Engage Awards entry deadline extended

Entries for the Marketing Week Engage Awards 2012 are pouring in and offering up the cream of case studies and now, due to popular demand, the deadline for entries is being extended.

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The deadline is now being stretched to 31 January, so if you are proud of your team’s work and it has delivered great results, get cracking on the entry. You can find details here.

The Engage Awards are the industry’s premier awards and recognise effectiveness, innovation and creativity.

The judges for the awards are drawn from the top ranks of marketers and agency executives and include Diageo’s marketing and innovation director for Western Europe Matthew Barwell, director of brand marketing at Vodafone Danielle Crook, chief marketing officer of William Hill Kristof Fahy, vice president of family care, Europe for Kimberly-Clark Europe Troy Warfield, executive chairman of Karmarama Nicola Mendelsohn and chief marketing and communications officer at Aviva Amanda Mackenzie.

With judges of this calibre you can be sure that they will choose winners truely deserving of recognition and reward.

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