The Media i Awards, scheduled to be held in Sydney on November 15, are the culmination of 2,011 media agency peers voting for the individuals and teams they believe achieved excellence in media sales.
Each agency respondent voted for their best media sales teams and representative in the respective channels they engaged in during 2017.
This year’s Media i Awards finalists will compete in the following categories:
• National Sales Team of the Year
• Sales Team of the Year by Market (NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia & South Australia)
• Sales Person of the Year – by Market, by Category (Television, Digital, Outdoor, Magazines, Newspaper, Radio)
National sales teams nominated this year are ARN, Nine [Digital], News Corp Australia, oOh! Media, Spotify and Val Morgan Cinema.
Winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney.
Charles Parry-Okeden, CEO Media i, commented: “The Media i Awards not only recognise the professionalism and excellence of sales teams and individuals, but the success they achieved for clients in collaboration with media agencies.
“The popularity and importance of the Media i Awards has been proven once again with this year’s voting up on last year [2016] and reflecting over 80% of the media owner facing agency fraternity. Finalists should feel immensely proud of their nomination,” said Chris Winterburn, managing director, Media i.
This year’s Media i Awards have once again been well supported by the media industry including the Media Federation of Australia, Carat, Initiative, IPG Mediabrands, KWP! Media, OMD, PHD, Posterscope, The Media Store, UM, Starcom and Vizeum.
Andrea Ingham, Spotify head of sales ANZ, commented:
“We are absolutely thrilled to have secured eight nominations across five categories in this year’s Media i Awards.
“To have people nominated in markets we don’t reside in is an incredible achievement and a testament to the hard work our team has put in to better service agencies and clients across the country.
“Our nomination for National Sales Team of the Year against businesses who have hundreds of sales people across these regions is unprecedented. I couldn’t be prouder of my team and all their achievements this year.”
2017 Media i Awards Finalists
NATIONAL SALES TEAM AWARD NOMINATIONS
ARN
Nine [Digital]
News Corp Australia
oOh! Media
Spotify
Val Morgan Cinema
STATE SALES TEAM AWARDS NOMINATIONS
NSW Sales Team of the Year
ARN
News Corp Australia
Nine [Digital]
SBS
Spotify
Val Morgan Cinema
VIC Sales Team of the Year
Fairfax Media [Digital]
News Corp Australia
Nine
Nova Entertainment
oOh! Media
Val Morgan Cinema
QLD Sales Team of the Year
APN Outdoor
ARN
Bauer
JCDecaux
Southern Cross Austereo Radio
Southern Cross Austereo Television
SA Sales Team of the Year
MCN
Nine
Nine [Digital]
Nova Entertainment
oOh! Media
SBS
WA Sales Team of the Year
APN Outdoor
Bauer
MCN
Nine
Nine [Digital]
Southern Cross Austereo Radio
NSW SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Digital sales person of the year
Adam King – Spotify
Burzin Mehta – Domain Media
Hannah Cooper – Quantcast
Hayley Treasure – Spotify
Kendall Latham – Spotify
Loesje Lambooy – realestate.com.au
Nathan Turnbull – Nine
Magazine sales person of the year
Colin Murace – Pacific Magazines
Kristy Farr – Fairfax Media
Melanie Giordano – Bauer
Niki Lamplough – Bauer
Rachel Smith – Pacific Magazines
Sue Hoffman – Pacific Magazines
Newspaper sales person of the year
Alexander Warren – News Corp Australia
Bethany Ross – News Corp Australia
Casey Guth – News Regional Media
Ignatius Stillone – News Corp Australia
Levi Guillory – News Corp Australia
Simon Daly – Fairfax Regional Media
Outdoor/Cinema sales person of the year
Adam Ennis – Locate by oOH!
Andrew Robertson – QMS
Annaliese Pedavoli – Val Morgan Cinema
Benny Meredith – Shopper Media Group
Liam O’Meara – Val Morgan Cinema
Melissa Elhage – Westfield Brand Space
Stephanie Russell – Westfield Brand Space
Radio sales person of the year
Catherine Scro – Southern Cross Austereo
Jack Archdale – Nova Entertainment
Jade Randall – ARN
Jessica Roach – Nova Entertainment
Kate Blakeley – ARN
Rebecca Corbett – ARN
Television Sales person of the year
Domenic Fraietta – Southern Cross Austereo
Emily Huhndorf – Nine
Jackson Forbes – MCN
Lauren Beach – Nine
Megan Oliver – SBS
Nicole Daley – Nine
VIC SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Digital sales person of the year
Adam King – Spotify
Breanna Cull – realestate.com.au
Ilya Harpas – Fairfax Media
Jessica Cvijic – Carsales/Media Motive
Laura Rolfe – Yahoo7!
