Executive judges

Judges per category

Campaigns

Overall, Digitally Led Marketing Campaign

Executive judge: Rebekah Horne, Chief Digital Officer, NRL

• Adrian Farouk, Managing Director, DigitasLBi
• Amrita Dsouza, Digital Business Analyst, AGL
• Anthony Dumont, Vice President Consumer Marketing, Mastercard
• Autumn Martin, Group Director Digital, MediaCom
• Az Yousaf, General Manager Digital, Kalido
• Belinda Daly, Head of Shopping Centre Marketing, AMP Capital Shopping Centres
• Ben Millar, Digital Director, Ebiquity
• Brendan Forster, Head of Creative Technology Sydney, Clemenger BBDO
• David Hirsch, Head of Financial Services, Bupa
• Donna Magauran, Enterprise Marketing Manager Digital Media, Adobe
• Ella Lymbereas, Head of Creative Content and Production, The Iconic
• Gavin Cranston, Group Business & Digital Director - Beacon Communication, Leo Burnett Japan (Japan)
• Georgina Russell, Head of Brand & Marketing, ACMI
• Jackie Helliker, Associate Director Marketing and Communications, Nielsen
• James Koefoed, Senior Program Manager, Disney Interactive
• Jason Dooris, Group Chief Executive Officer, Atomic 212
• Jesse Fogarty, Director of Media and Creative, Sterning
• Kaye Fallick, Publisher, Your Life Choices
• Laura Hill, Head of Advertising and Partnerships, Gumtree
• Leigh Terry, CEO, MBWW
• Leisa Bacon, Director Audience & Marketing, ABC
• Lisa Burprich, Senior Strategy Planner, MercerBell
• Lyndon Barnett, Senior Digital Content and SEO Manager, Vodafone Australia
• Michelle Hood, Regional Media Communications Manager, Ferrero Australia
• Nic Halley, Owner, Mindbox
• Nicholas James, General Manager, Ride Free Media
• Noel Magnus, Group Managing Director, Edge
• Noelle Kim, Head of Innovation Marketing, Facebook (USA)
• Paul Harapin, Vice President, Domo
• Peter Lynch, Managing Director and Publisher, Big Splash Media
• Richard LLewellyn, Chairman, Howitt & Co
• Ron Samuel, Creative Director/Partner, Cooch
• Scott Esdaile, Partner - Strategist/Creative, Romeo
• Suzy Smiley, GM, Apparent Communications
• Tori Benzie, Head of Digital Partnerships, MCN
• Yana Podroubaeva, Digital Media Solutions, Telstra

 

Social/Content Led Marketing Campaign

Executive judge: Melina Cruickshank, Chief Editorial & Marketing Officer, Domain

• Aden Hepburn, MD, VML
• Andrew Antoniou, Founder, Orchard
• Angus Stevens, Managing Director, Start VR
• Anna Kertesz, Managing Director, Guerrilla
• Arran Peck, Global Head Conversion, Ancestry.com
• Brad Bennett, Head of Digital, The Hallway
• Cassandra Thomas-Smith, Strategy & Insights Director, PosterScope
• Daniel Derrick, General Manager Marketing, Sanitarium
• Danielle Veldre, Partner, Boatshed Media
• David Bell, Executive Creative Director, MercerBell
• Diego Trigo, Executive Technical Director, Holler
• Ebonie Newman, Director of Sales, APAC Storyful
• EJ Granleese, Managing Partner and Founder, History Will Be Kind
• Fergus Stoddart, MD, Edge Agency
• Homaira Razi, Head of TV, Yahoo
• James Kane, Founder & CEO, Two Bulls (USA)
• James Kim, Managing Director - Asia Pacific Communications Media & Technology Digital Lead, Accenture (Hong Kong)
• James Robertson, Founder, Step Two
• Jessica White, CEO, Cassette
• Jo Laboo, Senior Producer, Kojo
• John Ford, CEO, The One Centre
• Jon-Paul Jacques, Executive Creative Director Australia, GTB
• Julian Natividad, International Segment Manager, Australia Post
• Kylie Trengrove, Senior Research Analyst, ACMA
  
