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Media i's call,
Excellence in sales shines bright,
Peers' votes tell it all.
2024 Media i Awards finalists announced: Celebrating excellence in media sales
The finalists for the 2024 Media i Awards have been announced off the back of more than 2600 votes for the individuals and teams that multinational and independent media agencies believe achieved excellence in media sales.
The awards are scheduled to take place on November 13 at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney. The categories for the awards include National Sales Team of the Year, Sales Team of the Year by Market (NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia & Western Australia), and Sales Person of the Year – by Market, by Category (Television/Streaming, Publishing Media, Outdoor/Cinema, Radio/Audio Streaming, Adtech, Social Media).
The Media i Awards are supported by the media agency industry including principle sponsor the Media Federation of Australia, plus returning category sponsors; Carat, Essence Mediacom, Initiative, Kaimera, Mindshare, OMD, PHD, UM, Wavemaker & Zenith. New sponsors for 2024 are iProspect & Spark Foundry.
"The Media i Awards are our industry’s most significant in acknowledging, recognising and celebrating the crucial contribution media sales professionals and teams make to our industry and the success they help deliver for clients in collaboration with media agencies," said Chris Winterburn, Managing Director of Media i.
"The popularity and importance of the Media i Awards has been proven once again with this years’ voting the amongst the largest on record. Finalists should take immense pride in their nomination. We can’t wait to gather together to celebrate their achievements."
The full list of finalists are:
NATIONAL SALES TEAM AWARD NOMINATIONS |
ARN |
JCDecaux |
Nova Entertainment |
oOh!media |
Southern Cross Austereo [Radio] |
The Trade Desk |
Val Morgan Cinema |
STATE SALES TEAM AWARDS NOMINATIONS |
NSW Sales Team of the Year |
ARN |
JCDecaux |
oOh!media |
Southern Cross Austereo [Radio] |
The Trade Desk |
Val Morgan Cinema |
VMO |
VIC Sales Team of the Year |
JCDecaux |
oOh!media |
QMS |
Southern Cross Austereo [Radio] |
The Trade Desk |
Val Morgan Cinema |
VMO |
QLD Sales Team of the Year |
ARN |
Nine Network |
Nova Entertainment |
oOh!media |
QMS |
The Trade Desk |
Southern Cross Austereo [Radio] |
SA Sales Team of the Year |
JCDecaux |
Nine Network |
Nova Entertainment |
oOh!media |
Paramount |
Southern Cross Austereo [Radio] |
Yahoo |
WA Sales Team of the Year |
ARN |
Nova Entertainment |
oOh!media |
Southern Cross Austereo [Radio] |
Val Morgan Cinema |
VMO |
Yahoo |
NSW SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS |
Television/Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Aliza Thomas - Seven Network |
Caitlin Hay - SBS |
Georgia Jennings -Paramount |
Julia Frolov - SBS |
Nick Milton - Foxtel Media |
Victoria Tzavaras - Foxtel Media |
Publishing Media Sales Person of the Year |
Geordie Irwin - Nine Publishing |
Hannah Nightingale - Are Media |
Jack Meldrum - Val Morgan Digital |
Kentia Marley Kale - News Corp Australia |
Madeleine Ayre - Nine Publishing |
Timothy Latif - News Corp Australia |
Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year |
Jade Sargeant - JCDecaux |
Jake Sullivan - Val Morgan Cinema |
Josh Ferraz - VMO [Val Morgan Outdoor] |
Pip Bulmer - QMS |
Ruby Wright - Val Morgan Cinema |
Teresa Yuan - JCDecaux |
Radio/Audio Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Jenna Thomas - ARN |
Juan Estepa - ARN |
Lucy Carey - Nova Entertainment |
Luke Mcleod - Southern Cross Austereo |
Shaun Lyall - Southern Cross Austereo |
Susan Dickens - ARN |
Adtech Sales Person of the Year |
Aimee Jenkins - Yahoo |
Craig Bonser - Amazon Ads |
Dylann Cranswick - The Trade Desk |
Kyle Rowston - The Trade Desk |
Ryan Linahan - Quantcast |
Tom Heaton - The Trade Desk |
Social Media Sales Person of the Year |
Amy Nahum - Pinterest |
Angie Wright - TikTok |
Declan Malone - TikTok |
Pip Fong - Meta |
Rhiannon McGeever - TikTok |
Sam Powell - TikTok |
VIC SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS |
Television/Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Bronte McIntosh - Southern Cross Austereo |
Dana Louey - SBS |
Joshua Hale - Paramount |
Rebecca Howie - SBS |
Scout Houghton - Paramount |
Tahlia Namana - Paramount |
Publishing Media Sales Person of the Year |
Georgie Farrelly - Mamamia |
Justin Kelly - Carsales Mediahouse |
Lillian Liu - realestate.com.au |
Sarah Lee - realestate.com.au |
Sophie Clarke - Nine Publishing |
Stuart Heron - News Corp Australia |
Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year |
Adeline Reardon - oOh!media |
Fabian Macolino - QMS |
Sam Liistro - VMO [Val Morgan Outdoor] |
Tayla Harrison - VMO [Val Morgan Outdoor] |
Whitney Portwine - QMS |
Zoe Kartanos - JCDecaux |
Radio/Audio Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Alex Braybon - Southern Cross Austereo |
Bronte Randall - Southern Cross Austereo |
Ebony Delmo - Nova Entertainment |
Holly Reynolds - Nova Entertainment |
Jacinta Dwyer - Spotify |
Tess McLeod - ARN |
Adtech Sales Person of the Year |
Dan Stephenson - Quantcast |
Jack Baxter - The Trade Desk |
Kartya Lagioia - The Trade Desk |
Lois Poh - The Trade Desk |
Mia Marasco - MiQ |
Mitchell Smith - The Trade Desk |
Social Media Sales Person of the Year |
Bronte Modica - Meta |
Hamish Ward - TikTok |
Harriet Youngs - TikTok |
Natalie Stanley - Pinterest |
Sam Kirby - Meta |
Will Mitchell - Snapchat |
QLD SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS |
Television/Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Bridget Sloan - Nine Network |
Clare Poole - Southern Cross Austereo |
Jess Healy - Paramount |
Lily Ovenden - Paramount |
Louis De Pasquale - Nine Network |
Publishing Media Sales Person of the Year |
Alyce Zerner - News Corp Australia |
Patrick Sadler - Val Morgan Digital |
Phillipa Monti - News Corp Australia |
Sophie George - The Guardian |
Tess Norton - News Corp Australia |
Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year |
Courtney Johnson – QMS |
Emma Heinz - QMS |
Jessica Ruff - JCDecaux |
Jimmy Biddulph - QMS |
Jorjha Unwin - oOh!media |
Radio/Audio Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Alana Bulger - Nova Entertainment |
Chris Reid - Southern Cross Austereo |
Damian Rosengarten - Nova Entertainment |
Matthew Leadbeater - ARN |
Prue Hempel - Southern Cross Austereo |
Adtech Sales Person of the Year |
Jocelyn Kowald - The Trade Desk |
Larissa Parry - Quantcast |
Lucinda Pfitzner - Yahoo |
Madison Wappett – MiQ |
Tom Heaton - The Trade Desk |
Social Media Sales Person of the Year |
Clarissa Lee - Meta |
Declan Malone - TikTok |
Franzi Pranke - LinkedIn |
Matt Hawkins - X |
Pip Fong - Meta |
SA SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS |
Television/Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Andrew Caufield - Seven Network |
Caitlyn Laing - Paramount |
Kassandra Poulos - Seven Network |
Margherita McAuliffe - Seven Network |
Stephanie Rose - Nine Network |
Publishing Media Sales Person of the Year |
Andrew Donnoli - Nine Publishing |
Imran Khalil - Nine Publishing |
Shamika Hettiarachchige - News Corp Australia |
Sonya Llewellyn – Yahoo |
Tony Mangan – HWR |
Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year |
Dominique Basile - JCDecaux |
Gio Graziano - Val Morgan Cinema |
Joseph Turci - oOh!media |
Natasha Jarrett - oOh!media |
Rachel Girdler - oOh!media |
Radio/Audio Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Dan Muscat - Nova Entertainment |
Emily Taliangis - Southern Cross Austereo |
Jenna Hawkins - ARN |
Matt Russell - Nova Entertainment |
Thea Petros - Southern Cross Austereo |
Adtech Sales Person of the Year |
Andie Kileen - MiQ |
David Treacy - Google |
Pippa Coles - MiQ |
Sonya Llewellyn - Yahoo |
Social Media Sales Person of the Year |
David Treacy - YouTube [Google] |
Franzi Pranke - LinkedIn |
Kurtly Jamieson - LinkedIn |
Marie Thomas - LinkedIn |
WA SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS |
Television/Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Annette Herbert - Seven Network |
Harriet Cohen - Seven Network |
Isabella Maynard - Nine Network |
Mitchell Dehnel - Nine Network |
Olivia Carway - Paramount |
Publishing Media Sales Person of the Year |
Chloe McElhone - The West Australian Newspaper |
Johnette Swan - Nine Publishing |
Nikki Mercado - The Guardian |
Sebastian Tatur - Yahoo |
Siahn Nardi - The West Australian Newspaper |
Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year |
Caitlin Buck - Val Morgan Cinema |
Caitlin Montgomery - oOh!media |
Lauren De Rozario - JCDecaux |
Megan Camp - Val Morgan Outdoor |
Tyler Claassen - oOh!media |
Radio/Audio Streaming Sales Person of the Year |
Clare Porter - Southern Cross Austereo |
Gemma Brandley - Nova Entertainment |
Jess Cameron - ARN |
Kendal O'Brien - Southern Cross Austereo |
Megan Beard - Nova Entertainment |
Adtech Sales Person of the Year |
Amelia Manetakis – Google |
Luke Jervis - The Trade Desk |
Sebastian Tatur - Yahoo |
Tomas Bajrovic - MiQ |
Social Media Sales Person of the Year |
Franzi Pranke - LinkedIn |
Lachlan Fleming - YouTube [Google] |
Marie Thomas - LinkedIn |
Michael Pollard - TikTok |