Commenting on the shortlists, BSME chair Dickon Ross said: “Magazines have been going through a recession and a technology revolution. This year’s shortlists show they are coming out the other side and fully plugged in to the digital world with brilliant apps, huge web site traffic, top social media accounts and highly imaginative spin-offs. But in many markets readers still want the print product too and this year’s shortlists also show that British editors and designers are producing some of the best magazines in the world. As the first editor from a B2B magazine to Chair the BSME, I was also particularly pleased to see that entries from this sector were well up this year on previous years”.
The shortlists for the final four Awards categories – Innovation/Brand-Building, Campaign of the Year and the two new Cover of the Year Awards – will be announced mid October. These Awards, together with the Society’s Mark Boxer Award for exceptional contribution to the industry and the Editors’ Editor Award, voted on by members of the BSME, will be presented at The Brewery in London on Monday, 16 November 2015.
2015 BSME AWARDS SHORTLIST
(excluding Cover of the Year Business, Cover of the Year Consumer, Campaign of the Year & Innovation/Brand-Building Initiative of the Year)
BUSINESS BRAND – MONTHLY OR LESS FREQUENT
Lysanne Currie – Director, Institute of Directors
Amy Duff – economia, Progressive Customer Publishing
Calum Di Lieto – HR Grapevine, Executive Grapevine International Ltd
Rachel Barnes – Marketing, Haymarket
Robert Jeffery – People Management, Haymarket
Nigel Praities – Pulse, Cogora
BUSINESS BRAND – WEEKLY / FORTNIGHTLY / MORE FREQUENT
Rory Olcayto – Architects’ Journal, Emap
Anna Winston – Dezeen, Dezeen Limited
Damian Wild – Estates Gazette, RBI
Emma Maier – Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group Limited
Jenni Middleton – Nursing Times, Emap
Adam Leyland – The Grocer, William Reed Business Media
BRANDED CONTENT – BUSINESS
Tim Hulse – Business Life (British Airways), Cedar Communications
Michael Jones – Foodservice Consultant (FCSI), Progressive Customer Publishing
Oliver Parsons – Modus, Sunday
Helen Wright – PRO Hair & Beauty, The River Group
Lee Hibbert – Professional Engineering, Caspian Media
BRANDED CONTENT – CONSUMER
Simon Kurs – easyJet Traveller, Ink
Les Jones – Elsie Magazine, Elsie Magazine
James Charlton – Forever Sports, Haymarket
Toby Skinner – N by Norwegian, Ink
Helena Lang – Sainsbury’s Magazine, Seven
William Sitwell – Waitrose Kitchen, John Brown Media
ENTERTAINMENT BRAND
Lucie Cave – Heat, Bauer Media Group
Ben Preston – Radio Times, Immediate Media
Steven Corbett – TV Magazine, News UK
Colin Tough – What’s On TV, Time Inc. UK
LIFESTYLE BRAND
Gillian Carter – BBC Good Food, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media
Tim de Lisle – Intelligent Life, The Economist Group
Suzanne Imre – Livingetc, Time Inc. UK
Paul McNamee – The Big Issue, The Big Issue
Ed Grenby – The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, News UK
Tony Chambers – Wallpaper*, Time Inc. UK
Jill Starley-Grainger – Which? Travel, Which? Ltd
SPECIAL INTEREST BRAND
Rob Attar – BBC History Magazine, Immediate Media
Charlie Turner – BBC TopGear, Immediate Media
Mark Hedges – Country Life, Time Inc. UK
Richard Headland – Which?, Which? Ltd
Gareth Shaw – Which? Money, Which? Ltd
MEN’S BRAND
Matthew Todd – Attitude, Attitude Media
Dylan Jones – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Limited
Martin Robinson – ShortList, ShortList Media Ltd
Mark Hedley – Square Mile, Square Up Media
WOMEN’S BRAND – MONTHLY OR LESS FREQUENT
Catherine Westwood – Essentials, Time Inc. UK
Trish Halpin – Marie Claire, Time Inc. UK
Lucy Yeomans – Porter, Net-A-Porter.com
Sue James – woman&home, Time Inc. UK
WOMEN’S BRAND – WEEKLY / FORTNIGHTLY / MORE FREQUENT
Sinead McIntyre – Fabulous, News UK
Rosie Nixon & Ruth Sullivan – HELLO!, HELLO!
