As well as retaining the Digital Publisher of the Year (Consumer Media) title, Dennis also scooped three further wins: it was named Development Team of the Year (Consumer Media), its Carbuyer brand won the PPA Digital Brand of the Year (Consumer Media) category, while Chief Technology Officer Paul Lomax was named the PPA Outstanding Digital Talent (Consumer Media) for 2015.
Reed Business Information took the Digital Publisher Of The Year award in the Business Media category, one of four awards the company won on the night along with Business Intelligence Product of the Year, Digital Innovation Of The Year, and Website of the Year (Business Media).
A total of 27 PPA Digital Awards winners were unveiled at a ceremony at the Intercontinental Park Lane on November 25, attended by more than 300 senior industry professionals.
Barry McIlheney, CEO of the PPA, said: “Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s PPA Digital Awards. This event is our chance to celebrate the very best digital talent in magazine media, and this year’s finalists and winners really stand out as the people, brands, and companies who are leading the way forward in the incredibly exciting and fast-growing world of digital publishing."
Winners of the PPA Digital Awards 2015
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL TALENT
Business: Lizzie Fuller, EMAP
Consumer: Paul Lomax, Dennis Publishing
COMMERCIAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
Haymarket Creative Solutions, Haymarket Media Group
CONTENT SALES TEAM OF THE YEAR
The Profile Sales Team, Centaur Communications
RETAIL INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
theROOMedit.com, Time Inc UK
START-UP OF THE YEAR
Business: Zapnito
Consumer: Shorthand
DIGITAL MARKETING TEAM OF THE YEAR
Business: Enhancing GP Audience Engagement, Cogora
Consumer: Immediate Media Subscriptions Marketing Team, Immediate Media Co
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
Agility Crops, Reed Business Information
TEAM LEADER OF THE YEAR
Business: Gemma Mendham, Cogora
Consumer: Sarah Rafati, Time Inc UK
CONTENT TEAM OF THE YEAR
Business: marketingmagazine.co.uk, Haymarket Media Group
Consumer: ELLE UK, Hearst Magazines UK
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
Agility Crops, Reed Business Information
MOBILE PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
The Economist Espresso App, The Economist Group
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Business: Farmers Weeekly, Reed Business Information
Consumer: The Debrief, Bauer Media
BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Centaur Digital Development Team Wordpress Re-Platforming, Centaur Communications
DIGITAL MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
British Airways, Cedar Communications
DIGITAL BRAND OF THE YEAR
Business: RCNI
Consumer: Carbuyer, Dennis Publishing
DIGITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Business: Reed Business Information
Consumer: Dennis Publishing
