2021 Media i Awards winners: see the full list here

News 10 Nov 2021 - 3 min read

2021 Media i Awards winners: see the full list here

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Tags: Media i Media i Awards Media i Awards, media sales, Mi3, TV, radio, magazines, outdoor, cinema, digital, newspapers, marketing, media agencies Nine oOh!media

Nine, oOh!Media, Network Ten and Spotify were the most recognised companies at the annual Media i Awards, which celebrate media sales excellence and award the best sales people in the business – based on the votes of 2,000+ media agency staff. See the teams and individual winners here.

What you need to know:

The Media i winners were announced at a virtual event last night, with Nine’s sales team taking out the national sales gong.
Sales teams and individuals from 15 different media companies won awards at the event, which is the only one to recognise the contribution of media owners.

Top guns

Nine’s sales team has been named the top Team of the Year by Media i in a virtual ceremony recognising top media sales talent.

Agency employees voted across three categories: National Sales Team of the Year, Sales Team of the Year by Market, and Sales Person of the Year by Category By Market.

“Standing here 12 months ago, it would have been almost impossible to imagine that 2021 would remain as challenging as 2020. It certainly has required us all to dig even deeper to navigate what was already an incredibly difficult environment… The response from all involved has been overwhelming, reinforcing the significance of this initiative to sales teams and individuals across the country.”

Nine was the most awarded media company, with six awards, followed by oOh!Media (four), and Network Ten and Spotify (three).

2021 National Sales Team of the Year

Nine

2021 Sales Teams Winners List

NSW: Spotify

VIC: Network Ten

QLD: News Corp Australia

SA: oOh!Media

WA: oOh!Media

Sales Representative of the Year (Print Media)

NSW: Simon Cleary, Australian Community Media

VIC: Tiffany Leahy, Nine

QLD: Nonie Patten, News Corp Australia

SA: Brad Barber, News Corp Australia

WA: Meave Daniels, The West Australian Newspaper

Sales Representative of the Year (Outdoor/Cinema)

NSW: Jack Novak, Val Morgan Cinema

VIC: Warwick Kiel, oOh!Media

QLD: Gillian Black, Val Morgan Cinema

SA: Natasha Jarrett, oOh!Media

WA: Damien Bodestyne, JCDecaux

Sales Representative of the Year (Radio)

NSW: Talya Levine, Nova Entertainment

VIC: Tess McLeod, ARN

QLD: Lauren Everist, ARN

SA: Dan Muscat, Nova Entertainment

WA: Emma Fry, Southern Cross Austereo

Sales Representative of the Year (Digital)

NSW: Annie Hugo, Spotify

VIC: Hamish Ward, realestate.com.au

QLD: Madison Wappett, MiQ

SA: Mark Bachetti, Nine

WA: Sebastian Tatur, Yahoo

Sales Representative of the Year (Television)

NSW: Dean Bishop, Nine

VIC: Joshua Hale, Network Ten

QLD: Jayne Balke, Network Ten

SA: Stephanie Rose, Nine

WA: Natasha Twentyman, Nine