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The DataIQ Awards honours both companies and individuals that have demonstrated excellence in the data industry over the past 12 months. Now in its 12th year, we have 32 awards across five focus areas recognising great work, people and teams.

Best data graduate employer

Stream: Culture and Skills

Who it’s for: An organisation in any sector with an effective, well-structured programme for new recruits.

How to win it: The best employers do not just recruit new graduates into their data departments - they have a fully-realised framework of training, skills enhancement, personal development and rotation through all the key facets of the business. Set out for the judges how your business is ensuring that new hires value the opportunity you have mapped out for them and the value this is creating from your investment into new recruits just out of university.

Transformation with data and AI

Stream: Culture and Skills

Who it’s for: Any organisation that has achieved significant outcomes or culture change through deploying data, analytics or AI.

How to win it: Provide evidence of how data, analytics or AI have been used to transform the organisation, the way it operates, how a service is delivered or how customers are engaged. This may be through becoming digital-first or by putting a data asset at the heart of operations.

Best diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiative

Stream: Culture and Skills

Who it’s for: Any organisation demonstrating a focused approached to ensuring its employment practices support DEI goals

How to win it: This award could go to a specific programme that targets under-represented demographics in the data industry, or it might be awarded to a data-driven initiative that measures and benchmarks DEI across an organisation and its sector. The key is to demonstrate a positive impact on the profile of talent working in data.

Most effective stakeholder engagement

Stream: Culture and Skills

Who it’s for: Any data and analytics team or project that won the hearts and minds of its sponsor or stakeholder.

How to win it: The judges will be looking for collaborative working between the data and analytics function and its stakeholders which iteratively improved the quality of insights, recommendations and ways of working. They will be keen to see input from stakeholders attesting to the willingness of the function to listen and take on board changing needs.

Best place to work in data (enabler)

Stream: Culture and Skills

Who it’s for: Data departments in enabler organisations (ie, solutions providers, consultancies, agencies, etc) who love to deliver for their clients.

How to win it: Colleagues who are engaged and satisfied are more productive and have longer tenures. Achieving this ideal goes far beyond pay and package – it involves fine-tuning working practices, internal culture, external engagement and leadership to build cohesion and value. Tell the judges the story of how you have put all of these elements in place and how you are measuring their impact.

Best place to work in data (brand)

Stream: Culture and Skills

Who it’s for: A client/brand-side data department where employee satisfaction and skills levels are off the chart!

How to win it: Colleagues who are engaged and satisfied are more productive and have longer tenures. Achieving this ideal goes far beyond pay and package – it involves fine-tuning working practices, internal culture, external engagement and leadership to build cohesion and value. Tell the judges the story of how you have put all of these elements in place and how you are measuring their impact.