The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has announced that it will be staging its annual awards ceremony in March and for the first time welcoming entries from all Channel Islands-based marketers and organisations.

Previously only available for Jersey-based entrants, the awards event – ‘The 2015 Channel Islands Marketing Awards’ – will celebrate excellence in marketing across all Channel Island industries at both an organisational and individual level.

Scheduled to take place on 20 March 2015 in Jersey, the event will include ten award categories such as ‘Best Brand Campaign’, ‘Best Use of PR’, ‘Marketing Team of the Year’, and ‘Student Marketer of the Year’.

Entries for the Channel Islands Marketing Awards 2015 will open in late January and continue until 20 February 2015. Further details of the awards, including an exciting new venue for the ceremony, will be announced later in March.

In another first for this year’s event, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) Channel Islands Group will be partnering with the CIM Channel Islands region, specifically to support the ‘Best Use of PR’ award and provide one of the three judges on the panel. Other partners for the Awards include The Beach Communication as Creative Partners, Delta Production Services as Event Partners, the Jersey Evening Post and Guernsey Press as Media Partners, and Switch Digital as Digital Partners.

Steve Cartwright, Chairman of the Channel Islands CIM Branch, said:

“I am delighted that, in the form of the Channel Islands Marketing Awards, we will now be recognising marketing excellence across both islands. We are very grateful to our sponsors and partners again this year, without their support the CIM Awards wouldn’t be possible.

“Our focus this year is to reflect the changing environment that marketers face, requiring ever-greater levels of innovation and achievement, areas in which we feel many local firms punch well above their weight. By widening the net for the first time, we expect to see even more iconic and ingenious work being showcased this year at our Channel Islands Marketing ‘Oscars’.”