MEC Voted Agency of the Year at 5th Annual iMedia Agency Awards

Winners include iProspect, Piston, Horizon Media, DigitasLBi, and 360i

LOS ANGELES – MEC took top honors as Agency of the Year during an awards gala celebrating the 5th annual iMedia Agency Awards, Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the iMedia Agency Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. Other iMedia Agency Awards categories included Small Agency of the Year, Agency Marketer of the Year, and the Greater Good Award. The sponsor for the 2015 awards was adMarketplace.

MEC takes top honors as #iMediaSummit Agency of the Year. View the winners here: http://www.imediaconnection.com/awards/agencyawards2015.aspx

The 2015 finalists were selected from a pool of more than 200 unique nominations by a senior-level advisory board including members from Virgin America, The Hershey Company, ESPN, Mondelez International, Walgreens, Twitter, Viacom, and more. The senior marketing community cast more than 20,000 votes to select the winners.

The winners of the 2015 iMedia Agency Awards are:

  • Best Agency for Search: iProspect
  • Best Agency for Programmatic Media: Piston Agency
  • Best Agency for Multicultural Marketing: Dieste
  • Best Direct Response Agency: Rapp
  • Best Agency for Content Marketing: 360i
  • Best Agency for Social: Deep Focus
  • Best Agency for Mobile: Horizon Media
  • Best Agency for Video: DigitasLBi
  • Greater Good Award: Team Detroit
  • Agency Marketer of the Year: Shenan Reed, President of Digital, North America, MEC
  • Integrated Campaign of the Year: Leo Burnett (Chicago, London, Toronto) – “Like a Girl”
  • Small Agency of the Year: Piston Agency
  • Agency of the Year: MEC

This year, iMedia also honored three Rising Stars, a category designed to recognize the extraordinary achievements of people early in their agency careers. The 2015 Rising Stars are:

  • Annie Nam, Senior Associate, Strategy, Mindshare North America
  • Christy Williams, Senior Digital Project Manager, Nebo
  • Jay Stampfl, Sr. Director, Client Services, 3Q Digital

“We were very pleased this year to see so many nominations and votes from our community,” said Kurt Indvik, Vice President, iMedia. “The iMedia Agency Awards are the premiere awards show in our industry, and we look forward to continuing to highlight the stellar work created by the finalists and winners.”

Complete coverage of the 5th annual iMedia Agency Award winners can be seen at: http://bit.ly/AgencyAwards

ABOUT IMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

iMedia Communications, Inc. is the leading event and media company for senior digital marketing, media, and advertising leaders. The hub of the iMedia community is iMediaConnection.com, a daily publication and discussion forum. The iMedia event portfolio includes the iMedia Agency Summit, iMedia Brand Summit, and more. (For more information see: http://www.imediaconnection.com/summits/)

ABOUT THE IMEDIA AGENCY AWARDS

The iMedia Agency Awards recognize the most future-forward agencies, campaigns, and individuals in digital marketing. The award advisory board includes executives from Virgin America, The Hershey Company, ESPN, Mondelez International, Walgreens, Twitter, and Viacom. Nominations and voting are driven entirely by the marketing community. Winners were announced at the Dec. 8 awards gala at the iMedia Agency Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona.

via BusinessWire