New year, a shiny new award trophy? With the early bird deadline for this year’s Prolific North Champions Awards edging ever closer, we’ve pulled together a reminder on why you should enter and everything you need to get started on your entries.
Renowned as Prolific North’s biggest flagship awards event, the Champions Awards celebrates individuals, teams and organisations across the creative, digital, marketing, and tech sectors in the North of England and Scotland.
Whether you’re the brains behind a memorable PR or marketing campaign, an organisation with a positive and inclusive culture, or even a growing tech company, there are now 38 categories to choose from, reflecting the growth of this flagship awards event.
Early bird entries are now officially open until Wednesday 29 January 2025. By entering, it can help raise your profile, get your work in front of our panel of industry-leading judges, make new connections, and even pave the way for new clients or exciting collaborations.
Why you should enter
Some of the previous winners from the Champions Awards have hailed the awards for helping to win new clients or to simply reward their team’s successes.
In 2023, Recode XR Studio and ITV won Tech Innovation of the Year at the Champions Awards for its work on Coronation Street during Super Soap Week. Sue McHugh, co-founder at Carbon Digital and Recode XR Studio, said entering was “a real moment of validation for the team at Recode”.
“Since the awards, we have since gone on to win some incredible virtual production projects with ITV’s Protection and Sky’s Brassic series.”
As winners of Large PR Agency of the Year in 2023, Brazen’s managing director Sasha Makel said the awards are an “opportunity to recognise and celebrate the hard work of our team” and “provides a proof point of why brands should trust us.”
Categories
From celebrating pioneering innovations in tech to exceptional agencies that go above and beyond, there are 38 categories this year.
To recognise agencies, production & creatives, categories include Independent Agency of the Year, Production Company of the Year, and New Agency to Watch.
There are dedicated categories for recognising campaigns, innovations & projects, including B2B Marketing Campaign of the Year, Best Use of AI in Marketing, Not-for-Profit Campaign of the Year, B2C PR Campaign of the Year, and many more.
For categories recognising tech-driven companies or work, these include Tech Company of the Year, Tech for Good Award, and Tech Platform of the Year.
New for 2025, we have a number of exciting categories created to recognise initiatives including Future Skills Champion, Workplace Culture Champion, Innovation Champion, Diversity & Inclusion Champion, and Game-Changing Initiative Champion.
Finally, there a number of awards that celebrate organisations, teams and individuals too including Best In-House Marketing Team, Gaming Innovation Award, Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award to name a few.
Key dates and info for your diary
- You have until Wednesday 29 January 2025 to take advantage of the early bird discount.
- Once you’ve selected your categories, it’s quick and easy to get started. Simply register on our dedicated portal, upload up to five supporting documents and files and save your progress at any time.
- Check out the FAQs page for more information on criteria, entering, the judging process, and much more.
Make sure you get your entries in before 29 January to make the most of the early bird discount – good luck!
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