Did you rise to the occasion in 2024?

ENTRIES FOR THIS CATEGORY ARE CLOSED - PR ENTRIES CLOSED AT 11PM FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2025.
The trophy for Rising Star PR Professional of the Year will be awarded to the best up and coming financial services PR/communications professional.
Entrants should have started their first financial PR role after 1 January 2023.
Entering and winning this award is an excellent endorsement of your developing skills, with previous winner's going on to establish successful careers in the industry.
Have you made your mark within your team and been an essential part of your brand's comms plan? Did you contribute to successful press campaigns? Did you increase exposure for your organisation/clients?
Entries will close at 11pm on Friday 31 January 2025 for the journalist categories. Please note, for the 2025 awards, entries will NOT be accepted after the entry deadline due to a limited judging time frame.
You'll need to submit:
- A short supporting statement (maximum 300 words) explaining why you should be considered for this award and why your submission deserves to win
- A 50-word summary of your entry, for use on the Awards website during the journalist vote (should your entry be shortlisted)
- (Optional) Two attachments to supplement your entry
- A photograph of yourself for use in relevant Awards collateral, and on the night at the Headlinemoney Awards ceremony itself
Judges refer extensively to supporting statements during their deliberations, so be sure to include:
- A summary of the media relations strengths you developed as a new PR
- Any achievements since January 2023
- Details on the success of stories/campaigns produced for your organisation/clients
- Any strategies you developed to increase coverage
- Examples and data to prove your communications expertise when it comes to working with the financial press
- Evidence of your dedication, professionalism, reputation for efficiency
- Use the opportunity to supplement your entry with up to two files - reports, data, clippings etc to support your statement
In the run-up to last year's awards, we spoke to a few of the 2024 Rising Star PR shortlist about their work: |
Past winners:
- 2024 Alice Haine, Bestinvest by Evelyn Partners
- 2023 Jack Pattinson, AJ Bell
- 2022 Megan Crookes, Quilter
- 2021 Jenny Owen, AJ Bell
- 2020 Myron Jobson, ii

and Awards host Rachel Parris.
Entries can be made using this form – select your categories and create an account to submit an entry.
Entries will close at 11pm on Friday 31 January 2025 for the PR categories.
Category shortlists will be announced in March 2025 followed by a vote by financial journalists to decide on the winners.
Good luck and we look forward to receiving your entries!
Contacts
Event enquiries
Vicky Finch
vicky.finch@emap.com
Entry enquiries
Claire Beard
claire.desilva@headlinemoney.co.uk
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