Media Week 30 Under 30 2020 winners revealed

July 23, 2020

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Media Week 30 Under 30 2020 winners revealed

All winners will be invited to judge the Media Week Awards.

Media Week 30 Under 30: in partnership with Hearst UK

��pk10’s annual Media Week 30 under 30 is being revealed today, with those who have made the list coming from a range of brands, agencies, media owners and start-ups.

It is the third year that Hearst, which owns 25 brands including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Esquire, Good Housekeeping and Harper’s Bazaar, has partnered ��pk10 on Media Week 30 under 30.

This year, for the first time, the judging took place remotely because of lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The winners came from 22 companies, including Accenture Interactive, Dentsu X, Ebiquity, Fuse, Hearst, Hearts & Science, HSBC, MediaCom, Mediahub, Merkle, Mindshare, News UK, OMD, UM and Wavemaker.

The competition was open to anyone working in UK commercial media aged under 30 on 31 May 2020; ��pk10 received 128 entries.

In another first, all the winners will be invited to judge the Media Week Awards, which are set to take place in October.

Jane Wolfson, chief commercial officer at Hearst UK and one of the judges, said: "It’s been an absolute pleasure being involved in this year’s judging for Media Week’s 30 under 30 – although not an easy task choosing a few winners from a large number of strong entries, it truly showcases the exceptional talent that we have in our industry.

"It is incredibly encouraging to see so much talent and passion from all involved, and I know the future of the industry is in safe, creative and brilliant hands."

Dino Lamptey-Myers, founder of The Barber Shop, also helped to pick out the 30 finalists. He said: "Judging these awards is a reminder of just how much real talent can achieve when given the responsibility and opportunity.

"I was impressed particularly by those who had set out on their own creating companies and leading teams, or those who had led initiatives that went above and beyond what their job specs would have asked them to do."

Another judge on the panel was Victoria Fox, chief executive of AAR, who said: "It was a great judging process with some good, healthy debate, which was needed, because the calibre of the entries was really high. To select just 30 required us to really pull apart the entries.

"It is incredible what our winners have achieved already in their careers by 30 – such positivity for the future of the industry."

The rest of the judging panel was made up of: Natalie Bell, managing director at MG OMD; Lucy Daramola, UK and EMEA account management team lead at Adthena; Matt Jordan, UK and EMEA head of people at M/SIX; Gurjit Degun, news editor at ��pk10, Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief at ��pk10; and Omar Oakes, global technology editor at ��pk10.