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Best of the Year
Best Direct Mail & Email Marketing of 2016
The direct mail and email marketing that won a GDUSA award in 2016, each with the firm and the designers credited.
19 award-winning projects
Direct mail and email are the only design that gets measured to the penny, so a piece that wins here also had to perform. The designer has three seconds at the mailbox or in the inbox to win the next three, and the craft is in the first fold or the first line. The winners here get opened and then get acted on. Bank of America's in-house group has won 12 times with rewards mailers built for response, and Leibowitz's email template systems for SBG Funding and Ares turned a daily send into a brand. The best direct mail and email designers in the awards are shown here. Open any piece to see it and learn what made it work.
Standouts of 2016
- Discover Aurora Universityby Aurora University · 2016
- Music by the Lake Season Calendarby Aurora University · 2016
- INAP Membership Invitation Post Cardby American Heart Association · 2016
- Vanguard’s Inside ETFs Conference Direct Mailby Vanguard · 2016
- The Mighty Big Harvest Direct Mailby Applied Underwriters · 2016
- 70 South Gallery Brochure and Direct Mailby Paradigm Marketing and Design for 70 South Gallery · 2016
2016
Discover Aurora University
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Aurora University
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2016
Music by the Lake Season Calendar
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Aurora University
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2016
INAP Membership Invitation Post Card
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
American Heart Association
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2016
Vanguard’s Inside ETFs Conference Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Vanguard
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2016
The Mighty Big Harvest Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Applied Underwriters
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2016
70 South Gallery Brochure and Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Paradigm Marketing and Design
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2016
Changing Reality Direct Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
GO2 Advertising
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2016
Picture Yourself Here Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Springpoint Senior Living
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2016
Crestwood Manner 101 Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Springpoint Senior Living
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2016
Discover the Magnificence Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Springpoint Senior Living
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2016
Know Your Numbers - Health Screening Brochure
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Cox Enterprises Creative Studio
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2016
Robotic Milking Info Postcard
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
DeLaval Inc.
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2016
Count Me In Participation Challenge
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
University of New Haven
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2016
Accepted Students Direct Mailer, Prato Campus
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
University of New Haven
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2016
2016 International Conference Postcard
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Drohan Management Group
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2016
Email - Business Building Club
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
GAF Creative Services
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2016
Email - Contractor’s Guide
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
GAF Creative Services
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2016
Email - Tools For Success
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
GAF Creative Services
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2016
Back in the Day Baking Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Rodale Inc./HotHouse Agency
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All Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Common questions
- How many direct mail and email marketing projects won GDUSA awards in 2016?
- The gallery lists 19 winners from 2016 in this category, out of 263 across all years. Each one appears here with its firm and designer credits.
- Which firms won the most GDUSA awards for direct mail and email marketing in 2016?
- GAF Creative Services and Springpoint Senior Living share the top spot with 3 of the 2016 winners each. Aurora University (2) and University of New Haven (2) follow. The ranking for the year lists every firm with its winning work. Best Direct Mail & Email Marketing firms of 2016, by award wins.
- Who are the clients on the 2016 direct mail and email marketing projects?
- Clients named on this work include 70 South Gallery, EyeMed, ISSA. The credit comes from the firm that entered the work.
- How do I enter next year's awards?
- Entries go through the GDUSA entry platform. A single entry costs $120 as of October 2026, and packages bring the price per piece down to $400 for ten to twenty entries. Winners who publish get a project page here with full credits, and publication is the paid step. How the awards work.