Deadline looms for AOL planning awards entries

by David Allott, Media Week 30-Jun-08, 14:55

LONDON - Time is running out for entry to the AOL Online Planning Awards, in association with Media Week.

This Friday, 4 July, is the final deadline for the awards, which offer prizes including a trip to San Francisco.

The category of Best Mobile Advertising Campaign is included for the first time, along with four other awards: Best Use of On-line Medium; Best Branding Campaign; Best Cross Platform Campaign, and Young Digital Media Person of the Year.

The awards are now in their fourth year and will be judged by a panel of industry luminaries chaired by Greg Grimmer, founding partner, of Hurrell, Moseley, Dawson and Grimmer.

Other judges include AOL's sales director, Duncan George, the IAB's chief executive, Guy Phillipson; Emma Jenkins, head of interactive marketing at Procter & Gamble; former Carat Interactive managing director Henry Rowe of digital consultancy FaR and Media Week editor Steve Barrett.

The awards, to be held on 11 September, will offer individual prizes for each category along with an overall Grand Prix winner with a prize of a trip for two to San Francisco.

Further information can be found at www.opa.aol.co.uk, where entries can also be uploaded.