Marketing & Advertising Recruitment Awards to acknowledge excellence during challenging period

London: 12^th July 2010: Only Marketing Jobs, the UK’s premier marketing jobs board and online community for marketing & communications professionals, has announced the production of the Marketing & Advertising Recruitment Awards 2010.

The inaugural Marketing & Advertising Recruitment Awards (MARAs) have been established to recognise recruitment agencies that have confronted recent challenges and shown outstanding achievements in their industry.

Only Marketing Jobs co-founder, Simon Lewis, commented: “For marketing & advertising recruiters the recent recession has presented many challenges, both for businesses and individuals. Financial constraints coupled with the emergence and development of social media has put pressure on the industry to evolve and adopt new working practices. These awards have been designed to reward excellence in our field.”

The MARA’s have been endorsed by senior figures within both the recruitment and marketing fields, with APSCO chief, Ann Swain, and Marketing Society marketing director, Gemma Greaves, included on a heavyweight judging panel.

The MARAs are open to all external recruitment agencies specialising within the UK marketing, advertising, PR & communications and media sectors.

There are ten award categories, which include: Best Newcomer; Recruitment Innovation; Best Candidate/Client Experience; Best Regional Agency; Best Niche Agency; Most Effective Social Media Strategy; and Personality of the Year.

Recruiters can nominate their company between 14th and 6th August. Category finalists will be announced on 13th September. The Awards will culminate with a spectacular gala on 25th November, held at the prestigious Grange Hotel, London.

For more information about the MARA’s and to enter go to the official website: http://www.mara2010.com

Twitter users can follow the chat and contribute using #mara2010

Only Marketing Jobs (OMJ) offers recruiters cost-effective one-off and subscription-based talent-attraction solutions, ideal for: reaching marketing jobseekers; brand awareness campaigns; social media models; and online/offline networking. OMJ is an integrated platform for marketing professionals and marketing recruiters.

For the sake of transparency it should be noted that whilst OMJ facilitates job posting on behalf of UK marketing recruitment agencies, subscribing to these services is not a requisite for entry into the MARAs.

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