Leo Burnett Melbourne, Zoo Republic and 30thirty secure most noms at APMA Star Awards finalist stage
APMA, powered by The Communications Council, has today announced the finalists for the
2013 APMA Star Awards, celebrating the finest promotional and experiential marketing work from the past year.
Finalists were selected by a panel of 34 judges, across 16 categories. The agencies that secured the most nominations were Leo Burnett Melbourne (8), The Zoo Republic (7) and 30thirty (7).
Says Alicia Beachley, APMA Star Award committee member: “With so much change taking place in our industry over recent years, it is truly inspiring to assess the ways in which marketers are adapting to deal effectively with new technologies and consumer demands. The Star Award finalists are great examples of this and I look forward to showcasing those leading campaigns at this year’s event.”
The full list of New Zealand and Australian finalists include:
30thirty
Leo Burnett Melbourne
31ST Second
Loyalty New Zealand
BD Network
Momentum Worldwide Australia
Below The Line
One Green Bean
Chieftain Communications
Pacific Highway Marketing Communication Pty Ltd
Creative Activation
PLAY Communication
Evocatif Pty Ltd
The Station Agency
Graffiti Group Pty Ltd
The Works
IdeaWorks
The Zoo Republic
Integer
Transfix
Whybin\TBWA Group
Traffik
Wunderman Australia
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 Amy Jenkins from 30thirty; Claire Robertson from Creative Activation; Kath Regan from Graffiti Group Pty Ltd; Megan Alward from The Zoo Republic and Alexandra Stickler from Integer.
Young Achiever in Creative finalists include Kari Fearon from Below The Line; Andre Sikanjic
from The Zoo Republic and Nickole Carvajal from 30thirty.
The bronze, silver and gold Star Award winners will be announced at the annual APMA Star Award night on Wednesday 26th June in the Ivy Room at The Ivy. To book your table, click here.
5 Comments
WTF is this award show & why would any agency be desperate enough for tin to bother.
Way too much stupid money spent on weird e grade shows.
Hey junior rule number one: support the home team, aka Australian awards.
“secure most noms”?
They must have been award-hungry…
It’s a local show for promotional stuff that’s been around for ages, probably longer than what you have been around Mister ‘Seriously guys”. If you bother having a look at the past shortlists, among some dubious stuff, you will also see work that has gone to win serious metal at all the big shows internationally. If anything, it serves as a sounding board for agencies to see how the work stacks up and give it a bit of momentum for the bigger, badder shows. So, there you go. Save your money if you want to, but I know that any award is better than no awards. Which is evidently your case. Congrats Leo’s. Grand Prix for sure.
After doing a quick google search it seems one of the contestants is actually on the panel of the APMA awards. I wonder if she is 100% guaranteed to win, or 99% guaranteed to win? Seems like a complete rigged awards night and as credible Eddy Hussain