By Business & Finance 
Pictured: Tracey Carney, Managing Director, The Spiders and Terry Spence, Director B2B Sales, One4all.
The Spiders, Ireland’s premier digital awards, has announced a list of finalists for the 2024 ceremony, in association with One4all.
The Spiders 2024, Ireland’s longest-running digital awards, will take place on March 1st in The Round Room of the Mansion House, Dublin. The Spiders encompass everything to do with digital, ensuring a complete 360 approach to showcasing excellence across the spectrum.
Judges and partners
Finalists for the 2024 Spider Awards were decided after a rigorous judging process by a panel of industry experts. There are innovative and ambitious finalists across 20 categories for the Spider Awards 2024. More information on the judges is available on the Spiders’ Website.
Partners for The Spiders include One4all, Deloitte Digital, Magnet+, Skillnet Ireland, Centre for Excellence in Design NDA, Onclusive, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and Olytico.
History of the Spiders
The Spider Awards — dubbed “The Oscars of Ireland’s digital industry” — is the longest running digital awards programme in Ireland. 2024 marks the 27th iteration of the annual awards ceremony.
A number of digital luminaries were recognised at last year’s awards including Granite, who won the Large Agency of the Year and An Post who won Best App.
The event sets out to recognise and encourage digital creativity as the awards continue to adapt to a changing society.
Tracey Carney, Managing Director of The Spiders, highlighted the significance of the awards, “In an age of growing reliability on technology and as we welcome it more into our everyday lives, it’s important to celebrate the human elements of these advancements. The creativity and storytelling that, combined with the digital innovations, enhance the way we live and do business.”
Terry Spence, Director of B2B Sales at One4all, said: “We are very excited to be the headline sponsor for this year’s Spider Awards. We ourselves have been in business for over 20 years and fully appreciate the importance of brand recognition and maximising the return on investment on your digital marketing strategies, so on the back of that, I would like to wish all the entrants to this year’s awards the best of luck”.
This year sees the addition of two new exciting categories
- Cultural Driver Award
- Sustainability Impact Award
Tracey Carney explains what they are looking for in the finalists, “The judges aim to recognise those on the cutting edge of their fields and leaders of digitalisation in this country. They are looking for innovative and creative ideas that have a real impact on the digital landscape and transform the way we look at technology. These finalists are a reflection of Ireland’s high standards and ambitions when it comes to digital innovation.”
You can now book your table for the Spider Awards 2024. The early bird discount ends 2nd Feb.
Categories and finalists
Best Website Large Company
Granite
Kooba (Payslip Website Project)
Kooba (MCD Website Project)
Digital+
Square1
Tirlan
WONDR
Best Website SME
bigO
CarveOn
Granite Digital
Emerald Green Media
Piquant
Tribe Digital (Waterford Treasures Museum)
Tribe Digital (Mount Congreve Gardens)
Best in E-commerce
All human
CarveOn
DesignYard
Glaze Digital
Granite Digital
StudioForty9
Sysco Ireland
Best in Universal Design, in partnership with Centre for Excellence in Universal Design NDA
Annertech
bigO
Creative Driven Goals Ltd.
New Graphic
Power NI
Simply Zesty Ltd
Square1
Best UX & Customer Experience
CarveOn
Deloitte Digital
Sky Ireland
Square1 (ePaper)
Square1 (Today FM)
Sugar Rush
Vodafone Ireland
Best Use of Disruptive Technology in partnership with Skillnet Ireland
CarveOn
Future Proof Insights
Granite Digital
Strikepay
Vodafone
Best in Storytelling
Aer Lingus
Crawford Art Gallery
EY
F&B Huskies
Mantra Strategy Limited
University of Limerick
VITHIT
Best App
Brown Thomas and Deloitte Digital
Square1 (ePaper)
Square1 (SayTV)
Square1 (Beat102103)
Strikepay
Sugar Rush
Total Digital
Best in Social Media
Electric Ireland Superhomes
Fifty-Three Six
Lorg Media
MXB Agency
Publicis
TITAN Experience
Wolfgang Digital
Large Agency of the Year
Core Optimisation
Granite
MXB Agency
Square1
StudioForty9
Together Digital
Tribe Digital
Small Agency of the Year
Avalanche
Lambourn Digital
Lorg Media
Part Three Digital
Real Time Digital
StoryLab
WONDR
Best Integrated Media Campaign
BWG Foods
Dept of Transport
Edelman
Genesis
Granite Digital
Londis
VROOM Digital
Best Influencer Led Campaign
Digital+
Emerald Park
Granite Digital (Supermac’s)
Granite Digital (Check Your Drink)
Granite Digital (OPPO #FreeToPlay)
KASH Beauty
The Very Group
Best Consumer Campaign
Edelman (SSE Airtricity)
Edelman (Promise Gluten Free)
Genesis
Granite Digital
MACE
Part Three Digital
Real Time Digital
Best Collaboration
BWG Foods
Core Optimisation(Failte Ireland)
Core Optimisation (Kilkenny Shop)
Friday Agency
Malahide Castle & Gardens
The Very Group
VROOM Digital
Digital Team of the Year
Bord Gáis Energy
Brown Thomas Arnotts
Central Bank of Ireland
Electric Ireland Superhomes
Ibec
MXB Agency
Real Time Digital
Best Brand in partnership with Deloitte Digital
Electric Ireland Superhomes
Emerald Park
Kooba (IA Labs/Vially)
Kooba (Tapybl)
The Very Group
VITHIT
WONDR
Digital for Good Award in partnership with Magnet+
Clear Channel
Dept of Transport
Edelman
Power NI, part of Energia Group
Strikepay
TITAN Experience
Wibble
Cultural Driver Award
Annertech
Modus IT Ltd.
Crawford Art Gallery
Dept of Transport
Edelman
Electric Ireland Superhomes
Lorg Media
Sustainable Impact Award
Dept of Transport
Edelman
Electric Ireland Superhomes
Ibec
Kooba
Rediscovery Centre
Total Digital
