Judging Information
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All members are invited to be involved with the Star Awards judging and will be allocated categories to score the case studies online. Members at Leader level and invited judges with category insights will be invited to sit on the panels which decide the shortlists and winners.
If you’d like to take part as a judge, please register here by the end of January 2024.
The judging dates are Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 March and Wednesday 8 May 2024. Judges will be allocated either a two-hour morning or afternoon session assessing entries where there is no conflict of interest. If there is any potential conflict of interest the judging chair should be informed at the start of the session.
Judges must score the entries online at least 48 hours prior to attending a panel session.
Judges can bulk download their assigned entries on Award Force by clicking ‘bulk download’ at the bottom left of their judging view.
We recommend that all judges read the ultimate guide for any questions they have on the Award Force system.
The online scoring may influence the judging but may not determine the shortlists or winners. The average scores provided to the judging panels will include those provided by the Future Leaders and First Role member scores.
The final decision will be made by the judging panel with the Judging Chair having the casting vote if required.
The Judging Chair also reserves the right to recommend reviewing entries in other categories.
A maximum of 6 entries will be shortlisted in any category.
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards will be awarded in most categories if a minimum standard has been achieved.
Entrants will be provided with their average scores, if requested, across the various judging criteria.
Judging will be held virtually via Zoom.
Judges from the 2023 awards
Name | Company |
Abigail McCormack | STV |
Adam Smith | The Gate |
Ailsa Graham | Tesco Bank |
Alasdair Wallace | Material |
Alison Winship MacKay | Beam Suntory |
Amy Slesinger | Bright Signals |
Amy Collins | Sainsbury’s Bank |
Amy Peters | Dynam |
Andrea Knoop | Edrington |
Andy Gray | StudioLR |
Anna Vaughan | NatWest Group |
Anneli Ritari-Stewart | Royal London |
Bethan Mackenzie | John Doe |
Cara Chambers | International Beverage |
Carly Gilchrist | DC Thomson |
Carol Prest | BBC |
Caroline McGrath | The Media Shop |
Cate Nelson Shaw | Remarkable |
Catriona Summers | Guy & Co |
Catriona Quinn | Muckle Media |
Chris Batchelor | Muckle Media |
Chris Bruce | The Lane |
Claire Wood | The Scottish Government |
Claire Moyles | Sainsbury’s Bank |
Claire Prentice | The Scottish Government |
Clare Willis | National Trust for Scotland |
Colette Gourlay | Edrington UK |
Cori Schwabe | Leith |
Dan Sear | EssenceMediacom |
Dave King | StudioLR |
David Roberts | Multiply UK |
Deborah Mackay | Republic of Media |
Douglas Brown | The Union |
Dyan Owen | Weber Shandwick |
Ed Dalgleish | Guy & Co |
Ed Vickers | LOOP Agencies |
Ekaterina Kolesnik | Beam Suntory |
Emma Preston | Edrington UK |
Emma Campbell | Union Direct |
Fiona Gray | Equator |
Fiona Kennie | Innis & Gunn |
Fiona Luke | Edrington |
Fleur Maguet | Beam Suntory |
Gemma Bell | Stripe Communications |
Name | Company |
Gill Jarvie | Republic of Media |
Gill Hanlon | STV |
Gill Petrie | STV |
Gillean Mclaren | DC Thomson Media |
Graeme Davies | UXL Marketing |
Greg McEwan | McEwan Marketing |
Gus Chalmers | Union Direct |
Hannah Alexander | Wemyss Family Spirits |
Hazel Alexander | C&C Group |
Ian Duncan | Lane |
Ian McAteer | The Union |
India Morrow | First Milk |
Jacqueline Reid | Volvo Construction Equipment |
Jacquelyn Whyte | Muckle Media |
Jane Stewart | EssenceMediacom |
Jane McTaggart | EssenceMediacom |
Jenifer Spinks | Beam Suntory |
Jennifer Robertson | SPEY |
Jenny Terris | Guy & Co |
Jill Walker | The Scottish Government |
Jo Coomber | National Galleries Scotland |
Joanne McTavish | esure Group |
John Bernard | Dexcom |
John-Paul Murphy | Macdonald Hotels |
Kat Urquhart | Sainsbury’s Bank |
Katherine McIsaac | The Scottish Government |
Kelly Ling | Dentsu |
Kenneth McFarlane | People’s Postcode Lottery |
Kenny Nicholson | AG Barr |
Kirsteen Beeston | Beam Suntory |
Kirsten Korhonen | Union Direct |
Kirsty Grierson | Stripe Communications |
Laubscher Coetzee | Royal London |
Lindsay Montgomery | Lloyds Banking Group |
Lisa King | The Union |
Lorna King | Hymans Robertson |
Louise Fraser | Jump Research |
Lucy Henderson | C&C Group PLC |
Lyndsay Snoddon | The Union |
Madeleine Macaulay-Stuart | Sainsbury’s Bank |
Marco Di Ciacca | Edrington UK |
Mark McGuinness | Guy & Co |
Matthew Mitchell | Big Partnership |
Michael Hart | The Union |
Name | Company |
Miranda Shannon | Multiply UK |
Morna McLelland | Stripe Communications |
Nathalie Agnew | Muckle Media |
Oliver Swaden | Tesco Bank |
Paddy Baxter | Frame |
Pamela Wilson | Union Direct |
Patricia Pieroni | SQA |
Paul Menzies | C&C Group GB |
Paul Borthwick | Lane |
Pauline Aylesbury | The Scottish Government |
Pete Martin | Always Be Content |
Peter Wright | Multiply UK |
Petra Cameron | NatWest Group |
Rachel McMullan | The Union |
Richard Kelly | MediaSpark |
Richard Simpson | Tayburn |
Rob Catterson | Brand Scotland/Scottish Enterprise |
Rod Gillies | Whyte & Mackay |
Roderick Keating | Sainsbury’s Bank |
Ross Jardine | Always Be Content |
Sarah Baillie | The Scotsman Group |
Sarah McKerley | Edrington UK |
Sheryl Thomson | Union Direct |
Shona McCarthy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society |
Shona Smith | Places for People |
Simon Watson | Republic of Media |
Simon Crunden | Republic of Media |
Siobhan Nicolson | ICAS |
Sorcha McClinton | The Union |
Stacey Bridges | Weber Shandwick |
Stephanie Forsyth | Whyte & Mackay |
Steven Flanagan | Weber Shandwick |
Stuart Mackenzie | Tennent’s |
Stuart McLaren | SQA |
Tala Cook | ALT |
Tana Stenhouse | Sainsburys Bank |
Tim Malseed | John Doe |
Toby Hutchins | EssenceMediacom |
Tory Benyon | The Union |
Valerie Weaver | Multiply UK |
Vickie Fawcett | Dentsu Creative |
Vicky Hope | LOOP Agencies |
Victoria Allison | STV Creative |
Zoe Coyle | Always Be Content |
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