23 Year old luxury lifestyle editor makes media week's 30 under 30 list.
Luxury
lifestyle and property publication, Chartwell magazine, has had its 23 year old
Editor named as one of the media industry’s leading young talents in this
year’s Media Week’s 30 Under 30 list. Victoria Sheppard made the revered list, announced
at London’s Cuckoo Club on Wednesday 11th July. The list allows Media Week to
showcase the 30 most gifted figures under the age of 30 working in the
industry.
This
year’s list was run in partnership with The Mail on Sunday. A team of industry
figures including Marcus Rich, Managing Director at The Mail on Sunday, Media
Week’s Editor Jeremy King and Karen Stacey, Broadcast Sales Director for Bauer
Media, made up this year’s judging panel. Victoria, 23 proved to them that she
has what it takes to be major player in the media world’s future.
Victoria
was presented her award on stage by Marcus Rich and Jeremy King in front of
over 100 guests. She commented: “I am honoured to have been part of this
prestigious list especially after working within the business for just 18
months. Ceremonies like this provide a great platform for young people to be recognised
within such a competitive industry. Congratulations to all the other young
professionals who made the list!"
Media
Week is the premier business magazine for the commercial media industry and
this is the sixth year the publication has formed this list. Other young media
professionals named included those from companies such as Digital Cinema Media,
the Financial Times, Carat and The Insert House. This
year the judging panel placed emphasis on knowledge of digital media. In recent
months Victoria has set up two blogs and 5 twitter accounts, across the
Chartwell group, and has plans to expand this further.
Chartwell
magazine, one of the UK’s top luxury lifestyle and property publications, with
a niche international circulation, it is distributed throughout luxury outlets
including Fairmont Monte-Carlo, St James's Hotel & Club, private aviation firms
in USA, as well as to many Mayfair postcodes. Recent exclusives by
Victoria have included interviews with Hugh Hefner’s son Cooper Hefner, England Rugby player Ugo Monye and former
Dragon’s Den star James Caan.
Victoria
has also been instrumental in securing high quality editorial from luxury
companies and advertising revenue from
renowned luxury companies such as Range Rover & Jaguar armoured vehicles,
Chopard, LINLEY and Gleneagles. In addition, Victoria has secured travel
reviews of five star resorts in Marrakech, Val d'isere, America and the UK.