• Lyndell Sawyer, Head of Media, McCann
  
• Rob Bare, Strategy Director, Guerrilla
• Stuart Hipwell, Creative Director, King Content
• Suzy Nicoletti, Managing Director, Twitter
• Tatiana Pentes, Acting/Lead Digital Communications, Cancer Australia
• Vanessa Arden Wood, Digital Executive Producer, Network Ten
• Zoe Ghani, Director of Product, The Iconic

 

Applications

Website or Online Service

Executive judge: Mike Sribney, Executive Manager Wealth Digital Channels, Commonwealth Bank

• Adam Faulkner, Experience Design Director, blueegg
• Adrian Kotik, Head of Digital and UX, Walter Wakefield
• Andrew Birmingham, CEO, Which50
• Callum Shand, Head of UX, Doghouse
• Chris Parker, Founder & MD, Awaken
• Daniel Banik, Founding Director, August
• Daniel Scow, Experience Design Director, IndustrieIT
• David McGowan, Managing Director, Nomad Agency
• Emily Bates, Head of Strategic Marketing Wealth Management, CBA
• Gavin Merriman, CMO, Nude By Nature
• Greg Willis, CTO, Menulog Group
• Heidi Tacbian, Head of Digital, ANZ New Zealand
• Irina Haywards, Head of Digital, bmf
• Julia Falcone, Director - Melbourne, Nakama Melbourne
• Julie Nestor, VP & GM Consumer Marketing & Digital Product Development, American Express
• Justin Hind, CEO & Co-Founder, WithCollective
• Karina Sant'ana, Director Audience and Insights, News
• Kylie Boltin, Executive Producer Online Documentary, SBS Television and Online Content
• Lawrence McCleland, Design Director - Red 28 (UK)
• Libby Patch, Digital Marketing Specialist, Suncorp
• Luke Brown, CEO, Affinity
• Marietta Iwanowski, Agile Project Manager, Uber Pty Limited
• Mark Robinson, Head of Product, Yahoo
• Melissa Curran, Director of Commercial Partnerships & Operations, Seven
• Michelle Baltazar, Director of Media & Publishing, Financial Standard
• Mike Zeederberg, MD, Zuni
• Natasha Gojnich, Product Manager Digital and Data, NRMA
• Sarah Vaughn, Director Developer Evangelism & Experience, Microsoft
• Stella Carnegie, Group Director Strategy, OMD
  
• Stuart Fagg, Head of Digital, The Australian
• Thomas Taylor, Senior Digital Product Manager, Bupa Australia
• William Parry, Technology Director, MercerBell
• Willie Pang, Chief Digital Officer, Mediacom

 

Smartphone or Tablet Application

Executive judge: Anna Pearce, Head of Interactive, Disney

• Adam Griffith, Managing Director, Get Started
• Adrian Roeling, National Managing Director, Dentsu Mitchell
• Alexander Moyse, Founder and Strategy Director, Frank Digital
  
• Amanda Connors, Head of Branding & Marketing, Endota
• Andrew Haussegger, CEO, Green Hat
• Brad Morris, Head of Digital, 303 MullenLowe
• Brian Vella, CEO, DT
• Claire Noble, Digital Marketing and Engagement Leader NextGen, EnergyAustralia
• Colin Fairweather, Chief Information Officer Executive Services Group, City of Melbourne
• Daniel Littlepage, Managing Director, 90Seconds
• Darren Paterson, Principal Consultant, Digicentric Media Consultancy
• David Herbert, Project Manager Web Platforms and Strategy, UTS
• Jay Morgan, Digital Product & Experience Creative Director, J Walter Thompson
• Joel Thomson, Founder, SalesPreso
• John Yanny, Managing Director, Voodoo Creative
• K-Duane Mackey, Senior Account Manager, Fuji Xerox
• Kevin Paterson, Director, Simple Net
• Lachlan Pottenger, Creative Director, First
• Lexi Thorn, Senior Customer Experience Manager - Digital, ANZ
• Lexie Denby, General Manager Marketing, TAL
• Matthew Morgan, Cummins and Partners
• Michael Whitehead, Manager Growth & Innovation, Yarra Trams
• Nikki Murrell, Manager - Partnerships & New Business, Telstra
• Phoebe Yu, CEO, Ettitude
• Ric Holland, Director of Marketing and Digital Agency Solutions, Offis
• Rob Fitzpatrick, CEO, AIIA
• Ruth Fogarty, Digital Producer, Four Corners
• Simon Wong, Director, Team Content
  
• Sohail Dahdal, Media Professor, American Uni of Sharjah (Dubai)
• Stephen Forth, Managing Director, SapientRazorfish
• Stephen McKeown, Senior Manager Marketing & Digital, BMW Group Financial Services

 

Best Use of Emerging Technology (e.g. Console Gaming, VR, AR, etc.)

