Australia’s 2013 Young Lions revealed
The young professionals representing Australia at the Cannes Young Lions comeptition have been revealed. The announcement was made at a reception in Sydney organised by local Young Lions representative News Limited. The teams will represent Australia in media, digital, print, film and marketing.
They are:
Digital:
- Liam Riddler and Alex Bolderoff, 303Lowe
Print:
- Josie Fox and Sara Oteri, cumminsross
Film:
- Omid Amidi and Michael Ashton, DDB Sydney
Media:
- Kristine Ballensky, UM and Paul Den, UM
- Highly commended: Nelson Demartini, UM and Dean Schwal, OMD
- Highly commended: Rebecca Alexander, Match Media and Jennifer Carroll, OMD
Marketing
- Laura Bindon, AMP Capital and Tim Seow, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV)
The five winning teams came through from 80 finalists.
News Limited’s group director – sales Fiorella Di Santo said: “The level of talent demonstrated by this year’s finalists made selecting winners extremely difficult. The 80 finalists showed a high level of strategic thinking, clear innovation and relentless tenacity in their response.”
Winning teams receive return flights to Nice, accommodation and a Young Lions registration to the Cannes Festival with access to all the seminars, awards ceremonies, showcases and the Young Lions party. The festival takes place in June.
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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Congratulations to all the winners and a special mention to Amy Denyer and David Toussaint from MediaCom Melbourne for making it to the finals – well done guys!
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Congrats UM on all the finalists – we’re very proud. And especially to Kristine and Paul… Hope you like rosé!
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Congratulations all! Get ready for a FABULOUS experience.
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Congrats Bec and Jennifer!
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Enjoy your “dessert” Bec and Jennifer! 🙂
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