2026 AZIMA TIM AWARDS
October 22 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Named after Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, acknowledged father of the World Wide Web, the TIM Awards honors and recognizes digital marketing professionals and their successful digital marketing campaigns and innovation.
Get ready for another amazing TIM Awards on Thursday, October 22nd! The window to submit entries from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 is now officially closed. We will be notifying winners by the end of September – take advantage of early bird rates and secure seats to the TIMs today!
Contact us now about ways you can get involved with sponsoring the event or volunteering on a committee.
TIM Awards Agenda & Location
When: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Cocktails: 5:30 PM
Dinner: 6:30 PM
Awards Ceremony: 7 PM
Culinary Dropout Showcase Room
149 S Farmer Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281
Past Winners
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019
2026 TIM Award Categories
- Consumer Website
Awards outstanding websites for consumer brands and businesses
- Business Website
Honors outstanding websites for business-to-business organizations
- Non Profit Website
Recognizes outstanding website for non-profit or government organizations
- Campaign Website
Awards outstanding websites or landing pages for advertising or marketing campaigns separate from, or a small portion within, a branded site
- Content Website
Recognizes outstanding websites designed for delivering content like blogs, news, and information sources with authoritative, relevant content
- eCommerce Website
Recognizes outstanding eCommerce Websites
- Web Application and/or Mobile App
Honors outstanding user experience design and development for a web-based or mobile app
- Display Ad
Recognizes an outstanding display campaign including static, animated HTML5 and/or rich media ads
- Email Marketing Campaign
Awards best use of email marketing campaigns including eCommerce, marketing automation integration or nurture campaigns that demonstrate superior content and relevancy
- Online Video
Recognizes superior videos created for digital use-only on web sites, social media and/or content marketing campaigns
- Video Ad
Honors video ads developed specifically for online, not repurposed from TV, and used in programmatic or social channels
- Search Marketing (PPC) Campaign
Recognizes the best use of pay-per-click search campaigns
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Campaign
Recognizes outstanding SEO techniques that improved the quality and volume of web traffic to a website
- Integrated Consumer Campaign
Recognizes outstanding integrated campaigns targeting consumers with three or more digital tactics
- Integrated Business Campaign
Honors outstanding integrated campaigns targeting businesses with three or more digital tactics
- Interactive User Experience
Awards the best use of digital to drive interactive user experiences including sales tools, presentations or kiosks
- Physical to Digital Integration
Recognizes the integration physical and digital experiences using augmented reality or presence technology like beacons or Geo-fences
- Virtual Reality
Awards the most innovative and effective use of virtual reality for a digital marketing campaign
- Content Marketing Campaign
Honors the best use of an content marketing campaign for the promotion of a brand, product or service by engagement
- Social Influencer Marketing
Recognizes the growth of followers and engagement of a social following across social platforms
- Social Real-time Engagement
Honoring real-time social engagement or response to an event, escalation or on-going customer support
- Best Use of Data
Recognizes the best use of data to inform marketing/advertising decisions to achieve the campaign and/or organization’s goals
- Best Use of AI
Awards the most effective and creative use of AI generated content used to promote a product, brand, or service
- Digital Transformation of the Year
Honoring the holistic digital rebirth across all online extensions
- Interactive Rising Star (From a Brand)
Honoring a interactive marketer working for a brand who innovates, corroborates and drives results
- Interactive Rising Star (From an Agency)
Honoring an interactive marketing working for an agency achiever who innovates, collaborates and drives results
- Interactive Brand of the Year
Recognizes a leading brand that demonstrated superior executions of multiple interactive marketing techniques
- Interactive Person of the Year
Recognizes a leading person that demonstrated superior executions of multiple interactive marketing techniques
- Matthew O’Brien Community Builder of the Year
Recognizes a person for contributions to the innovative marketing ecosystem
TIM Awards Entries
$100 Early Bird Submissions by Friday, August 7, 2026
$125 Final Submission deadline extended to Monday, August 24, 2026
