Judges appointed for 2021 AiMCO Awards
More than 50 Industry specialist from across the influencer marketing community make up the first announcement of judges for the AiMCO Influencer Marketing Awards 2021 judging panel.
AiMCO Awards 2021 has today announced its judging line-up of industry experts to take part in the judging for the inaugural Australian celebration of all the hard work and clever thinking that goes into creating social influence.
With 51 judges drawn from across the industry, from brands, agencies and PR professionals the group will be judging entries spanning 20 award categories, covering both industry work and creator work published from July 1, 2020, through to June 30, 2021.
The Awards will recognise exceptional and successful influencer marketing brand collaborations that win hearts and minds in addition to meeting specific marketing objectives.
Patrick Whitnall, AiMCO Deputy Chair and Chair of Judges says: ‘Thank you to the 50 amazing judges volunteering to work with us to make our inaugural awards for the Australian marketplace a big success. We look forward to celebrating the incredible work and setting the standard for the Australian influencer industry, I encourage everyone to enter now.’
The AiMCO Awards judges will take part in online judging during September and October with finalists announced in November. The winner for each category will be announced live at the AiMCO Awards 2021 celebration on Thursday November 25, 2021.
The AiMCO Awards are spread across four areas:
Campaign Awards – focused on campaign data and effectiveness
Industry awards – focused on large and boutique businesses working in the social influencer marketing space; an award for a Technology Platform, and also one for an individual showing great potential – the AiMCO Trailblazer Award
Brand Awards by Platform – these are brand focused across the 5 creator platforms and one for multi-platform partnerships.
Talent Awards – seven awards in total specifically for creators and influencers who can enter work posted on any of the 4 main creator platforms, plus one for Creator Collabs, Niche Creators and now also the new Influence for Good award.
AiMCO Most Influential Award is the pinnacle award judged from the twenty awards.
Our awards are here to recognise all the hard work and clever thinking that goes into creating social influence. And what better way than to celebrate the best-in-class work being delivered by those in the industry. The first entry deadline is August 20, 2021 with late entries accepted until September 3, 3021 so it’s time to get those entries in.