Rules & Regulations

India’s Top Digital Planners Season 3

About the Awards:

• India’s Top Digital Planners recognizes professionals in media services (media planning and buying) in India excelling in crafting digital strategies and handling digital mandates for marketers.
• The submission of the nomination form assumes that you have carefully read the India’s Top Digital Planners terms and conditions and agree to abide by them.
• To be eligible the work of the entrant must have been used/ deployed between January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017.

The procedure for submitting the forms:

• The Form must be filled in English only. Nominations need to be submitted online with all the relevant details that are being asked for. The organisers will not be responsible for any incorrect or incomplete information.
• A Video URL is MANDATORY (a brief intro of you and your work done - two campaigns/ case studies/ examples of the work done in the last year that you are proud of as a digital planner. You must also highlight the business problem in these campaigns, the achievement and how was this plan differentiated or what was unique about this campaign‎. You have to also metricise how your planning made an impact for the brand) not more than 60 seconds long – with emphasis on work.
• The Video will need to be uploaded through Google Drive or YouTube and the URL needs to be provided in the Video URL field in the form. The File Size should not exceed 60 seconds.
• Video needs to be shared in AVI or MPEG4 format, whichever is applicable or both.
• Entrants are expected to ascertain that the Nomination videos and reference material put up on the web can be viewed on multiple browsers and platforms (including the Mac). The organisers will not contact entrants in case an entry cannot be viewed. The works should be resident on the microsites till February 20, 2018.
• Please avoid requirement of username and password for viewing of provided material, in case such is required, request you to mention the same very clearly in the covering note.
• While two is advised, there is no limit to the number of nominations a digital/creative agency, organization, or individual can send us.
• India’s Top Digital Planners jury will comprise eminent individuals from all walks of life. The decision of the jury is final and binding. Any form of canvassing for the awards will disqualify an entrant.
• All nominations must be completed online or on email before, February 2, 2018. The deadline will not be extended.

Note: The nomination forms can be submitted online or via email 24x7. One must register online first to view form. It is advisable to keep the following in mind when filling the nomination form:

1. The person being recommended should currently belong to either a Creative, Media, Digital Agency or on the client side managing the digital planning mandate.
2. The awards are open to professionals in India that are involved in, but not limited to, advertising, media, PR, design, technology and other creative industries.
3. The work being entered must be designed for implementation, screening, transmission or publication.
4. Testimonials/ Recommendations from seniors in the same agency and other companies you worked with during the campaign is needed.
5. A brief bio of the nominee (yourself in case it is a self-nomination) in 100 words – likes, dislikes, aim in life, career goal.
6. It is mandatory to upload a Video (as specified in point two of the form submitting procedure), not more than 60 seconds long.

The Jury will judge on the basis of the following parameters

• Overall body of work
• Overall quality of the entry including the video
• Leadership ability
• Recognition by peers
• Endorsements by seniors, other industry professionals and by clients

If you do not view a 'Success' screen online after submission of an entry, there has been an error at the backend. Please resubmit the entry. On the submission of an entry, other than the success screen, you will also be sent an email acknowledging your entry with the details you have entered. Note in case we receive two nomination for the same individual, only the one received last will be considered for judging.

• All entries submitted will become a property of Digital Market Asia. Submission of entry also authorizes DMA to use images and/or audio/video clips for use on broadcast television (free-to-air, pay, cable, satellite, DTH, FTA, mobile, out-of-home, internet or any other digital medium for the purpose of promoting or reporting the awards) with due credits.
• We presume that all nominations sent to us are based on original work. The submission of nomination guarantees its originality.
• Digital Market Asia is a mere custodian of the India’s Top Digital Planners 2018. At no stage of the jury meetings will anyone from DMA team be part of the decision-making process.