Finalists 2018

Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination for the 2018 North East Marketing Awards. 

See the categories below to discover the successful nominees who made it through to the final stage of the nomination process:

Rising Star of the Year
Finalists:
Bethanie Dennis, Silverbean
Chantal Taylor, Castlegate Shopping Centre
Lauren Watson, Crystallised
Lisa Orme (nee Mcleman), intu Metrocentre
Natalie Devonshire, Harvey & Hugo
Nicola Irving, GT3 Architects (formally at Pearson Engineering)
Thea Van der Velde, Drummond Central
Tom Shanks, Blueline Group
Will Larkin, The Twist Group
Marketer of the Year
Finalists:
David Pritchard, Sintons
Jennifer Brown, Harvey & Hugo
Nic Yates, Silverbean
Rebecca Lovell, Quantum (Clinigen)
Shane Parkins, Workwear Express
Tom Etherington, Evolved Search
Marketing Director of the Year
Finalists:
Caroline Darnbrook, Darlington Building Society
Chris Lucarelli, Cal Partners
Natalie Bell, Para-Sols
Victoria Thompson, Premier Tech Aqua UK
Brand Creation of the Year (Agency)
Finalists
Better.– Active Chartered Financial Planners
Drummond Central – Money Guru
Narrative – FutureMe
Precept – Forfusion
Brand Creation of the Year (In-house)
Finalists:
Adderstone Group – Jesmond Exchange
hedgehog lab – Innovate Now
Northumbria University
Prospect Path
Sunderland BID
Universal Wolf
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
Agency of the Year (Under 20 employees)
Finalists:
Better.
Cal Partners
Harvey & Hugo
Horizon Works
Flow Digital
Narrative
O Communications
Agency of the Year (Over 20 employees)
Finalists:
Drummond Central
iProspect
Mediaworks
Silverbean
Visualsoft
Evolved Search
Digital Campaign of the Year
Finalists:
Evolved Search– Select Car Leasing campaign
Evolved Search – Mattress Online bounces back
Flow Digital – Business Rescue Expert
intu Eldon Square – Grey’s Quarter
Nigel Wright Recruitment – Linking Leads
O Communications – NWG ‘Innovation Festival’
University of Sunderland
Workwear Express – ‘Workwear’ campaign
Visualsoft – Carpet Runners #AnyLength Campaign
Integrated Campaign of the Year (In-house)
Finalists:
Berwick Rangers Football Club – Pound Per Point
Castlegate Shopping Centre – Turn Back Tide
Darlington Building Society – Darly the Train
Orange Bus – Sahara Force India
Rocket X – Pink Casino
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
Integrated Campaign of the Year (agency)
Finalists: 
Drummond Central – Zinsser
Mediaworks – Flogas
NGI Solutions – Hadrian’s Cavalry
O Communications – Husqvarna Group
Silverbean – HelloFresh Valentine’s Day Campaign
Three Motion – Ouseburn Trust
Visualsoft Ltd – The Lakes Distillery
Not for Profit Campaign of the Year
Finalists:
Communicator – Co-op ‘Select a Cause’
Drummond Central – Ouseburn Farm
Mediaworks – St Oswald’s Hospice, Great North Snowdogs
NCFE – End-point assessment (EPA) campaign
North Tyneside Council – Contours New Year offer
North East Local Enterprise Partnership – ‘Live, Work and Stay’
O Communications – Seven Stories, ‘Life Changing Stories’
University of Sunderland
Product Launch of the Year
Finalists:
Communicator – SMARTSend™
Formica Group – The Washroom Optimised campaign
O Communications – McCulloch ROB Robotic Lawn Mowers
TT Electronics Space Team – New Space Electronics
In-House Marketing Team of the Year
Finalists:
Deloitte
Heritage Healthcare Franchising Limited
Lookers
Mincoffs Solicitors
Nigel Wright Recruitment
North East Local Enterprise Partnership
Sintons LLP
University of Sunderland
Workwear Express