APMA Star Awards finalists revealed
The Australasian Promotional Marketing Association (APMA) has announced the finalist for its Star Awards, acknowledging the best of promotional and experiential marketing.
The announcement:
May 18, 2011 –
APMA, powered by The Communications Council, today announced the finalists for the 2011 APMA Star Awards, celebrating the past year’s best work in Promotional and Experiential Marketing.
Selected by a panel of 40 industry experts, 26 agencies have been shortlisted as finalists.
Apollo Marketing New Zealand, Creative Activation, Leo Burnett, Momentum Worldwide and The Marketing Store Sydney are the agencies with most nominations.
The full list of New Zealand and Australian finalists across seventeen categories include:
Agencies 30thirty Pty Ltd Leo Burnett AJF Partnership Momentum Worldwide Apollo Marketing Pacific Highway Marketing Communications Apollo Marketing New Zealand PLAY Communication BD Network Pusher Clemenger BBDO & Clemenger Fusion Shining Star Marketing and Events Clemenger BBDO Melbourne Sputnik Agency Creative Activation The Marketing Store Sydney DDB Group Melbourne The Marketing Zoo Evocatif The Works Ideaworks Tribe Marketing Integer Urban Kinetic Marketing Wunderman “We’re enormously pleased with another year with a very high level of entries. We are particularly happy to see with strong interest not only from Communications Council members, but also non- members. This will make the 30th of June a broadly supported Australasian awards night where we will showcase the best work in Marketing Activation.” said David Lo, APMA Chairman. “We hope to see all of you there.”
APMA member agencies were able to nominate Account Service or Creative staff for the Young Achiever of the Year title. The finalists for that title include
Young Stars Young Achiever in Account Service Finalists:
Name: Tom Roydhouse
Agency: Apollo Marketing New Zealand
Name: John Georgas
Agency: Tribe Marketing
Name: Jessie White
Agency: Leo Burnett
Name: Kelly De Battista
Agency: The Marketing Zoo
Young Stars Young Achiever in Account Creative:
Name: Nick Smith
Agency: Kinetic Marketing
Name: Ed Nethery
Agency: The Marketing Zoo
Name: Jeff Mimery
Agency: Momentum Worldwide
The announcing of Gold, Silver and Bronze category winners, the overall Grand Prix winner and the Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding service to an industry figurehead, will take place at the Star Awards event to be held at Sydney’s Sofitel Hotel on the 30th of June.
Tickets can be ordered here or at www.apma.com
Source: Communications Council press release
