ADVAN EXtends Award Category, Unveils Jury Members, Planning Committee

L-R: Yusuf Murtala Marketing Director Coca-cola Nigeria/Chairman ADVAN Awards planning Committee, Osamede Uwubanmwen President ADVAN, Prof Dixon-Ogbechi Bolajoko
(Professor of Marketing & Decision Sciences, Head, Department of Business Administration, University of Lagos) Chairperson Awards Jury and Kenneth Iruonagbe Publicity Director ADVAN

The Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) has introduced new categories for the 12th edition of its ADVAN African Awards for Marketing Excellence. It has also unveiled jury members and planning committee members for the awards.

The awards is slated to hold on Sunday, 26th of November 2023, at The Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Lagos.

This year, the awards will showcase an impressive array of categories. The event week promises to deliver a distinctive schedule of programs and activities.

The ADVAN AfricanAwards for Marketing Excellence are bestowed upon entities and marketing professionals who have achieved remarkable success through innovative and efficacious marketing methodologies.

Each year ADVAN brings together a team of the most cerebral brains in the industry to carefully select the winners, relying on laid down global best practice judging criteria as the basis for selection

This year it expanded some of its categories for the awards. For instance, the Future Leader of Marketing Category now has two parts. One for undergraduates and one for young marketing managers

The Young Managers Awards will see contestants competing by writing the most compelling advertising brief, as precursor to winning the award, this part of the competition will be done in the weeks leading to the awards, it’s objective is to support capacity growth among young client side marketing managers

Also ‘The People’s Brand Award’ which is the only category given out by online voting, (here the consumers vote their favorite brand ) has been expanded into four parts ; People’s Brand Award -Fintech, People’s Brand Award-FMCG, People’s Brand Award-Telecommunications, and People’s Brand Award-Financial Institution.

The awards planning committee is chaired by Mr Yusuf Murtala, Marketkng Director Coca-Cola Nigeria. Other committee members include: Nwando Ajene – 1st Vice President ADVAN; Obum Okoli – National Trade Marketing Manager AbInbev/Executive Council Member ADVAN; Ediri Ose-Ediale, CEO/Executive Director, Advertisers Association of Nigeria; Kenneth Iruonagbe, Digital Brand Manager, Tolaram Group/Executive Council Member ADVAN; and Tolu Olanipekun, Head of Marketing, MOUKA Limited/Executive Council Member ADVAN.

Others are Akinrimisi Samuel Olabode
Deputy Marketing Director CWAy Food and Beverages Nigeria Ltd; Sandra Amachree Head Marketing Communications Nigeria Breweries Plc;
Omolara Banjoko, Marketing Manager, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc./Executive Council Member ADVAN; and Dorcas Mashingil. Senior Brand Manager RTS, Guinness Nigeria Plc.

The 2023 Jury consist of experienced and talented professionals, will be led by
PROF. DIXON-OGBECHI, BOLAJOKO N. PhD. (Professor of Marketing & Decision Sciences)  Head, Department of Business Administration, University of Lagos. While other members of the Jury are: IKECHUKWU OBIAYA PhD.
Dean, School of Media & Communications, Pan-Atlantic University; OMOTOLA BAMIGBAIYE-ELATUYI, PhD. Marketing Director Sub Saharan Africa, Pladis Global; and EHIS EMOKHARE,
Acting Head, Media, Globacom.

Others include VICTOR UKWAT
Convener, The Winning Edge; DOTUN BABATUNNDE, Head of Digital Marketing(B2C), Olams Grain Nigeria;
STANISLAUS MARTINS, President, Association of Digital Marketing Professionals and LANRE FASAKIN, Managing Director, CMRG Limited.

It has been noticed that winners of the ADVAN awards are usually leaders in their various industries and categories

A past winner testified that before the start of any marketing campaign, they study the advan awards awards guidelines for that particular activity, which has helped them not only to win awards but to also excel in brand leadership

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