Awards Assistant

Job Title: Awards Assistant, Credits and Rankings

Reports to: Operations Manager

Contract Type: Full time, Fixed-term contract

Dates : 30th March 2026 to 30th June 2026

Deadline: 6th February 2026

Interviews: 15th February 2026

Job Location: Hybrid working (one fixed day in the London E2 office a week)

Working Salary: £25,250 per annum

Hours: Monday - Friday (9:30am-5:30pm)*

*Flexibility will be required when working to deadlines and Judging period 17th-20th May 2026 for D&AD Awards Judging and Southbank Centre for D&AD Festival and Ceremony . Flexibility is also needed while working in the office.

About D&AD

Founded in 1962, D&AD is an organisation that is all about the pursuit of creative excellence within advertising and design - inspiring it, celebrating it and enabling it. A fundamental way of us achieving this is through our world class learning programmes which upskill the current and future workforce.

Whilst our remit focuses on the advertising and design industry there is a broader goal: to demonstrate the positive impact that creativity can have across education, the economy and within society.

Purpose of the Job

The D&AD Awards showcase the world’s best creative work across commercial design, advertising, production, and craft disciplines, judged by over 260 global creative leaders, practitioners, and innovators.

As part of this role, your primary responsibility is to collect precise and high-quality credits for the winning entries. Your meticulous attention to detail will ensure that these credits meet the rigorous standards required for publication.

Ahead of the Awards Ceremony, you will be responsible for proof reading the slates that will be displayed during the event. This task is usually carried out in collaboration with another team member. Your precision and collaborative mindset will be crucial in identifying and correcting any errors before the Ceremony.

This role also involves researching information - usually credit roles and entry titles - where this isn’t provided by the entrant.

In this position, you will also support our customer service team with credits enquiries where required, which might involve the use of the customer service platform Hubspot. You will also need to contact agencies and studios where necessary to validate information and collect credits for outstanding entries, so strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.

This position offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the world's best creative work and be a key player in the success of the D&AD Awards.

We’re looking for four ambitious Awards Assistants to join our Awards team on a temporary basis. It’ll be your job to support customers' enquiries and assist in collecting the credits for the winning pieces, making sure they are of the right and highest standard for publishing.

Key Responsibilities

Rankings and Credits Collection

• Working with the Operations lead ensuring our systems are displaying up to date and correct credit information.

• Supporting with the preparation of the D&AD Awards Rankings 2026.

• Checking credits (individual and company names), ensure they’re accurate and free of errors.

• Cross reference data to ensure there is a consistent structure across all entrant data.

• Liaise with winning companies regarding credits and media assets of their work, making sure those are submitted on time.

• Use the D&AD database to check and correct credits and images and correct errors and inaccuracies.

• Proof winning credits ensuring the right information is populated against all winning entries.

• Contact agencies and studios where necessary to validate information.

• Researching credits that are missing or have not been supplied by entrants.

• Proofing ceremony slates.

Other Duties

• If required: support the Customer Service team with Credits enquiries.

• If required: support other Production Assistants across D&AD Awards during busy periods.

• Reviewing winners’ information on the website to ensure accuracy and that all assets are correctly uploaded.

• Make outbound calls to contact entrants with outstanding D&AD entries.

• Conducting quality checks on ceremony reels to confirm they are error-free and meet standards.

• Provide feedback to aid the review and development of all awards products.

• Additional administrative tasks as required.

Key Experience and Skills

• The ability to work both independently and cohesively as part of a team.

• Strong attention to detail and an ability to be flexible within all work matters.

• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines.

• Flexible approach to working hours, especially during our judging period.

• Excellent verbal and written skills.

• Computer literacy-highly proficient in G Suite and MS Office.

• Working Knowledge of Adobe CC is desirable but not essential.

• Fluency in a second language would be a plus, ideally Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, or Mandarin.

• Previous experiences with CRM software (ie, HubSpot), desirable but not essential.

Personal Qualities

• Comfortable working as part of a team.

• Strong research skills.

• Close attention to detail.

• Proven ability to be organised and attentive to details.

• You love to learn and are excited by the prospect of a diverse workload.

• Strong communication skills.

• Keen interest/knowledge of the creative design and advertising industries.

• Trustworthy and Reliable.

• Sense of humour.

D&AD is committed to diversity, equality, equity, inclusion and respect for all.  Providing a work environment in which all employees are treated with fairness, respect and dignity and which is free of discrimination, victimisation, bullying and harassment.   At D&AD we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Please email [email protected] to let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments to be made for any part of the recruitment process.

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