AWIE Nominations: The Highlights | Yotpo

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Superb Ladies in eCommerce 2022 is our greatest yr ever! We obtained greater than 3,000 nominations throughout 5 classes: Rising Star, Chief, Founder, Innovator, and Marketer, and we will’t wait to decide on the honorees.

Nominations got here in from all throughout the eCommerce business. We bought nominees from small D2C manufacturers, giant established manufacturers, digital companies, and expertise corporations supporting eCommerce manufacturers. And with a $5 donation for each nomination to Women Inc., we have been capable of elevate effectively over $15,000!

We received’t be deciding on honorees till March however we have been so impressed by the entire considerate submissions that we needed to share just a few of our favorites. Listed here are among the highlights from our nomination interval that wrapped on December 31, 2021 — they’ve been edited for size and readability.

Rising Star

Kate Condon, Director of Design at Simplistic

Kate is an exemplary designer that at all times brings her finest to each challenge, large or small. I’ve little doubt she can be a extremely sought out expertise within the business for years to come back.

— Joe B.

Stacey Kurtyka, eCommerce IT Mission Supervisor at Conair

Stacey works arduous to drag every part collectively to get the job performed. She possesses among the key necessities of a task mannequin. She constantly anticipates the consequences of her personal space’s actions on the general company objectives. She by no means permits obstacles to get in the way in which of executing technique and actively encourages others to seek out alternative routes to resolve issues or tough conditions. She excels in reaching excellent challenge, product, and repair outcomes. Stacey at all times appears for inventive options round conventional obstacles.

— Dara M.

Chief

Rebecca Worsley, Director, Wet Metropolis Company

In 2018, Rebecca launched her firm Wet Metropolis Company, which builds bespoke shops on Shopify. On a shoestring price range and with no funding, she now has 13 staff members comprising men and women, and a 1500 sq. foot workplace right here in Manchester. She is an unbelievable chief who, in her personal phrases, has “modified every part [she] didn’t like about being an worker and glued it for [her] staff.”

— Peter C.

Alicia Kennedy, Advertising Director at Bare Wines

She’s by far the perfect MD I’ve ever labored for and is ready to navigate any difficulty or alternative with ease. She is without doubt one of the few leaders that really places growth on the coronary heart of every part she does. Famous person of this business and sure another.

— Paul C.

Founder

Kathy Kuo, CEO at Kathy Kuo Dwelling

Kathy has taken her superb private model from her former profession as a mannequin and spectacular business pedigree and remodeled that right into a model beating its progress trajectories by over 500% YoY. She’s hard-working, extremely gifted, and will actually do any job in her firm! She’s insanely dedicated to concierging her buyer within the tales she tells and the infrastructure she makes use of to assist that throughout her whole omnichannel expertise.

— Kristin S.

Courtney Cowan, Founder and CEO at Milk Jar Cookies

Courtney has translated an extremely heat, welcoming model into the digital house by way of brand-led video, social, and YouTube content material, ushering the consolation of cookies to individuals who can’t get to the L.A. establishment’s bodily house. Her model ethos is obvious on all touchpoints, giving prospects the sensation of heat consolation irrespective of the place they’re coming from.

— Amanda F.

Innovator

Chrystal Rose, Proprietor at Rebellia

Chrystal’s ardour is empowering ladies to grow to be their highest self. Via her on-line boutique, self-love teaching, podcast and her new on-line member neighborhood, she offers house for all ladies who want to degree up and cheer on and assist one another alongside the way in which. Chrystal helps change the “imply lady” stigma and opening up a world the place ladies really feel worthy, aligned, and deeply linked to different ladies.

— Jocelyn P.

Lama Samhat, Director of eCommerce at Ultracor

Lama is filled with eComm information and strives to make use of the information in motion for progress — progress in herself or general model. She is pushed to the max and at all times delivers superior work!

— Betsy E.

Marketer

Dani Oria, Senior Director, Progress Advertising at oVertone

Dani is an excellent human and unbelievable marketer. She is an knowledgeable on plenty of paid advertising and marketing platforms, loves to check and be taught, can work by way of advanced budgets, and may strategize with the perfect of them.

— Rob D.

Jessica Travers, Client Advertising Supervisor at MAC Cosmetics

Jessica is an absolute star and an inspiration within the magnificence house. Heading up inventive activations in partnership with the likes of MIMCO and Gelato Messina, Jessica is doing superb work with MAC.

— Jess R.

Be part of us

We will’t wait to learn by way of the remainder of the nominations and announce the 2022 AWIE Honorees in March. And in the event you’re a girl working within the eCommerce business, we’d love so that you can be part of us in our AWIE Slack Neighborhood.