Fact Sheet

D&AD Fact Sheet 2011

D&AD
Established in 1962
2011 President: Simon Sankarayya
2012 President: Rosie Arnold

Executive Committee: 24 members
Staff: 45 full time

Members:
Awarded: 1088
Member: 688
New Creative: 169
Total: 1945

Registered users:
Creatives: 37,741
Students/Graduates: 4,908

Website
Over 50,000 unique visitors per month
Audience
50,000 email contacts
37,000+ Twitter followers
10,000 contacts on D&AD LinkedIn

D&AD Awards
Established in 1962 – Most prestigious award in the creative industries
20,000 items entered
70 countries enter
69% are international entries
Top five entering countires: UK, USA, Germany, Australia, Brazil
200 judges
35,000 Annuals distributed globally in 6 languages

D&AD Education
100+ Education Network members
25 Workout course (Professional Development)
8 President Lectures
8,000 people attend annual President Lecture series
6 Sharp’ners

D&AD Student Awards and New Blood
Established in 1977
Over 21 creative briefs set annually
33% of entries are from outside the UK
76% of the student winners had a job or placement within three months of winning
70,000 downloads in total for the 2011 briefs
3,038 competition entries
2,000 College connections

New Blood
Established in 1997
8,000 attendees
2,000 exhibiting students
50 Festival partner organisations
1250 participants in Festival events

D&AD 2011 Highlights
HP Graduate Academy
White Pencil launch
D&AD Show & Tell YouTube Channel
2011 Annual is the most sustainable annual ever