Approximately 600 industry representatives donned their glad rags and rocked up to Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney tonight to celebrate the best and brightest females that the industry has to offer.

In a fitting follow-on from the inaugural 3% Conference Australasia yesterday, B&T‘s Women in Media Awards saw three new categories added this year: Male Champion of Change, Best Ad Campaign and Creative Producer. 

Congrats again to all of the shortlisted candidates for this year’s awards, and of course to our winners, with special shout outs to Women in Media Power List winner Nicole Sheffield (News Corp), Woman of the Year Imogen Hewitt (Havas Media), Lifetime Achievement award winner Julia Zaetta (Pacific Magazines) and People’s Choice winner Alison Cole (GrooveQ Sydney). 

See the full list of winners from the Women in Media Awards, as well as the Power List, below: 

Women in Media Awards 2017

Category	Name	Company
Best Ad Campaign	ANZ’s push for an Equal Future	TBWA\Melbourne
Best Ad Campaign	Redefine Women	Host
Creative	Carmela Soares	Isobar Australia
Creative Producer	Jo de Fina	The OTTO Empire
Employer		OMD Australia
Entrepreneur	Susannah George	The Urban List
Journalist/Producer	Jodi Boylan	KEO Films Australia
Male Champion of Change	Chris Howatson	CHE Proximity Australia
Marketing	Elaine Herlihy	PayPal Australia
Media Planner/Buyer	Sue Squillace	Spark Foundry
Mentor	Aimee Buchanan	OMD Australia
PR	Jo Scard	Fifty Acres – The Communications Agency
Rising Star	Olivia Warren	Initiative
Sales/Account Manager	Naomi Gorringe	Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Strategy	Imogen Hewitt	Havas Media Group Australia
Tech	Taryn Williams	theright.fit
People’s Choice	Alison Cole	GrooveQ Sydney
Lifetime Achievement	Julia Zaetta	Pacific Magazines
Woman of the Year	Imogen Hewitt	Havas Media Group Australia

 

Women in Media Power List 2017

1. Nicole Sheffield – chief digital officer, News Corp Australia
2. Tracey Fellows – chief executive, REA Group
3. Annie Parker – interim CEO, Fishburners/ director, Code Club Australia
4. Deanne Weir – managing director of content aggregation and wholesale, Foxtel
5. Cathy O’Connor – chief executive, NOVA Entertainment
6. Aimee Buchanan – chief executive, OMD Australia
7. Melinda Geertz – CEO, Leo Burnett Australia
8. Jodie Sangster – chief executive, ADMA
9. Katie Rigg-Smith – CEO, Mindshare
10. Kimberlee Wells – CEO, TBWA\Melbourne
11. Emily Perrett – managing director, Clemenger BBDO Sydney
12. Edwina McCann – editor-in-chief, Vogue Australia (News Corp)
13. Ellie Rogers – head of agency relationships, Facebook
14. Ita Buttrose – co-host, Studio 10 (Ten Network)/ managing director, Chief Executive Women
15. Vittoria Shortt – group executive of marketing and strategy, Commonwealth Bank
16. Joe Pollard – CMO and group executive  of media, Telstra
17. Olivia Wirth – group executive of brand marketing and corporate affairs, Qantas
18. Inese Kingsmill – CMO, Virgin Australia
19. Kim Portrate – CEO, ThinkTV
20. Lauren Williams – CEO, CarsGuide.com.au
21. Lorraine Jokovic – chief executive, LOUD
22. Kirsty Muddle – founding partner, Cummins&Partners
23. Virginia Hyland – founder and principal, HM Communication Group
24. Sunita Gloster – chief commercial and strategy officer, Ten Network
25. Jackie Frank – general manager, Pacific Magazines
26. Mia Freedman – co-founder and creative director, Mamamia
27. Nicole Byers – editor-in-chief, Australian Women’s Weekly (Bauer Media)
28. Dee Madigan – executive creative director, Campaign Edge
29. Suzie Blinman – chief commercial and corporate development Officer, Multi Channel Network
30. Bec Brideson – director, Bec Brideson (consulting)/ founder and executive creative director, Venus Comms 

And as always, we couldn’t have put on the Women in Media Awards without our awesome sponsors: