IDM graduate wins top student award for second year running
Released 09 November 2009: The 2009 top student for the Acxiom-sponsored IDM Diploma in Direct and Interactive Marketing has been awarded to Marie Orpen M IDM, who was the winner of the 2008 top student prize for the IDM Diploma in Digital Marketing. It is the first time in the Institute’s history that a graduate has achieved the top student award two years running.
The annual IDM Graduation Ceremony 2009 took place on Friday, where over 200 newly qualified practitioners were honoured at London’s Royal Geographic Society. As in previous years, recognition was given to those who passed with Credit or Distinction, but individual, top student awards were also presented to those who showed outstanding achievement in their studies.
Nick Martin, Managing Director at Acxiom, who presented the top student prize to Marie Orpen’s tutor in her absence, said:
“We’re very proud to present the top student award for the IDM Diploma in Direct and Interactive Marketing to such a worthy winner. The recession represents a tremendous challenge to marketers to develop the breadth of their work, to extend campaigns into new channels and to improve marketing effectiveness. All of this year’s IDM Graduates join an elite band with increasingly demanded skills, but Marie has demonstrated her vast knowledge and expertise for two years running. Marketers of her calibre are rare indeed.”
The complete list of Top Students at the 2009 graduation ceremony is as follows:
IDM qualifications in Direct and Interactive Marketing
Headline Sponsor - Acxiom
IDM Diploma in Direct and Interactive Marketing
Acxiom award (intensive programme) presented to Top Student:
Marie Orpen Dip IDM Dip DigM, M IDM
More Th>n award (evening class study) to Top Student:
David Jackson Dip IDM
Proximity award (distance learning) to Top Student:
Louise King Dip IDM
IDM qualifications in Digital Marketing
IDM Diploma in Digital Marketing
Responsys award presented to Top Student
Mark Millar Dip DigM
IDM Diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications
Headline sponsor – Oracle
Oracle award presented to Top Student
Kim Wood Dip IMC, M IDM
This year saw the largest number of students enrolling across the most diverse portfolio of qualifications the IDM has ever offered. With the launch last month of the new IDM Award in Email Marketing, the total number of professional qualifications in the IDM portfolio was brought to eight. These include: the IDM Diploma and Certificate in Direct and Interactive Marketing; the IDM Diploma and Certificate in Digital Marketing; the IDM Certificate and Diploma in Business to Business Marketing and the IDM Diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications.
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