SALES AND AD-OPERATIONS AWARDS
Display Sales Excellence Award
Direct Digital Sales Team, MediaWorks | Winner
Scroll Media (New Zealand)
Mobile Sales Excellence Award
James Cartwright, Big Mobile | Winner
Natasha Judson, Exponential
Video Sales Excellence Award
Laura Craig, MediaWorks | Winner
Matt Fussell, MediaWorks
Natasha Judson, Exponential
Junior Ad-Ops Person of the Year
Anjali Bhardwaj, Verizon Media
Garima Bajaj, Stuff
Maria Chan, Mi9 NZ
Tianze Yu, Big Mobile | Winner
Senior Ad-Ops Person of the Year
Jono Zhang, MediaWorks
Mel Evans, NZME | Winner
BEST USE OF MEDIA AWARDS
Best Use of Audio Award, sponsored by MediaWorks
Southern Cross Health Society, NZME
Spark – Project Laya, Digital Commons | Winner
Best Use of Mobile Award, sponsored by Stuff
Kauri Dieback, FCB | Winner
McDonalds – Best Month Ever! November Calendar, OMD New Zealand
Take a picture, learn a language, PHD Media
Best Use of Native Award, sponsored by Verizon Media
Deadpool NZ Style, TVNZ
Southern Cross Health Society, NZME | Winner
The Little Christmas Nudge, FCB
Best Use of Social Award, sponsored by Facebook
Ethique #GIVEUPTHEBOTTLE, Alysha Delany, MBM | Winner
Frucor: V – Black from the Dead, OMD New Zealand
Somersby – Turning a traditional summer drink into a winter favourite… and growing sales by 12%!, Socialites
Best Use of Video Award, sponsored by Taboola
Ministry of Education: Oat the Goat, TVNZ and FCB New Zealand | Winner
The Warehouse – Kiwi Scrabble, OMD New Zealand
Who’s on tonight?, MBM
Best Use of Multi-Channel Integration Award
Frucor: V Sugarfree – Restart Your Smarts, OMD New Zealand
Switch Stop, FCB
The Little Christmas Nudge, FCB | Winner
DATA AND EFFECTIVENESS AWARDS
Best Use of Data: Audience Modelling Award, sponsored by Trade Me
Air New Zealand: Your Perfect Island, Air New Zealand
Auckland Transport – Who’s Gonna Drive You Home, OMD New Zealand
Switch Stop, FCB | Winner
Best Use of Data: Measurement Solution Award, sponsored by Nielsen
Making Search More Profitable, PHD Media
Spending $38 less to make $5,500 every day, PHD Media
Switch Stop, FCB | Winner
Best Use of Programmatic Award, sponsored by The Trade Desk
Flexigroup, MBM | Winner
Latitude Financial Services (GEM) – The Betterers, OMD New Zealand
Practise What You Programmatic, Acquire Online NZ
Best Use of Search Engine Marketing and/or Search Engine Optimisation Award, sponsored by Google
Creating a competitive advantage leveraging AI & Google Ads Smart Bidding Strategies, Harmoney | Winner
MyTax – Breaking records and becoming the industry #1 in 2018, Uprise Digital
STEDI, This Side Up
GRAND AWARDS
Digital Product of the Year Award
ACast Podcasting, Digital Commons
Driving online conversion on a pay for performance basis, S.L.I.C.E Digital | Winner
Digital Start-up of the Year Award
OneRoof – disrupting the traditional property model in NZ, NZME | Winner
Scroll Media, Scroll Media (New Zealand)
Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Marsden Inch
Campbell Jarvis, MBM | Winner
Chloe Masters, Stuff
George Coslett, Mindshare World
Jack Manning, Acquire Online
Council Member of the Year Award
Michael Buhagiar, Big Mobile | Winner
Roger Shakes, Media Tech Partners
Sarah Kavanagh, Sense Data
Stephen Old, MediaWorks
Service to the Industry Award
Alysha Delany, MBM | Winner
Andy Wylie, NZME
Agency of the Year Award, sponsored by Google
MBM Winner
OMD New Zealand
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