Executive judge: Ryan Svaghi, Group GM Product & UX, Car Sales

• Amanda Martin, Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Andy Howard, Technology + Commercial, The Village of Useful
• Anthony James, CEO, Trinity Consulting
• Brad Down, Head of Innovation, Burst SMS
• Bradley Milliken, Lead Partner, Deloitte Consulting
• Crispin Blackall, Director Global Enterprise Product Engineering Networks, Telstra Operations
• David Leckstrom, Executive Manager eCommerce, Suncorp
• David Bartolo, Educator/Innovator, Tafe NSW
• Davor Vilusic, National Head of Digital, Vizeum Australia
• Jake Soper, Head of Technology, Imagination Australia
• Jason Tonelli, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Publicis Media
• Joachim Holte, Head of Digital Marketing, Kmart
• John Riccio, Chief Digital Officer & Partner Digital Services Leader, PWC
• Kirsty Crowley, Group Manager Enterprise Digital & Social, Origin Energy
  
• Konrad Spilva, CEO, Isobar Australia
• Mark Cameron, Chief Executive, W3 Digital
• Mike Boyd, CEO, Contact Light
• Peter McMahon, Deputy CMO Strategic Marketing and Communications, Monash University
• Rob Sheffield, Group CEO, Nakama Global
• Rob Lawn, Director, Tundra
• Ross Dawson, Managing Partner and Chief Futurist, Rh7thm Ventures
• Sasha Shelev, Managing Director, Webcoda
• Saul Edmonds, Creative Director, Roundhouse
• Simon Spencer, Director and CEO, Edgelabs and the Big Little Data Co
• Siobhan Condon, Head of Digital, Paper Stone Scissors
• Tim den Braber, Client Partner, AKQA (USA)
• Timothy Hart, Director of Public Engagement, Museums Victoria
• Vu Tran, Co-Founder, Go1

 

Best Student Entry

Best Digital Team

Best Digital Individual

Best Digital Start-Up

Executive judge: Lance Eerhard, Chief Digital Officer, Dan Murphy's

• Catherine Nielsen, Learning Design and Development Advisor, NSW Government
• Chris Flintoft, Managing Director, Valtech
• David Jackson, CEO, S2M
• Geraldine McDonagh, Chief Digital Officer, Zenith Media
• Jane Waterhouse, Owner / Director, Bauer Xcel Media
• Jeffrey Evans, Vice President Technology & Digital Experience, Asia Pacific
• Joe Manariti, Director, SWIM
• John Butterworth, Head of Digital Services, The Gruden Group
• Jon Maxim, Copywriter, Maxim
• Kate Gooden, Product Manager Web & Apps, Foxsports
• Keeva Stratton, Director, Quip Creative
• Kevan Baker, Managing Director, BrandMail
• Kingston Lee-Young, CEO, Now Comms Group
• Lance Traore, Managing Director, Unruly Group
• Lu Borges, Communications Director, bmf
• Lyndon Hale, Executive Director APAC, DigitasLBi (China)
• Marlene Vicaire, Founder/Director, T Shape Consulting
• Marnie O'Brien, Marketing Executive, Gold Coast Tourism Corporation
• Matt Farrugia, Managing Partner, GPYR
• Mike Vasavada, Co-Founder & Director, Mobiddiction
• Nima Yassini, CEO, New Republique
• Paul Cahill, Head of Customer Experience, Tabcorp Holdings
• Robert Antulov, Managing Director, MediaNext
• Samantha Locke, National Marketing Manager - People and Culture, Flight Centre Travel Group
• Simon te Brinke, Digital Communications & Social Business Strategist, Grammercy Park Consulting
• Stan Cheung, Digital Design Director, Wunderman-Bienalto
• Virginia Hyland, Founder, Hyland