Case Study: American Institute of Architects California achieves streamlined, user-friendly awards management and major time savings with Submittable

Creating a user-friendly space for volunteers, judges, administrators, and submitters

The American Institute of Architects California (AIA CA), representing 22 chapters and over 11,000 members, needed an awards and scholarship management solution that was professional, affordable, and easy for administrators, judges, volunteers, and submitters to use. After struggling with a patchwork of Dropbox and email and finding Cadmium too rigid and costly, AIA CA selected Submittable as their awards management platform to streamline dozens of annual programs.

Submittable provided a highly customizable platform—enabling form building in minutes, Additional Forms to link documents automatically, tiered review workflows, in-platform communication, and responsive customer support—which dramatically cut administrative time and eliminated manual printing and scoring. Using Submittable, AIA California now runs 14 programs and manages 600+ applications a year more efficiently, saving “hours and hours” and even “days and days” in workflow time while improving judge and volunteer engagement.

American Institute of Architects California

Lauryn Evdokimov

Program Coordinator