Nominations will be for a print advertisement that has been innovative and of outstanding marketing value enough to influence attitude with clearly understood and concise communication message in the year 2021. Nominations should also include non-commercial advertisements.

Nominations will be for a product launch event during the year 2021, of outstanding marketing value with evidence of strong claim in the chosen market.  The product launch event should have adhered to marketing ethics and legal requirements; exhibited creativity, choice of venue vs budget with an overall integration of marketing communications.

Nominees will be local Advertising Agencies that have demonstrated creativity and professionalism in the way they do their work.  These will be Advertising Agencies that have created advertisements that have been publicly acceptable and have contributed to sales growth in client organisations.

Nominees will be for local marketing authors that have written books in the marketing field.  The books should be original, relevant to industry and academia and should adhere to international standards of authoring.

Nominees will be marketing   professionals who must be members of ZIM with minimum of a Diploma in Marketing and have made an outstanding contribution to the success of their organisation/company/products/service with specific recommendation/authentication of such achievement and contribution, from their employers during the year 2021.  Nominees must be those who have made outstanding contribution to marketing education and training with specific recommendation/authentication of such achievement and contribution, from their employers during the year 2021.

Nominations will be for an outdoor advertisement that has been innovative and of outstanding marketing value enough to influence attitude with clearly understood and concise communication message in the year 2021. Nominations should also include non-commercial advertisements.

Nominations shall be for original products and services that demonstrate immense uniqueness and creativity and offer significant benefits for which there are no existing substitutes generally considered satisfactory.  The products or services should have been successfully launched during the year 2021 and have actually demonstrated early signs of market success.

Nominees shall be organisations that have exhibited excellence in the quality of service that they offer to their clients and high levels of service delivery during the year 2021. These nominated organisations should have demonstrated existence of customer feedback systems and how they have executed these systems in the past years.

Nominees will be Graphic Designers who have made an outstanding contribution to the success of their organisations.  Nominees will be required to demonstrate originality, creativity and enthusiasm towards the work and the workplace.

Nominations will be for a radio advertisement that has been innovative and of outstanding marketing value enough to influence attitude with clearly understood and concise communication message in the year 2021. Nominations should also include non-commercial advertisements.

Nominations will be local companies that will have consistently demonstrated excellence in promoting brands to build corporate image in the year 2021.  Evidence of strong brand equity is desirable.

Nominees will be for NGOs that are engaged in social marketing and have demonstrated their commitment to meeting the requirements of their beneficiaries.  These entities must have demonstrated the application of marketing techniques as a way of contributing to behavioural change among beneficiaries.

Nominees will be marketing professionals who must be members of ZIM and whose age shall be no more than 30 years, with minimum of a Diploma in Marketing.  Nominees should have demonstrated consistent and outstanding performance in all areas of marketing with specific recommendation/authentication of such achievement and contribution from their employers during the year 2021. These nominees shall be upcoming individual marketers with documentary evidence of such age; having maximum practical marketing working experience of three (3) years in industry or academia.