponsorship offered by the DMA, positioning sponsors as strategic partners of the awards. Associate Sponsorship enables companies to demonstrate their leading market position and overall commitment to excellence and best practice in direct marketing.

Associate Sponsorship: £25,000

• Associate sponsorship positioning alongside the DMA
• Logo and branding on all awards promotional literature, email campaigns, and advertisements within the campaign including: Call for Entries, three-day judging event, Awards Gallery of Work, and Presentation Ball
• Logo, credits and links on The DMA Awards website home and sponsor pages, www.dmaawards.org.uk
• Opportunity to nominate a senior client and company representatives to join the distinguished judging panel
• Exclusive hosts of one of the following DMA Awards events:
  
  
  • Judges Networking Reception
  • Host the Digital Categories Judging Day
  • The Nominees Breakfast & Press Briefing
  • Client and Agency Roundtable
  • Gallery of Work Tour
  • The Awards Annual
  
  
• Logo included in the dynamic stage production and inclusion in the sponsor AV loops throughout the evening, name checks and credits during the awards presentations
• A VIP table of 10 for clients and guests
• Access to the VIP Sponsor Area during the pre-awards drinks reception
• Logo and company profile in the ‘Book of the Night’
• A full page advertisement within The DMA Awards Annual
• 2008 Associate Sponsor PR and usage rights of The DMA Awards logo and credits for the sponsorship term
• A close partnership with The DMA to leverage all opportunities linked to The DMA Awards

Category Sponsorship

Category Sponsorship enables companies to align their brand with an individual category, or categories within a specific market, media or discipline. Category Sponsorship demonstrates a clear marketing positioning, and raises awareness of products and services within a particular field alongside some of the UK’s most successful direct marketing campaigns.

Category Sponsorship: £6,500

• Exclusive sponsorship of a specific Award Category and a direct association to key elements of the category promotion
• Branding alongside your chosen category within the awards promotional campaign, including: Call for Entries, Digital Campaign, Awards Gallery of Work and ‘Book of the Night’
• Logo alongside your chosen category on www.dmaawards.org.uk
• Opportunity to nominate a senior client and company representatives to join the distinguished judging panel
• Branding and profiling with judging room of your chosen category at the three-day judging event
• A table of 10 at the DMA Awards Presentation ball
• Access to the VIP Sponsor Area during the pre-awards drinks reception
• Prominent company branding and name checks during the presentation of your award category
• Sponsor branding within the AV loop during the presentation of your chosen award
• A full page advertisement within The DMA Awards Annual
• PR rights as a DMA Awards Category Sponsor and use of the awards logo and credits for the sponsorship term

There are also a variety of opportunities for your company to sponsor specific elements of the DMA Awards as well as ‘in kind’ sponsorship opportunities. Early booking will allow more time to create tailored and unique packages suitable for your organisation.

For more information and availability, please contact:

Jackie Fast
Sponsorship Manager
T: 020 7291 3351
E: Jackie.fast@dma.org.uk