Property Week editor Giles Barrie was a double winner at last night's BSME awards, claiming an editor of the year prize and a campaigns award.
He picked up the prize in the same week that he announced he is leaving Property Week after 10 years as editor to join communications company FTI Consulting.
Barrie won editor of the year in the Business and Professional Magazines (weekly) category and his magazine was also recognised for its campaign, 'UBM Built Environment, for Site Life'.
He tweeted on the night:
Wow! I win @bsmeinfo Weekly Business Editor at 9th time of trying. Thank you to everyone – over and out on February 15
— Giles Barrie (@GilesBarrie) November 12, 2012
and:
Amazing! @propertyweek wins @bsmeinfo Award II – Campaign of the Year for Site Life. Thanks again
— Giles Barrie (@GilesBarrie) November 12, 2012
Speaking to Press Gazette last week, Barrie explained his decision to leave the UBM title saying: "I've been a hack for 25 years and an editor for 10 years and there comes a time when you want to do something different."
Barrie said he felt he had taken Property Week from being number two in its market to being on a par with rival title Estates Gazette. He said he was also pleased at the number of Property Week journalists who had gone on to national press careers and felt he had completed the title's transformation from magazine to multi-platform brand.
Last month his number two on the title, executive editor James Whitmore, announced he was leaving to join PR firm Tavistock.
Editors' editor of the year went to Cosmopolitan editor Louise Court, also highly commended in the Women's Magazines (monthly or less frequent) editor of the year award.
Kitty Finstead, BSME chair and group editor, August Media, said: “It’s been a fantastic year for magazines, with editors embracing new platforms and consistently raising the editorial bar for their readers.
"This year’s awards recognise the phenomenal skill and influence of the best of British talent.”
Here is a full list of the winners for the 2012 BSME Awards:
Editors of the year
Business & Professional Magazines (non-weekly)
William Drew – Restaurant, William Reed Business Media
Business & Professional Magazines (weekly)
Giles Barrie – Property Week, UBM Built Environment
Highly Commended: Stuart Macdonald – Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group Ltd
Digital Business Titles
Nadine Woogara – nursingtimes.net, Emap
Customer Magazines (business readership)
Melody Bartlett – The Marketer, Redactive Publishing
Highly Commended: Karen Dempsey – The Globe, Redwood
Customer Magazines (consumer readership)
Donna Hardie – Completely London, August Media
Digital Customer Titles
Katy Davis – ikeafamilylive.com, August Media
Entertainment & Celebrity Magazines
Phil Alexander – MOJO, Bauer Media
Digital Entertainment & Celebrity Titles
David Moynihan – Digital Spy, Hearst Magazines UK
Lifestyle Magazines & Digital Titles
Susy Smith – Country Living, Hearst Magazines UK
Sport, Leisure & Health Magazines and Digital Titles
Andy Dixon – Runner's World, Hearst-Rodale UK
Highly Commended: Andrew Miller – The Cricketer, The Cricketer Publishing Ltd
Special Interest & Hobbies Magazines
David Rowan – Wired, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Digital Special Interest & Hobbies Titles
Melissa Dick – ASOS, ASOS.com
Men's Magazines
Dylan Jones – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Highly Commended: Matthew Todd – Attitude, Attitude Media
Digital Men's Titles
Jeremy Langmead – mrporter.com, Net-a-Porter Group
Women's Magazines (monthly or less frequent)
Victoria White – Company, Hearst Magazines UK
Highly Commended: Louise Court – Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
Women's Magazines (weekly or fortnightly)
Lisa Smosarski – Stylist, ShortList Media
Digital Women's Titles
Jessica Vince – graziadaily.co.uk, Bauer Media
Youth Magazines and Digital Titles
Malcolm Mackenzie – We Love Pop, Egmont UK
Highly Commended: Steph Cooper – CBeebies Art Magazine, Immediate Media Co
Newspaper & Current Affairs Magazines and Digital Magazine Titles
Rachel Richardson – Fabulous, News International Ltd
Launch of the year
Natasha McNamara – easyliving.co.uk, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
The Fiona Macpherson new editor of the year
Farrah Storr – Women's Health, Hearst-Rodale UK
Art directors of the year
Art Director of the Year – Business
Finnie Finn – I: Global Intelligence for the CIO, Redwood
Highly Commended: Simon Esterson and Jon Morgan – The Architectural Review, Emap
Art Director of the Year – Consumer (monthly or less frequent)
Tanita Montgomery – Company, Hearst Magazines UK
Highly Commended: Paul Solomons – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Art Director of the Year – Consumer (weekly or fortnightly)
Clare Ferguson – Stylist, ShortList Media
Highly Commended: Chris Hitchcock – The Times Magazine, News International Ltd
Digital Art Director / Designer of the Year
Nitzan Hermon – Wallpaper.com, IPC Media
Highly Commended: Paul Solomons – GQ iPad App, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Brand app of the year
Gillian Carter – BBC Good Food, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Company
Highly Commended: Deborah Bee – Harrods Magazine App, Harrods Publishing
Columnist of the year
Columnist of the Year – Business
Dr Phil Peverley – Pulse, Briefing Media Ltd
Columnist of the Year – Consumer
Liz Jones – YOU, Associated Newspapers Ltd
Highly Commended: Caitlin Moran – The Times Magazine, News International Ltd
Campaign of the year
Giles Barrie – Property Week – UBM Built Environment, for Site Life
Highly Commended: Michelle Ogundehin – Elle Decoration, Hearst Magazines UK,
for Equal Rights for Design
Innovation/brand-building initiative of the year
David Hall – FourFourTwo, Haymarket Media, for FourFourTwo Stats Zone App
Highly Commended: Eilidh MacAskill – InStyle, IPC Media, for Film InStyle
The Mark Boxer Award
Dylan Jones – GQ, The Condé Nast Publications Ltd
The 2012 editors' editor of the year
Louise Court – Cosmopolitan, Hearst Magazines UK
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