{"id":38,"date":"2014-08-12T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/mobile-web-professionals-needed-to-judge-mobilewebaward-competition\/"},"modified":"2014-08-02T09:17:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T13:17:16","slug":"mobile-web-professionals-needed-to-judge-mobilewebaward-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/mobile-web-professionals-needed-to-judge-mobilewebaward-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Web Professionals Needed to Judge MobileWebAward Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobile_logo14.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobile_logo14.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Web Marketing Association\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobile-webaward.org\/\">MobileWebAwards competition<\/a> is currently accepting entries and is looking for qualified judges to help adjudicate this year\u2019s award program.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>This award program recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web professionals all over the world who create and maintain the best mobile Websites and the best mobile applications.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp;<\/span>The Competition deadline for entry is September 30, 2014.<\/p>\n<div>To nominate yourself or someone within your organization, please complete the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobile-webaward.org\/mwa\/judges.asp\">judge\u2019s nomination form<\/a>. Mobile development professionals selected as judges will be contacted during the first week of October.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSince 1997, the WebAwards have helped define the standards for website development. The MobileWebAwards are doing the same for responsive websites, mobile-specific websites and apps designed for mobile devices,\u201d said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>\u201cSmartphones and tablet computer use continues to explode and companies are racing to be allow users to connect and interact with them using mobile devices. We are looking for individuals who have direct experience developing for the expanding mobile platform. Our judges must have an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in mobile development, an eye for a well-designed interface and the objectivity to score entries according to a predefined set of criteria\u201d. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Judging for the MobileWebAwards will take place in Mid-October, 2014, and winners will be notified by e-mail one week prior to the general announcement of winners in December, 2014. Judges will consist of a select group of Internet advertising professionals with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in mobile website design and mobile application development. Past competition judges have included top executives from leading corporations, institutions and media organizations such as Ogilvy Interactive, R\/GA , Saatchi &amp; Saatchi, Blattner Brunner, Sun Microsystems, National Cable &amp; Telecom Association, Refinery, Euro RSCG,<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; <\/span>A&amp;E Television Networks , New York Post Interactive, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ernst &amp; Young , J. Walter Thompson, Xerox, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and Aristotle.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Entries will be accepted in both the Mobile Website and the Mobile Application formats. Entries will be judged on seven criteria:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Creativity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Impact<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Content<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Interactivity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-list: l3 level1 lfo3; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Ease      of Use<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Use      of the medium<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cJudging an award show like the MobileWebAwards is a great way to share your experience and expertise with the mobile development community, said Rice. \u201cIt is an honor and an important responsibility when you are chosen to participate as a judge. You are helping to set the standard for award winning advertising throughout the Web\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">About the Web Marketing Association<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmarketingassociation.org\/?utm_source=PRNewswire&amp;utm_medium=Release&amp;utm_term=Call&amp;utm_campaign=IAC\">Web Marketing Association<\/a> is an organization working to create a high standard of excellence for Web site development and marketing on the Internet. Staffed by volunteers, it is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design professionals who share an interest in improving the quality of online advertising, Internet marketing and promotion used to attract visitors to Web sites. The Web Marketing Association\u2019s two annual award programs, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/?utm_source=PRNewswire&amp;utm_medium=Release&amp;utm_term=Call&amp;utm_campaign=IAC\">WebAward Competition<\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iacaward.org\/iac\/?utm_source=PRNewswire&amp;utm_medium=Release&amp;utm_term=Call&amp;utm_campaign=IAC\">the Internet Advertising Competition Awards<\/a>, have been helping interactive professionals promote themselves, their companies, and their best work to the outside world since 1997. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Web Marketing Association\u2019s MobileWebAwards competition is currently accepting entries and is looking for qualified judges to help adjudicate this year\u2019s award program.&nbsp; This award program recognizes the individual and team achievements of Web professionals all over the world who create and maintain the best mobile Websites and the best mobile applications.&nbsp; &nbsp;The Competition deadline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobilewebawards","category-web-marketing-association"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/mobile_logo14.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}