BuzzInContent Awards 2020 will announce the shortlists tomorrow, December 4, 2020. The awards received more than 270 entries from over 65 companies (entrants) in an unprecedented tough economic environment. The entries were judged by 20 content marketing experts from brands, platforms and agencies.
The inaugural BuzzInContent Awards 2020, presented by Viacom18’s Tipping Point along with the associate sponsor Zee Biskope, and supported by The Advertising Club, will be held online on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.
The fully automated and transparent judging process without any manual intervention has given the first finalists of the inaugural BuzzInContent Awards. The shortlisted campaigns will be sent to the Executive Jury for the final round of judging.
Executive Jury:
1. Dilen Gandhi, Senior Director and Category Head, Foods, PepsiCo India
2. Asha Sekhar, Vice-President and Chief Digital Officer, India and South-West Asia, Coca-Cola
3. Bhavana Mittal, Vice-President, Media and Digital, RPSG Group
4. Imran Qadri, Head - Marketing & Corporate Communications, Harley-Davidson India
5. Rajesh Kumar, B2B Marketing Leader, Startup Mentor, Board Advisor
6. Sumeet Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, Info Edge
7. Kartikeya Bhandari, Chief Marketing Officer, Livspace
8. Sapna Arora, Chief Marketing Officer, OLX
9. Karan Kumar, Chief Marketing Officer, DLF
10. Karan Shroff, Chief Marketing Officer, Unacademy
Grand Jury:
1. Madhav Nene, Senior General Manager, Marketing Services, Mahindra & Mahindra
2. Zameer Kochar, Vice-President, Marketing and Member Engagement, InterMiles
3. Khushboo Benani, Head of Content, Brand Advocacy, Influencer Marketing, Diageo India
4. Gayatri Makhijani, Lead, Media, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Intel India
5. Archana Tiwari Nayudu, Director, Content and Communications, upGrad
6. Rajasekar KS, GM, Marketing, Matrimony.com
7. Smita Murarka, Vice-President, Marketing, Duroflex Mattresses, India
8. Abhik Sanyal, Head, Consumer Marketing, DSP Investment Managers
9. Girish Bindal, Former Head of Content, Elara Technologies
10. Shamik Ghosh, VP, Marketing, Head of Content, Corporate Communications, Paisabazaar.com
11. Sunil Kumaran, Country Head, Thwink BIG
12. Dheeraj Kummar, National Creative Director, Brand and Consumer Experience, Motivator (GroupM)
13. Karthik Nagarajan, Chief Content Officer, Wavemaker
14. Kumar Deb Sinha, Country Head, Dentsu StoryLab
15. Sandeep Balan, Partner, Branded Content, Spring Marketing Capital
16. Darshan Bhatt, Director- Global Digital Marketing, Wadhwani Foundation
17. Nishith Srivastava, Head, CMO Practice, Tech Mahindra
18. Madhura Ranade, Head Branded Content and Partnerships, Isobar India
19. Eshwari Pandit, Creative Director, Interactive Avenues
20. Divya Dixit, Senior Vice-President, Marketing, Analytics and Direct Revenue, ALTBalaji
The four-hour awards gala will see over 20 top leaders from the industry discussing and laying out the future outlook of content marketing, along with providing solutions for the ongoing challenges.