Agencies, publishers and individuals that excelled in South Africa's online media landscape were recognised at a glamorous awards ceremony for the Bookmarks held at Brio, Cape Town on 18 November.
A who's who of South Africa's online and media industries gathered to pay tribute to the country's online achievers at this slick event.
The Pixel winners in this year's Bookmarks were chosen from a field of more than 400 entries across 43 categories. They represent a mixture of household names and emerging talents in South Africa's digital landscape.
The Bookmarks awards is the country's platform for recognising excellence in the online space.
"This was the biggest Bookmarks to date - with more categories and entries than ever before. The judges were impressed with the excellent standard of the entries they received this year across all of the categories," says Nikki Cockcroft, chairperson of the Bookmarks awards and deputy-chair of the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA), which organises the awards. "Gold Pixels were awarded in certain publishing categories - testimony to the growth of our industry as well as the rising quality of the work being produced."
The five gold winners in the publisher categories were:
- Specialist Digital Publisher - Miningmx
- Mixed-Media Project - Dstv Online's Big Brother Africa All Stars
- Microsite - Mail & Guardian's Madiba Tribute Site
- Use of Video/Audio: Cambrient - The Digital Edge
- Both Worlds - ZANEWS
Winners in the publisher individuals and teams included:
- Editorial Team: The Daily Maverick
- Digital Advertising Sales team: Habari Media
- Digital Editorial Individual: David McKay - Fin24.com
The winners in the agency categories were:
- Best integrated campaign - Ogilvy Interactive for Goodbye Citi
- Best paid search campaign - Clicks2Customers for EziBuy
The following individual agency awards were given:
- Best Social Media Marketer - Scott Gray of Quirk
- Best Paid Search Marketer - Michele Clark of Clicks2Customers
- Best Display Marketer - Andre Britz - Quirk
The gold awards for best client and best agency were awarded to Pick 'n Pay and Clicks2Customers respectively. Yannick Pian of Red & Yellow was awarded Best Student for the Lucky Star Pilchards website.
The Greatest Individual Contribution to Digital Media & Marketing prize was awarded to Adrian Hewlett (Habari).
For more 2010 Bookmarks awards information, visit www.thebookmarks.co.za.
The premier sponsors of the 2010 Bookmarks awards are the BBC, ADTECH and Facebook.
About the Bookmarks
The Bookmarks, hosted by the Digital Media and Marketing Association, is South Africa's premier digital awards showcase, recognising excellence in digital publishing, advertising and marketing.
Judged by local and international industry figureheads from both the digital publishing and advertising disciplines, the Bookmarks seeks to ensure that in these truly global disciplines, South African digital work is constantly developing and internationally competitive.
For more information on the Bookmarks please contact Theresa Vitale on 011 454 3534 or email her on az.oc.ammd@elativt.
BOOKMARKS 2010 WINNERSAgency Winners |
Best Website |
Bronze | Clickthinking | Don't be a Passenger |
Best e-Commerce Website |
Bronze | Yuppiechef |
Best Campaign / Microsite |
Bronze | Draftfcb Mesh | Nowology | Hosted Services |
Bronze | Stonewall+ | Hot New Spark |
Silver | Ogilvy Interactive & HelloComputer | Goodbye Citi |
Best Mobile Site |
Bronze | | Prezence Digital | Standard Bank Student Loan Application |
Silver | Trigger Isobar | Nike Football Mxit Group |
Best Display: Rich Media |
Bronze | Aqua Online | Gautrain |
Silver | Gloo Digital Design | Night Vision |
Silver | Gloo Digital Design | Camera |
Best Paid Search Campaign |
Silver | Clicks2Customers | EziBuy |
Best Social Media Campaign |
Bronze | Clickthinking | I am a Stormer |
Bronze | Gloo Digital Design | Love Birds |
Best Integrated Campaign |
Silver | Ogilvy Interactive | Goodbye Citi |
Silver | Trigger Isobar | Nike Football Integrated Campaign |
Best Online Video |
Bronze | Both Worlds | "Chicken to Change" |
Silver | Clickthinking | Vodacom Couch Call |
Best Viral Campaign |
Silver | Yuppiechef | Woolies Lovebirds Ransom |
Best of Agency Show |
Ogilvy Interactive | Goodbye Citi | Best Integrated |
Clicks2Customers | EziBuy | Best Paid Search Campaign |
No awards were awarded in the following categories:
- Best Mobile App
- Best Email Marketing Campaign
- Best Mobile Display
- Best Organic Search Campaign
- Best Display Standard Media
- Best Media Plan
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Publisher Winners |
Website launch |
Bronze | Creative Spark | memeburn.com |
Silver | New Media | Tastemag.co.za |
Publishing site |
Bronze | FinMedia24 | Fin24.com |
Bronze | 24.com | Sport24.co.za |
Silver | 24.com | Food24.com |
Silver | 24.com | News24.com |
Specialist Digital Publisher |
Silver | Creative Spark | memeburn.com |
Gold | FinMedia24 | Miningmx |
Mixed-Media Project |
Bronze | Dstv Online | SuperSport.com |
Silver | 24.com | News24 Digital News Brand |
Gold | Dstv Online | Big Brother Africa All Stars |
Mobile Publisher |
Silver | Dstv Online | SuperSport.mobi |
Silver | 24.com | News24 Mobile |
Microsite |
Silver | Mail & Guardian | 2010 microsite |
Gold | Mail & Guardian | Madiba Tribute Site |
Use of Video/Audio (incl. podcasts) |
Gold | Cambrient | The Digital Edge |
Gold | Both Worlds | ZANEWS |
Blog Award |
Bronze | FinMedia24 | Marc Ashton |
Silver | Jaundiced Eye Media | thoughtleader.co.za/williamsaundersonmeyer |
Individual and Team Awards |
Individual Agency Awards |
Best Social Media Marketer |
Scott Gray | Quirk |
Best Paid Search Marketer |
Michele Clark | Clicks2Customers |
Best Display Marketer |
Andre Britz | Quirk |
Best Student |
Yannick Pian | Red & Yellow | Website for Lucky Star Pilchards |
* No awards in other Individual categories
Individual and Team Publisher Awards |
Editorial team |
The Daily Maverick |
Digital Advertising Sales team |
Habari Media |
Digital Editorial Individual |
David McKay - Fin24.com |
Best Agency & Best Client |
Best Client |
Pick 'n Pay |
Best Agency |
Clicks2Customers |
Greatest Individual Contribution to Digital Media & Marketing |
Adrian Hewlett - Habari |