AdNews has selected two winners from a flood of entries in the Samsung AdsVent giveaway.
We asked the advertising industry to tell us: What made 2022 unforgettable for you?
The winners:
Jamie Taylor, Head of Digital Integration at Havas Media Australia
Cameron Law, Group Strategy Director at Carat
They summed up what many of us experienced in 2022.
Taylor wrote: “Work from... Home; The office; A café in the French Riviera thanks to our agency work away policy! :D”
Law: “I achieved growth across personal, professional and family life, falling pregnant with my third child, success of my Podcast, and big wins at work!”
They each receive grand prizes made up of:
THE FREESTYLE PROJECTOR
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43" THE SERO QLED 4K SMART TV
The rotating screen is mobile-optimised to show off your best work
Q-SERIES SOUNDBAR
The sound of success will be even sweeter with this soundbar
65" NEO QLED SMART TV
For your sharpest pitch, show clients what they're missing with this stunning Smart TV
Many of the entries were inventive such as Mitchell Barclay (Brisbane): “A Twenty Twenty Two Haiku: This year changed us all, A vaccine found and deployed, Hope gained, Love renewed.”
And poignant: "Hey Sean, my name is George. I'm pretty sure we're brothers - do you want to talk on the phone some time?" Sean Adomeit (Perth)
Quite a few babies … “My daughter! By far and away the best thing that has ever happened to me and now my sidekick for life. Nothing better."
And many spoke about returning to the office.
“Getting back to the office and enjoying the time with my colleagues. The brainstorms to work drinks... it's back and I couldn't be happier.”
And breaking in to the industry: “I graduated university this year and a week later got a job in advertising!! Talk about memorable. Also going a whole year without catching covid was a bonus."
And personal:
“I became an Australian citizen and every time I pitch and talk about research about Australians, now I finally feel "officially" part of the audience I describe and analyse."
“I got to MC my niece's wedding in the UK that had been delayed 3 years for obvious reasons. It was also the first time in 4 years our family was together, we came far and wide to spend time together arriving from 3 different countries and 4 cities. How I would love to see our photos on the new Samsung collection."
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