Bauer Media, The Economist, Digital Spy, Elle: Meet The Drum Online Media Awards 2020 jury

Jones is a US based award winning journalist with a large social media presence and over a decade of experience in mainstream TV news. She is one of the top twenty NorthAmerican Young Leaders chosen by Friends of Europe. While Jones covers a range of world and US news stories - she is among the top forty female social media influencers for conversations surrounding artificial intelligence.

Jim joined David Hall Publishing (DHP) straight from university in 1996. He became an editor in 1997 before working his way up to editor-in-chief in 2003, leaving DHP in 2007 to join Haymarket as a publisher in their B2B division. His first foray into the world of digital publishing followed in 2010, when he moved to Autosport to run their digital paid-content business. Here he worked on digital subscriber acquisition strategies, including optimising paywall and conversion journeys through extensive AB and multivariate testing. He also oversaw the build and launch of Autosport’s first iOS and Android apps. A move to Bauer Media followed in 2012, where he launched Bauer’s ePublishing business, which he now runs. With more than a decade’s experience in online and app publishing, he has a passion for digital media and is constantly looking for new revenue and growth opportunities. In 2019, he was the driving force behind Bauer’s decision to launch 16 titles on Apple News+ in time for the platform’s UK rollout in September.

Priya started her career in creative agencies at Agency Republic, Wieden and Kennedy and BBDO running accounts for blue chip clients mentored by the likes of Justin Pahl and Cilla Snowball. She then decided to specialise further in fashion and luxury and moved to Spring Studios. Priya then moved from Spring Studios to Vice Media. Her proudest achievement as the GM of Virtue (the creative agency by Vice) was partnering with CHANEL to create a platform celebrating female creativity- The Fifth Sense: https://thefifthsense.i-d.co/ en_gb/ A year long platform containing daily editorial, film, print and events working with talent like Es Devlin and Harley Weir. Priya then briefly moved to British Vogue before taking the Managing Director role at Dazed Media; working closely with Susanne Waddell and Jefferson Hack to set the strategy for the group; building further on the reputation of the youth culture and pop provocateurs. In Priyaʼs spare time she mentors young talent in the creative industries and is on the board of Creative Equals, Pitch, Media for All and Gal Dem.

Hunt is the executive vice president of marketing and audience Development for Complex Networks where he leads the marketing, PR, business intelligence and paid media and audience development teams for increasing b2c and b2b awareness, preference for and engagement with Complex Networks' brands, IP, and other big company initiatives.

Mozafari is a multi-award-winning digital editor with ten years experience in digital publishing. Currently editor of Digital Spy and host of BBC Sounds' Obsessed With Peaky Blinders podcast. He was previously editor of Heat magazine's website and also teaches digital journalism at City, University of London and Nottingham Trent. Additionally Laurence has worked for the likes of NME, FHM, Sky News and the BBC.

Bird is the executive editor (Digital) for ELLE and right hand woman to editor-in-chief Farrah Storr. For the last four years she's engineered ELLE's digital and social strategy and navigated her team through a period of steep growth. Previously she was style editor at Yahoo UK and before that has held positions at, or written for, The Sun, Stylist, Mail Online and New York Times' The Cut.

Fletcher is the UK editor of Den Of Geek. A journalist for more than 15 years, she worked at Digital Spy, Total Film magazine, DVD & Blu-ray Review and Which? magazine and launched a quarterly magazine about crime drama, called Crime Scene. She is also a regular columnist and reviewer of books, films and television shows for SFX magazine and has freelanced for Stylist, BAFTA, Metal Hammer, TechRadar, Eurogamer and many more.

Poole began his journalism in 1997 at a local newspaper group in Kent before joining the Press Association as a reporter followed by the Evening Standard. He joined the Daily Mail in 2002 working his way up to news editor in 2007. In 2011 he moved to digital with the MailOnline. Poole spent three years in New York with MailOnline as US Managing Editor and then returned to the UK in 2014 to open a global desk for MailOnline before taking on the challenge of The Sun's new free website in January 2016.

Simon Swift is executive editor (digital) at Good Housekeeping. For the past four years he has overseen the site’s strategy ensuring this heritage brand reaches new audiences, including developing the site’s successful food video strategy. He was previously head of community content at metro.co.uk growing its team of passionate, opinionated contributors.

Cripps is CMO for The Economist, having worked in both the USA and London offices. His main task has him overseeing brand stewardship and marketing. Prior to this, he was EVP Asia regional director at McCann Hong Kong where he was responsible for the MRM/McCann network regionally.