The initial judging panel for this year’s Dadi Awards has now been revealed with the judges including TH_NK CEO Tarek Nseir, Iris Worldwide creative director Tori Winn and Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam’s interactive art director Tiago Varandas.
The Drum Awards for the Digital Industries (Dadis) are now open and aim to celebrate the most effective campaigns and strategies being produced by the UK’s digital creative industry. Judging will once again be chaired by Podge founder Phil Jones.
Alongside Jones, this year’s panel will also include Liz Sivell, interactive creative director at Start JudgeGill; Alasdair Scott, creative director at The Bright Place, Tori Winn, creative director at Iris Worldwide; Rob Lawrence, founder Here There Everywhere; Lindsay Herbert, head of digital marketing at Precedent; Felix Velarde, managing director at Underwired; Ross Sleight, chief strategy officer at Somo; Tiffany St James, social media strategist and speaker at Stimulation; and Emma Perkins, creative director at Cheil Worldwide.
A number of other names from the client and tech worlds will be joining the jury, and will be announced in the coming weeks.
26 categories will be available for entry this year, including use of organic SEO, Use of Paid Search, Use of Affiliate Marketing, Integrated Marketing Campaign and Use of Social Media.
Sponsoring the event this year will be Green Square, Manual Link Building and Millennial Media.
In order to entry this year’s Dadi Awards, log into the dedicated website and make the necessary submissions before 31 May.