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Best of the Year
Best Direct Mail & Email Marketing of 2018
The direct mail and email marketing that won a GDUSA award in 2018, each with the firm and the designers credited.
32 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 2018
- Open House Student Mailersby The Modern College of Design · 2018
- Deadliest Enemy Direct Mail Packagingby Caliber Group for Accelerate Diagnostics · 2018
- Multi-Directional Retail Mailerby Quad, Design Innovation Team · 2018
- Happy Birthday Mailerby Quad, Design Innovation Team · 2018
- Automotive Innovation Mailerby Quad, Design Innovation Team · 2018
- Ashland Family Medicine Direct Mailby MU Health Care · 2018
2018
Open House Student Mailers
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
School
The Modern College of Design
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2018
Deadliest Enemy Direct Mail Packaging
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Caliber Group
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2018
Multi-Directional Retail Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Quad, Design Innovation Team
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2018
Happy Birthday Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Quad, Design Innovation Team
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2018
Automotive Innovation Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Quad, Design Innovation Team
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2018
Ashland Family Medicine Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
MU Health Care
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2018
3X Dental Cleaning Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Anthem, Inc.
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2018
AARP VOTE Postcard Series
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
AARP Brand Creative Services
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2018
Great Golf Giveaway 2017
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Applied Underwriters
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2018
Do Not Open Video Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Bottomline Technologies
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2018
10th Annual Chair Summit - Master Class for Neuroscience Professional Development Postcard
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
CME Outfitters, LLC
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2018
Best California Data Center Location Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
RagingWire Data Centers
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2018
TIAA Lead Generation Direct Mail Campaign
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
TIAA
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2018
Life Post-Launch Campaign Lock Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
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2018
Life Summer Lull Campaign
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
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2018
AKF MassArt Student Scholarship Competition: Postcard
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
AKF Group
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2018
Charter Post Cards & Fan Deck
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Asurion
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2018
UPMC Health Plan Flu Direct Mail Campaign 2017
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
UPMC Health Plan
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2018
UPMC Health Plan Executive Rate Cap Incentive Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
UPMC Health Plan
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2018
FACC Self-Mailers
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
American College of Cardiology
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2018
The More We're Connected. The More You're Awarded
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Henry Schein, Inc./Schein Creative Group
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2018
LegacyTexas Bank Client Experience Travel Document Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
LegacyTexas Bank
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2018
Self Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Liaison Design Group
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2018
ZBOX Mini PC Direct Mail Campaign
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
ZOTAC
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2018
Forensic Science Direct Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
University of New Haven
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2018
Adrenaline Direct Mail for Brand Forum 2018 Associate
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Adrenaline
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2018
Unexpected Direct Mail Associate
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Adrenaline
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2018
AB Show 2018 Cube Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
AB Media, Inc.
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2018
QPP Lenticular Postcard
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
American College of Cardiology
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2018
Inner Champion Event Invitation Mailer
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Design Tree Studios
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2018
Premium Rewards Direct Mail
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
Bank of America, Enterprise Creative Solutions
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2018
EPAT Cosmetic Service Direct Mail Campaign
Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Firm
candidDesigns
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All Direct Mail & Email Marketing
Common questions
- How many direct mail and email marketing projects won GDUSA awards in 2018?
- The gallery lists 32 winners from 2018 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 2018?
- Quad, Design Innovation Team leads with 3 of the 2018 winners, ahead of Adrenaline (2), Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (2), American College of Cardiology (2), UPMC Health Plan (2). The ranking for the year lists every firm with its winning work. Best Direct Mail & Email Marketing firms of 2018, by award wins.
- Who are the clients on the 2018 direct mail and email marketing projects?
- Clients named on this work include Accelerate Diagnostics, Charter Communications, Christian Library International, Institute Beauté, MJ Smith & Associates. 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.