Meet the judges
Putting your work under the microscope are some of the most respected and influential businessmen from the UK digital industry.
Find out more about the Judges in charge of your fate and take note of their winning tips:
Greg Grimmer - Chairman of AOL’s Online Planning Awards 2008
Partner, Hurrell, Mosely, Dawson & Grimmer
The latest technologies and online usage fads make it into digital media award entries far too often. Case studies showing changes in online behaviour because of commercial involvement are far more interesting. 
Before Greg became a partner at HMD&G he was Managing Director at Zed Media. He spent three years there and in that time he helped increase billings from £53 million to £130 million and grew the employees from 50 to 120. Zed Media was the UK’s fastest growing media agency in 2006.
Greg is a member of the IPA, a business leader of the Marketing Society and as well as being a frequent speaker at conferences, he is a valued press spokesman on media issues.
Duncan George
Director of Sales, AOL UK
For an entry to become a winning campaign I’m looking for something that’s really outstanding, not just executional. You need to show the thought process behind the results. Get the judges hooked by clearly demonstrating a central theme - and quotes from happy clients are a must for me!
Duncan joined AOL at the end of 2007. Before this he was Commercial Director at GCap and was responsible for monetizing their brand portfolio - including XFM and Classic FM.
Steve Barrett
Editor, Media Week
Your campaigns should demonstrate a real return on investment and prove how online channels made a key contribution to this. A genuine testimonial from your client is a great help too.
Steve became editor of Media Week in October 2006 and he manages a team of 15 editorial staff.
Prior to joining Media Week, Steve edited Young People Now, a youth sector magazine, part of Haymarket’s Professional Publications division.
Emma Jenkins
Head of Interactive Marketing, P&G UK
I’m looking forward to seeing work that uses powerful consumer insights to deliver innovative online activity and strong business results.
Emma has spent the majority of her career in digital marketing at P&G and has delivered digital marketing campaigns across all platforms - including TV. Her most recent projects include integrating brands KateModern with networking site bebo and Gillette with console driving game ’Burnout Paradise’.
Guy Phillipson
CEO, Internet Advertising Bureau
Online is the most flexible, interactive and measurable medium there is. So I’m looking for people who not only understand the behaviour of a brand’s audience, but can also harness the strengths of the internet to emphasise the campaign message and involve the audience.
In March 2006 Revolution magazine named Guy ’Digital Business Person of the year’. Before working at IAB Guy was Head of Advertising at Vodafone UK.
Henry Rowe
Founder FaR
I’m looking for people whose campaigns have achieved one or all of the following:
- Shown cross-platform digital innovation.
- Affected all communications and used digital to help meet the campaign objective.
- Influenced their client's business objectives as well as their communication ones.
In 1999 Henry became i-level’s second ever employee. He stayed for 5 years as Head of Digital Partnerships. In April this year Henry started the commercial consultancy ’FaR’, aimed at helping clients generate increased revenue from digital channels.