ÖMG Summer Party Celebrates Online and Social Media Marketing Talents

The Austrian Marketing Society (ÖMG) invited to the summer party in the Zoku at the beginning of September. Marketeers from different disciplines met graduates of the last semester of the online and social media management courses of the Wifi Vienna Advertising Academy, of which the best of the best were also recognized with awards in seven categories.

The evening was opened by the presidential duo, Barbara Rauchwarter and Alexander Oswald, after an aperitif. “It’s nice to see so many industry colleagues in one place again. We’re celebrating a great year in which we’ve already implemented a lot, for example two all-female panels on the subject of AI or deep dives in the field of video. It will be just as exciting it will continue in autumn, because the next ÖMG event will take place on September 19th on the subject of Emotion-First,” says Rauchwarter.

Oswald adds: “Our goal is not only the exchange between different generations of great marketers, we also want to promote important topics in marketing that are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. In the area of ​​sustainability, for example, our board member Sabrina Oswald works with a specialist group on second white paper on sustainability in marketing, which is intended to provide guidelines on how sustainability can be implemented in companies. But diversity and inclusion are also important to us and you will continue to see that in the selection of topics and the composition of our panels.”

Career highlight

As part of the summer festival. also awarded the prize for the best of the year in the Online Marketing and Social Media Management diploma courses of the Advertising Academy of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce.

Katharina Stummer, Director of the WKW Advertising Academy, congratulated the young talents at the summer party of the Austrian Marketing Society (ÖMG) in the Zoku Vienna: “The awarding of the rookies honors the extraordinary achievements and excellent diploma theses of our students. The award shows: It’s worth it to go the extra mile. Completing a demanding apprenticeship with top marks in these challenging times is a special achievement. Our rookies can be very proud of that.”

As part of the summer party of the Austrian Marketing Society, the Werbe Akademie presented the Rookie Awards 2023 to the young talents of the diploma courses Online Marketing and Social Media Management. “Thanks to the successful cooperation with the Austrian Marketing Society, the Advertising Academy offers its graduates the best job opportunities,” Stummer is convinced.

Best performance in online marketing

“Online marketing has now become an integral part of corporate communication. With the diploma course for online marketing, there has been an established training course for more than ten years. The Advertising Academy has an absolute pioneering position here. A wonderful final point in the training is the Awarding the best of the year. That’s one of my favorite tasks as a course leader,” emphasizes Kirsten Neubauer, head of the online marketing course.

Rookie of the year in online marketing was Nicole Proell with a grade point average of 1.0. The best of the year in social media management were Eva Koller-Fida (average grade 1.0) and Marie-Theres Richtsfeld. You can see all winners in the info box.

LEADERSNET was present at the event. There are impressions here and here.

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