Celebrating sales excellence: 2018 Media i Awards date revealed

Media i has announced that the 2018 Media i Awards announcement ceremony will be held on Wednesday November 14 at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney.

This year’s program features a full slate of sponsors including the principle sponsor MFA [Media Federation of Australia], along with category sponsors:

• Carat
• Initiative
• IPG Mediabrands
• OMD
• PHD
• Posterscope
• Starcom
• The Media Store
• UM
• Vizeum
• Wavemaker

The Media i Awards acknowledge the important role media sales representatives play in the continual pursuit of media excellence.

Chris Winterburn, MD of Media i, commented: “The Media i Awards are the original, and still the biggest, awards program celebrating excellence in media sales. Voted on by near on 80% of [media owner facing] media agency professionals it provides unprecedented recognition of the best in the business and the role they play in delivering outstanding results for their clients. We thank the MFA and our agency sponsors who continue to highlight their appreciation and support of their media owner partners.”

Sophie Madden, CEO of the MFA, said: “Media sales is a dynamic and fast-moving career and the Media i Awards provides the opportunity for our industry to pause and acknowledge the outstanding contributions of teams and individuals. We are delighted to continue as the principle sponsor.”