Firefish Winners of Media Employer of the Year

	Above: The team from Firefish 2011 Media Employer of the Year Award Winners

Firefish are the 2011 winners of the Pathfinders Media Employer of the Year Award!

Wednesday 23rd November saw Pathfinders celebrate the 13th annual Media Employer of the Year Award at the W Hotel in London. The Award recognises and celebrates the innovative talent attraction and retention initiatives from organisations within the media sector.

Firefish, one of five shortlisted organisations were awarded the prize after successfully demonstrating the visible impact their strategies had on their business.

Sue McLelland, Director of Pathfinders Media Recruitment when announcing the award explained “our winner this year was considered to have an impressive range of people policies, which seemed to grow organically from the nature of the business and type of people who work there..."

"They use technology quite naturally to enhance the experience of working there, and have managed rapid growth in size whilst keeping their core values intact.”

The award was decided by an independent judging panel drawn from industry figure-heads, representatives from trade associations and previous finalists.

This year our panel included

• Mary Budd – Talent Director of Addiction Worldwide, the 2010 winner
• Louise Hinchliffe – Continuous Professional Development Manager at the IPA
• Liz Jones – Founder of The Training Studio
• Bruce MacRae – Managing Partner of Development of Talent
• Paul Tench – Head of HR at Ogilvy and Mather Advertising, Ogilvy PR & Redworks

From far left: Sue McLelland and Wendy Duprey, Directors of Pathfinders Media Recruitment, presenting the award at the 2011 Media Employer of the Year Awards at the W Hotel in London

Pathfinders would like to congratulate all of the finalists; Cohn & Wolfe, Grayling PR, Kindred, Sledge and Firefish for their outstanding entries. We would also like to say a big thank you to the judging panel who devoted their time and expertise and to the decision making process.

For more information about the Pathfinders Media of the Year Awards please contact us.