B&T’s Women In Media Awards 2017 Winners Revealed!

B&T’s Women In Media Awards 2017 Winners Revealed!
Vivian Luo
By Vivian Luo
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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:

Women in Media Awards 2017 sponsor block

 

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