Australia’s premier awards for entertainment marketing

Best Influencer Campaign or Social Strategy
Deadpool 2 Super Duper Cut: #Babylegs – FRANK  For Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Ed Sheeran ÷ (Divide) Australia/NZ Tour – Mushroom Promotions for Frontier Touring
#MojitoMoments – TRIBE with OMD Create for Bacardi
Rekicked – BRING with Milk Money for Optus
The Greatest Dance with Shannon Holtzapffel – FRANK for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Thrush: The Musical – Bayer (Canesten)

Best Content Strategy
BLUiE – Bashful with TSE for The Star
Join Our Human Rainbow – 3rdspace, Steadlane & Zenith for Study Gold Coast
Said I Read You… But I Lied – Emotive with Poem & M2M for Audible.com.au
Sexplanations – VICE Australia for Durex
Team up with Dexus – Dexus with Paper Moose
Thrush: The Musical – Bayer (Canesten)
Tough Conversations – The Royals with FINCH, Safari, Whooshkaa and Of Character for Mercedes-Benz Vans

Best Use of a Small Budget
3rdspace for Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Blue Planet II: Take A Deep Breath – BBC Studios ANZ for BBC Earth
LEMON – Hoozu with Maxus for iSelect
Like a Local – Lake Wanaka Tourism with Young and Shand for Lake Wanaka Tourism
Little Carnival – Redengine SCC with Big Kahuna / Fleishman Hillard for Carnival Cruise Line
Opera Australia’s Guide to Modern Living – Opera Australia with Ketchup
Puppy Pal – Banter & Airtasker

Best Branded Sponsorship or Product Integration
NBCUniversal with E! Australia for PrettyLittleThing.com
“I Can’t Believe it’s Frozen” – The Studio, Southern Cross Austereo Melbourne (Hit Network) for Dr Oetker Ristorante Pizza
VB Knock Off – The Studio, Southern Cross Austereo Melbourne (Triple M) for Carlton
United Breweries (Victoria Bitter)

Best Branded Publication (Print or Online)
Woolworths Fresh Magazine – NewsCorp for Woolworths
Balletomane – The Australian Ballet

Best Use of Music
Need For Speed – Steve Aoki Collaboration – EA/FireMonkeys with Steve Aoki/Dim Mak Records for Need For Speed No Limits
Pepsi Max, Far Away in Time – 3rdspace with Borneo for Pepsi Max
Rekicked – BRING with Milk Money for Optus
Said I Read You… But I Lied – Emotive with Poem & M2M for Audible.com.au

Best Use of Interactive/Gaming
Mind Racer – Deakin University with Hardhat and Boom Studios for Deakin University
Pacific Fair Commonwealth Games 2018 – The Creative Shop for Pacific Fair – AMP Capital
A Minute of Your Time – The Monkeys with Poem, Plaza Films, The Editors, Fin Design & Effects and Song Zu for UNICEF

Best Use of Experiential
BLUiE – Bashful with TSE for The Star
Grey Goose French Riviera – Yakusan Brand Experience Group with Ogilvy PR and OMD for Grey Goose / Bacardi Martini Australia
Mind Racer – Deakin University with Hardhat and Boom Studios for Deakin University
Optus 5G Live – Optus with M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, Yes Agency and Staples VR
Samsung Vivid 2018 – Imagination
Use Your Clever – La Trobe University

Best Use of Film Craft/Best Execution
LYNX Australia – Find Your Aussie Magic – Emotive with PHD & Liquid Ideas for Unilever / LYNX
Unpack Your Potential – Commoner with Cesar Salmeron for Australia Post
Journey of a Costume – The Australian Ballet
Race to the Races – Mint Films for TAB

Best Branded Content Campaign
LYNX Australia – Find Your Aussie Magic – Emotive with PHD & Liquid Ideas for Unilever / LYNX
Nothing To Prove – Bauer Media – Story54 with Lacuna Agency for Holden Equinox
Said I Read You… But I Lied – Emotive with Poem & M2M for Audible.com.au
Thrush: The Musical – Bayer (Canesten)
Tough Conversations – The Royals with FINCH, Safari, Whooshkaa and Of Character for Mercedes-Benz Vans
Will it Stick? – Channel T for 3M Post-it Notes

Best Branded Entertainment (Non-Fiction)
Mutti Deliciously Ever After – One Green Bean for Mutti Australia
Will it Stick? – Channel T for 3M Post-it Notes
Life Stages – Hellofuture.tv with OMD Create for Ancestry DNA
Australian as it Gets – The Monkeys with Boxing Clever, EXIT Films, The Editors, Song Zu and The Kitchen for IAG/CGU
Hot Heads – VICE Australia for AirAsia
Unpack Your Potential – Commoner for Australia Post

Best Branded Entertainment (Fiction)
A Very Merry Mistake – Host Havas with Finch for Air New Zealand
Footy Retirement Village – Sportsbet
Long Way – The Monkeys with FINCH, The Butchery and Song Zu for IAG/NRMA
LYNX Australia – Find Your Aussie Magic – Emotive with PHD & Liquid Ideas for Unilever / LYNX

