ESA News

In advance of the 2016 course, ESA are holding a free taster session at the office of Sport England on 9th December You can never know too much, that’s why the ESA Diploma has been designed to deliver the learning and education that the sponsorship professional needs, no matter whether you’re ... read more

Key European gambling and gaming associations work together with ESA to draw up guidelines for European sponsorship activity. The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) has worked closely with the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) and K&L ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) today announced the entries short-listed for its prestigious 2015 Excellence Awards. With entries up by more than a third on last year, the competition was stiffer than ever for brands, agencies, rights holders and individual professionals to make it ... read more

The annual gathering of sponsorship and marketing professionals takes place at 1 Wimpole St, London on 18th November, hosted by PRWeek deputy editor John Harrington The European Sponsorship Association (ESA), the membership body that works to inspire better marketing across rights holders, brands ... read more

Students of the 2015 ESA Diploma received their marks today after successfully completing a 7-month online sponsorship course that runs annually from January to August. Since its creation in 2012, close to 200 candidates have now earned the ESA Diploma and the European Sponsorship Association ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) today issued a final call to agencies, brands and rights holders for entries to its 2015 Excellence Awards. With the deadline for submissions only a week away (Wednesday 30 September, 2015), ESA has been delighted with the quality, quantity and breadth ... read more

The first-ever dedicated arts and culture certificate in sponsorship - The ESA Arts Sponsorship Certificate - is soon to begin, meaning that there is now a very limited time remaining for interested parties to enrol on the course. Developed in partnership with social enterprise Cause4 via the ... read more

Submissions for the 9th annual Excellence Awards close on 30th September, with a glittering presentation ceremony taking place at London’s Café de Paris on February 11th 2016 The European Sponsorship Association (ESA), the membership body that works to inspire better marketing across rights ... read more

With the ESA Summit 2015 only a few months away the European Sponsorship Association are proud to be able to announce that Brand Republic Group is the new media partner for this year’s event. Brand Republic Group’s publications and websites include, amongst others, Marketing, Campaign, Media Week ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA), the membership body that works to inspire better marketing across rights holders, brands and agencies, today announced that the highly respected content marketing expert Tom Fishburne is to be the keynote speaker at the upcoming ESA Summit 2015, taking ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA), the membership body that works to inspire better marketing across rights holders, brands and agencies, today announces that Repucom, the trusted advisor in sports and entertainment intelligence, is to partner with the ESA Summit 2015 providing the research ... read more

Between July 21-23 in Birmingham, the Arts Marketing Association (AMA) conference brings together 650 marketers, fundraisers and leaders from across the arts sector to redefine, reimagine and reinvent the relationship between the arts and the public. This comes at a time of considerable financial ... read more

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA), the membership body that works to inspire better marketing across rights holders, brands and agencies, today launched its prestigious 2015 Excellence Awards with revamped award categories and an invitation to industry experts to join the judging ... read more

ESA Board Member Andy Westlake has decided to step away from the role of Fast Track CEO as CSM goes into the next phase of its development. The ESA board member explains “After 13 years I’ve done so much, experienced so much and worked with so many amazing people. It’s been a pleasure to help ... read more