Tier 01
Headline Partner
Category-spanning visibility across hero moments, editorial highlights, and flagship discovery surfaces.
- Homepage hero support
- Top-level brand visibility
- Quarterly performance review
Sponsorships
Partner with the platforms and people shaping modern web design.
Built from the reference you shared, this page keeps the same editorial energy but fits the existing Web Design Awards experience. Sponsorships here are designed to feel premium, contextual, and credible.
- Monthly page views
- 1.2M+
- Designers, founders, and agency leaders reached
- 500k+
- Audience across award showcases, editorial, and rankings
- Global
Curated placement
Category Sponsor
Top rankings
IncludedCategory pages
IncludedEditorial mentions
IncludedDesigned for brands that want visibility where creative teams are already comparing tools, inspiration, agencies, and standout work.
Authority by association
Place your brand next to award-winning digital work and editorially selected agencies, not inside noisy commodity inventory.
Decision-maker audience
Reach the designers, creative directors, founders, and studio owners who actively shape digital purchasing decisions.
High-intent placements
Sponsor pages and categories where visitors are already evaluating quality, researching partners, and collecting references.
Packages
Sponsorship tiers with clear placement logic.
The structure follows the reference page, but the content is adapted to this site’s audience and product mix.
Tier 02
Category Sponsor
Own the conversation in a focused vertical such as eCommerce, UX, AI, portfolios, or agency discovery.
- Exclusive category alignment
- Contextual placement on high-intent pages
- Monthly reporting
Tier 03
Newsletter Feature
Introduce your product or service to our recurring audience through a premium editorial slot in our outreach.
- Dedicated newsletter placement
- Direct referral traffic
- Creative review before launch
Visual integrity
Premium placement, not banner clutter.
We keep sponsorships visually aligned with the browsing experience so your brand feels additive, not intrusive. That preserves trust for both our audience and our partners.
01
Gallery hero and featured surfaces
For broad awareness campaigns that want immediate top-of-funnel visibility across the most visited touchpoints.
02
Category and ranking alignment
For brands that want to sit inside the context of specific technologies, sectors, or creative disciplines.
03
Editorial and newsletter moments
For launches, reports, or campaigns that benefit from a more narrative placement with stronger call-to-action space.
Homepage moment
Placement A: hero and discovery modules
Editorial context
Presented with sponsor attribution and measured CTA space.
Placement B: rankings, editorial, and newsletters
Audience context
A brand environment built around credibility.
The audience comes to Web Design Awards for inspiration, validation, and discovery. That makes the sponsorship context materially stronger than generic display inventory.
