Student Competition 2018 entry terms and conditions

Royal Mail Student Competition Entry Terms and Conditions. April 2018.

• By entering this competition you acknowledge and agree that all copyright and other intellectual property rights in your competition submission are hereby assigned to Royal Mail
• By submitting your entry you give DMA Talent the right to securely send your application to external judges
• The word of DMA Talent and Royal Mail is final irrespective of the result

Entries:

• Opening date for entries is 11:59 GMT Monday 16^th April 2018. Closing date for entries is Friday 25^th May 2018, 23:59 GMT
• This is a team event. Team members must be full-time students. You do not need to obtain permission from your course lecturer to enter
• Only one entry per team to be submitted. Multiple entries from the same team will be disqualified. Individuals can only be part of 1 team
• Minimum of 3 people per team with a maximum of 6 per team. More than one team is permitted to enter from the same educational institution
• Entries are to be submitted online via https://dma.org.uk/2018-student-competition-application-form before the closing date specified. An entry must include an elevator pitch video (maximum 3 minutes), 500 word maximum summary and maximum 22 pages integrated marketing communications plan (see brief)
• Entries must be the sole work of the team and must not have infringed any third party intellectual property rights
• DMA Talent does not hold responsibility for lost, damaged or incomplete entries which are lost due to email transmission problems

Pitches

• Judging criteria is based on the most creative and effective response to the brief. DMA Talent will not give individual feedback from the judges regarding any entry entered that are or are not successful in progressing to pitch stage
• The judging process consists of an initial scoring exercise (see brief) by judges w/c 11^th June, followed by a judging day on Wednesday 20^th June where the 3 finalist teams will be agreed upon
• The 3 finalist teams will then be invited to pitch on the afternoon of Thursday 12^th July 2018 at a central London location. The entry must be in compliance with the DMA Code and the Cap code
• Finalists invited to pitch will be notified by phone and email if they are successful on or just after 20^th June. Unsuccessful applications will be notified by email on or just after 21^st June
• The DMA will reimburse travel up to £50 per person for all finalists. Each individual should contact Jessica Reilly at Jessica.reilly@theidm.com to process any expenses
• Results will be announced at the Summer School networking drinks on the evening of Thursday 12^th July 2018 in a central London location. DMA Talent will not provide or pay for accommodation after the awards; finalists will need to arrange this themselves if they wish to stay overnight
• The winning team will win a total team prize of £1,500, divided up between its members. Second and third place team members will win a £20 Amazon voucher each. Prize money will be divided equally amongst team members and transferred via BACS from the IDM to the bank accounts provided within 3 weeks of the announcement on 12^th July
• If you are one of the 3 finalists, you agree to your pitch material being used for promotional purposes by The Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing Training Limited (the ‘IDM’), registered company (England and Wales) number 02168165. Registered office: DMA House, 70 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8SS; and, the Direct Marketing Association (UK) Limited (DMA), registered company (England) number 2667995, limited by guarantee. Registered office: DMA House, 70 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8SS
• You also agree to engaging in post competition publicity which may include: comments made during pitches and the networking event appearing in articles published by the above companies (IDM & DMA) and appearing on video content distributed by the above companies (IDM & DMA)
• The Promoter of this competition is DMA Talent