SPONSOR: Towndoor

HISTORY: Sally Willis joined Birstall-based integrated marketing agency Fantastic Media in 2013 as account manager and has quickly progressed to become a senior member of the team.

As head of client services, she’s responsible for managing the seven-strong client services team, looking after the daily and long-term needs of clients and developing strategic campaigns to meet and exceed expectations and objectives.

She is keen to develop the agency through training and mentoring junior members of the organisation, encouraging team activities and raising funds for the Huddersfield Town Foundation.

Examiner Business Awards 2015 at The John Smith's Stadium. Employee Award winner Sally Willis, Head of Client Services at Fantastic Media

Sally also invests in her own learning, recently enrolling on a personal development programme to improve on her management and leadership skills.

Colleagues praise her as “trustworthy, passionate and determined” and say these traits come across at board meetings, client meetings and in the day-to-day office environment.

Sally said: “I don’t regard it as an individual award – it’s been a massive team effort. I want it to reflect the client services team as they support me in everything I do as does our managing director Andrew Hobson. The team is so skilled – I could not ask for a better one.”

Also nominated in the category sponsored by Towndoor were Denika Devine, of Maverick’s 80s Lounge, and Rosalyn Raine, of Rosenbauer UK plc