Finalists for the 2017 Media i Awards announced

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