Please cast one vote for the marketer detailed below who you feel deserves to collect this year's Young Marketer of the Year award at next month's MiAwards ceremony.
The Public Vote Section will remain open until Monday 28th October.
For more information on MiAwards 2013 please visit the MiAwards website.
To vote on your Marketing Team of the Year click here.
Heather Swales - Stein IAS
In 2 years Heather has risen from an admin post to the key marketing role of Digital Planner. In just a short period in her new role, Heather has helped the agency earn £5,400,000 in digital revenue, working on campaigns for clients including Siemens, Iron Mountain, Total Gas & Power, TalkTalk Business and Atos. Without a previous framework for Digital Planning in place, she has developed innovative processes and tools, including launching our Technology Enabled Contact Strategy. It’s this approach combining technology and results-driven application that makes Heather stand out in her field.
Kerry Thomas - MEC Manchester
Thoughtful, quietly fierce, and brimming with ideas. Kerry is invaluable– in a staggering number of ways - Handles an avalanche of client responsibility across diverse sectors. Her enquiring mind squeezes creativity from mundane briefs. She presents with flair and confidence that belies her time in the industry. She has an insatiable desire to learn.Kerry won an MEC Thoroughly Deserving Award in honour of her vital BBC pitch contribution. She inspires the team beyond her daily responsibilities, she leads creativity workshops, she knits hats for the homeless and even bakes for the agency! In a world of average, Kerry is exceptional.
Kate Astall - Cube3
Kate has worked as an account director at Cube3 since May 2010 and, at 26 years old, is a youthful, yet highly experienced Marketing Professional with extensive and varied knowledge of the industry, a relentlessly hard working attitude and a creative, solutions-based approach to projects and clients. A degree in Marketing and Graphic Design has given Kate a creative as well as commercial eye. Kate reports effectively and at all levels on ROI and KPIs and is described by one client as “an exceptional Account Director. Her technical and production knowledge are matched only by her professionalism and commitment to success” Christian Wray, Sudlow. Kate is responsible for a portfolio of 30 clients, and in 3 years with Cube3 has never lost a client. “Kate has an amazing way of making me feel as though I am the only client she has.” Beverley Hilton, Charterhouse London.