Ali Hall – Look, Time Inc. UK
Lisa Smosarski – Stylist, ShortList Media Ltd
Karen Livermore – Woman, Time Inc. UK
Diane Kenwood – Woman’s Weekly, Time Inc. UK
YOUTH & CHILDREN’S BRAND
Steph Cooper – CBeebies, Immediate Media
Ruth Cassidy – Something Special, Immediate Media
Frank Tennyson – Toxic, Egmont UK
NEWSPAPER / CURRENT AFFAIRS BRAND
Andrew Barker – ES Magazine, London Evening Standard
Sue Matthias – FT Weekend Magazine, The Financial Times Ltd
Malik Meer – G2, Guardian Media Group
Melissa Denes – Guardian Weekend, Guardian Media Group
Gillian De Bono – How To Spend It, The Financial Times Ltd
Nicola Jeal – The Times Magazine, News UK
Sue Peart – YOU Magazine, DMG Media
DIGITAL EDITOR – BUSINESS
Anna Winston – Dezeen, Dezeen Limited
Raymond Doherty – economia, Progressive Customer Publishing
Charlotte McEleny – Marketing, Haymarket
Fran Entwistle – Nursing Times, Emap
DIGITAL EDITOR – CONSUMER
Simon Collis – Cycling Weekly, Time Inc. UK
Pat Riddell – natgeotraveller.co.uk, APL Media
Tim Glanfield – radiotimes.com, Immediate Media
Michelle Sammet – spikes.iaaf.org, Haymarket
Marc McLaren – Stuff.tv, Haymarket
DIGITAL EDITOR – BRANDED CONTENT
Jan Masters – Harrods Magazine, Harrods Magazine
Helen Bazuaye – Ikeafamilylivemagazine.com, August Media
Sarah Alcock – Sainsburysmagazine.co.uk, Seven
Charlotte Swift – Theclub.ba.com, Cedar Communications
Dan Jude – Virgin Media Presents, Redwood
THE FIONA MACPHERSON NEW EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Rory Olcayto – Architects’ Journal, Emap
Sinead McIntyre – Fabulous, News UK
Charlotte Moore – InStyle, Time Inc. UK
Rachel Barnes – Marketing, Haymarket
Pippa Jacks – TTG, TTG Media
Claire Warren – Work., Haymarket
ART DIRECTOR – BUSINESS
Chris Rowe – Director, Institute of Directors
Sarah Barnett – economia, Progressive Customer Publishing
Chris Gardner – Estates Gazette, RBI
Christie Ferdinando – Modus, Sunday
Simon Esterson – Pulp, Eye Magazine Limited
Martin Tullett – Work., Haymarket
ART DIRECTOR – CONSUMER MONTHLY OR LESS FREQUENT
Chris Lupton – Empire, Bauer Media Group
Matthew Hasteley – Foodism, Square Up Media
Paul Solomons – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Limited
Graham Black – Intelligent Life, The Economist Group
Jennifer McNally – My VIP (Pets at Home), John Brown Media
Sarah Douglas – Wallpaper*, Time Inc. UK
David Dowding – woman&home, Time Inc. UK
ART DIRECTOR – CONSUMER WEEKLY / FORTNIGHTLY /MORE FREQUENT
Mark Leeds & Paul Tansley – FT Weekend Magazine, The Financial Times Ltd
Maggie Murphy – Guardian Weekend, Guardian Media Group
Kevin Fay – ShortList, ShortList Media Ltd
John Mahood – Sport, UTV Sport
Natasha Tomalin – Stylist, ShortList Media Ltd
Shazia Chaudhry – The New Review, Independent Print Ltd
Matt Curtis – The Sunday Times Magazine, News UK
LAUNCH OF THE YEAR
Emily Wright – Estates Gazette Investor Guides, RBI
Charlotte Richards & Karen Livermore – Fit & Well, Time Inc. UK
Emily Sheffield – Miss Vogue Online, The Condé Nast Publications Limited
John L. Walters – Pulp, Eye Magazine Limited
Isobel McKenzie-Price – theROOMedit, Time Inc. UK
Kevin Sutcliffe – VICE News, Vice Media
COLUMNIST – SPECIAL INTEREST & BUSINESS BRAND
Rich Newton – Business Life (British Airways), Cedar Communications
Deirdre Hipwell – Estates Gazette, RBI
The Secret Chef – Foodservice Consultant (FCSI), Progressive Customer Publishing
Liz Hamson – Property Week, Metropolis
Adam Leyland – The Grocer, William Reed Business Media
COLUMNIST – CONSUMER & GENERAL INTEREST BRAND
Tom Parker-Bowles – Event, DMG Media
Robert Macfarlane – Intelligent Life, The Economist Group
Anita Bhagwandas – Marie Claire, Time Inc. UK
Alison Graham – Radio Times, Immediate Media
Eva Wiseman – The Observer Magazine, Guardian Media Group
Katie Glass – The Sunday Times Magazine, News UK
Caitlin Moran – The Times Magazine, News UK
SCOOP OF THE YEAR
Will Hurst – Architects’ Journal – Lumley’s Boris Letter Fuels Garden Bridge Lobby Claims
Steve Fowler – Auto Express – Tesla Model 3
Lewis Kingston – Autocar – How Suzuki Fixed The Celerio
Mark Griffiths – Country Life – Shakespeare: His True Likeness Revealed At Last
Harriet Agnew & Patrick Jenkins – FT Weekend Magazine – Sexism and the City
Patrick Foster – Radio Times – Clarkson Fracas
Medyan Dairieh – VICE News – The Islamic State
EDITORS’ EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Phil Alexander – MOJO, Q & Kerrang!, Bauer Media
Andy Dixon – Runner’s World, Hearst-Rodale
Sue Matthias – FT Weekend Magazine, The Financial Times Ltd
Caroline McGinn – Time Out London, Time Out London
Lucy Yeomans – Porter, Net-A-Porter