Stephanie Needham – Fairfax Media
Magazine sales person of the year
Angie Stavros – Pacific Magazines
Demi Martello – Bauer
Ebba McLean – Bauer
Emma Jeffs – News Corp Australia
Rebecca Delaurence – Bauer
Rebecca Sonnex – Pacific Magazines
Newspaper sales person of the year
Gabby Geyman – Fairfax Media
Ilya Harpas – Fairfax Media
Lizzy Ford – Fairfax Media
Luke Doolan – News Corp Australia
Shelley Holihan – News Corp Australia
Sjaan Norris – Fairfax Regional Media
Outdoor/Cinema sales person of the year
Ben Peel – oOh! Media
Bryce Crosswell – JCDecaux
Chris Richards – oOh! Media
Jess Marquis – QMS
Lucy Porter – APN Outdoor
Patrick Healey – Adshel
Sean Griffiths – Val Morgan Cinema
Radio sales person of the year
Anne Eastaughffe – Macquarie Media
Christiana Brenton – Nova Entertainment
Denis Donati – ARN
Emily Mead – Nova Entertainment
James Hansford – Nova Entertainment
John Hewitt – ARN
Television sales person of the year
Alicia Chenoweth – Seven
Berkan Ciftcioglu – MCN
Eliza Lewis – MCN
Hamish Ward – Nine
Hugh Evans – Nine
Stephanie Keenan – Nine
QLD SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Digital sales person of the year
Adam King – Spotify
Georgia Falloon – MCN Digital
Hayley Treasure – Spotify
Sam Staples – Nine
Sarah Wall – Yahoo7!
Tenielle Jordan – News Corp Australia
Magazine sales person of the year
Jess Cuerton – Bauer
Judy Taylor – Bauer
Paris Parker-Cox – Fairfax Media
Sarah Moffat – Bauer
Newspaper sales person of the year
Brad Roberts – West Australian Newspapers
Janice Batzloff – News Corp Australia
Nonie Campbell – News Corp Australia
Paris Parker-Cox – Fairfax Media
Tenielle Jordan – News Corp Australia
Outdoor/Cinema sales person of the year
Ally Foster – oOh! Media
Angela Boon – GOA
Elizabeth Burnett – JCDecaux
Louise Nicholls – JCDecaux
Phoebe Woodward – oOh! Media
Renee Jonsen – APN Outdoor
Radio sales person of the year
Alana Bulger – Nova Entertainment
Chris Reid – Southern Cross Austereo
Georgia McCarthy – ARN
Lanah Matheny – Southern Cross Austereo
Lauren Everist – ARN
Television sales person of the year
Annabel McErlean – SBS
Brendan Coleman – Seven
Chris Raes – Seven
James Rose – Seven
Scott Mathison – Southern Cross Austereo
Tameekah Parker – MCN
SA SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Digital sales person of the year
Anthony McDonald – Quantcast
Charlotte Jackson – News Corp Australia
Imran Khalil – Nine
Troy Sokol – Nine
Magazine sales person of the year
Brad Barber – Fairfax Media
Georgia Matthews – Pacific Magazines
Jo Moroney – Bauer
Liz Molyneux – Fairfax Media
Newspaper sales person of the year
Brad Barber – Fairfax Media
Brydie Lane – News Corp Australia
Candice Arthur – News Corp Australia
Deb Milne – News Corp Australia
Outdoor/Cinema sales person of the year
Kath Haines – Val Morgan Cinema
Maddy Lewis – oOH! Media
Nathan Robertson – oOH! Media
Nick Ryder – APN Outdoor
Radio sales person of the year
Daniel Muscat – Nova Entertainment
Jessica Lockie – ARN
Matt Russell – Nova Entertainment
Nicole Burton – Southern Cross Austereo
Sean Cameron – Southern Cross Austereo
Television sales person of the year
Adele Gibb – MCN
Alexa Borak – Nine
Emily Wardle – Nine
Linda Anastasiou – MCN
Tareena Hatton – MCN
WA SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATION
Digital sales person of the year
Alix Rivalland – Fairfax Media
Gemma White – Nine
Ryan Gower – West Australian Newspapers
Stephanie Butt – West Australian Newspapers
Tomas Bajrovic – Nine
Magazine sales person of the year
Cindy Henderson – News Corp Australia
Liz Molyeux – Fairfax Media
Nicky Simpson – Bauer
Vikki Stacy – QANTAS Magazine
Newspaper sales person of the year
Cindy Henderson – News Corp Australia
Courtney Henshall – West Australian Newspapers
James Burke – West Australian Newspapers
Liz Molyneux – Fairfax Media
Outdoor/Cinema sales person of the year
Jessie MacKinnon – oOh! Media
Megan Camp – Val Morgan Outdoor
Michelle Hawkins – Val Morgan Cinema
Phil Dada – APN Outdoor
Steve Betts – QMS
Radio sales person of the year
James van Grootel – Southern Cross Austereo
Josie Carter – Southern Cross Austereo
Marianne Stelmach – Macquarie Media
Megan Beard – Nova Entertainment
Trent McKeown – ARN
Television sales person of the year
Annette Herbert – Seven
Estelle Cooper – MCN
Karen Papalia – MCN
Luke Holmes – Nine
Olivia Carway – MCN
Photo: 2016 National Sales Team of the Year – News Corp Australia