Entertainment Brand of the Year
Frontier Touring
TEG Pty Ltd
The Australian Ballet

PR Campaign of the Year
Paul McCartney One On One Australian Tour – Mushroom Promotions for Frontier Touring
Runway in the Sky – Virgin Australia with Enthral and Kate & Co for Virgin Australia
The Greatest Showman – FRANK for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
The Xbox Stay N’ Play – opr Agency with Maverick for Xbox Australia

Entertainment Agency of the Year
BRING
Pulse Communications, part of opr Agency

Marketing Team of the Year
War on Waste – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Consumer Marketing Team – Nine

Content Company of the Year
3rdspace
Bauer Media for Story54
Junkee Media
Enthral
Sportsbet
VICE Australia

Advertising Campaign of the Year
2018 FIFA World Cup – SBS
Kennedy Molloy ‘duos’ – Southern Cross Austereo with Triple M Marketing for Triple M – Kennedy Molloy
LYNX Australia – Find Your Aussie Magic – Emotive with PHD & Liquid Ideas for Unilever / LYNX
No Gender Selective Tax – Bauer Media for Story54

Andrés López-Varela, Digital Marketing Consultant
Ryan Manning, National Head of SEO & Social, MediaCom
Kate Richardson, Principal Consultant, KR & Co. Consulting
Matt Holmes, Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director, Poem
Matt Granfield, General Manager, Marketing & Communications, Brisbane Marketing
Antonia Farquhar, Head of Media & Brand Experiences, Nestle
Paul Rybicki, Chief Country Officer, DataSpark
Craig Harkness, Xbox Marketing Lead – ANZ, Microsoft Australia
Penny Rowland, Director of Marketing, Commercial & Audience Development, The Australian Ballet
Brett Mitchell, Director, Pollen
Fergus Stoddart, Partner, Strategic Partnerships , Edge
Dan Nitschke, General Manager Media Strategy & Business Development ANZ & Asia, Sony Music Entertainment
Alex Light, Head of Brand Partnerships, VICE
Edward Pontifex, Managing Directo & Executive Producer, The Sweet Shop
Kris Darmody, CEO & Head of Client Services, Curated Content Agency
Emily Bull, Head of Commercial Innovation, Fairfax, HelloFutureTV
Jonathan Pease, Executive Creative Director AU/NZ, AKQA
Nick Cummins, Creative Partner, The Royals
Bec Brown, Managing Director, The Comms Department
Adam Frazer, Creative Director, Present | Company
Anthony Xydis, Chief Marketing Officer, Australian Radio Network
Tom Robinson, Partner, MediaCom Beyond Advertising (MBA) MediaCom + The Content + Connections Agency, MediaCom
Craig O’Donnell, Digital Transformation Manager, Volkswagen Group Australia
Danika Porter, Head of Marketing, Mumbrella
Larissa Rembisz, Deputy Managing Director, Five by Five Global
Kristen McGrath, Associate Director of Publicity and Promotions, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Kate Kavanagh, Head of Communications, Disney
Anna Quinn, General Manager – Lifestyle, Nine
Jane King, Group Director of Marketing, Val Morgan Outdoor
Suzanne Stretton-Brown, Director of Marketing, Universal Pictures International Australasia
Rob Farmer, Founding Director, The Inside Out Brand
Barbara Messer, Content Strategist, Writer & Editor,
Craig Heydon, Head of Media & Digital, West Tigers
Christopher Pocock, Head of Marketing, FOX SPORTS
Olivia Nixon, Head of Brand, Foxtel
Jai Sanderson, General Manager Marketing, CSR Limited
Cie’Jai Leggett, Partnerships Manager, Qantas
Lauren Miller, CEO, HMMG (Harry Miller Group)
Charlene Ong, Director, Client Services, BuzzFeed
Michelle Blancato, Head of Content, Urban List
Nicole Reaney, Director, InsideOut
Nicole Papoutsis, Head of Brand & Marketing, Genea
Richard Brett, CEO, opr
Diane Glasson, Director Public Relations and Communications, The Star
Samantha Saunders, Brand Communications Manager, Australia, Air New Zealand
Steven Murphy, Senior Vice President, Communications, Digital & Brands, FremantleMedia Australia
Kim Mckay, Director, Klick Communications
Sarah Kelly, Corporate Communications Lead, MetLife
Kim Portrate, Chief Executive Officer, ThinkTV
Gemma Hunter, Global Executive Creative Director / Head of MBA Australia, MediaCom
Alistair Ferrier, Head of Production, One Green Bean
Melanie Mahony, Senior Strategist, VICE
Richard Morgan, Former Executive Creative Director, 303MullenLow
Richard Parker , Executive Planning Director & Partner, Edge
Simon Jarosz, Creative Director, Mediacom
Tom Phillips, Managing Director, Infinity Squared
Jay Walkerden, Head of Podcasting, Brisbane Program Director & Market Lead, Programming, Nova 106.9
Yoav Tourel, Head of Sales APAC, Outbrain
Pablo Jeffress, Director, Creative Director & Founder, HelloFutureTV