The print industry’s brightest young talent was honoured in the Emerging 50 category at the 2025 ProPrint Awards.
The 2025 ProPrint Awards was held on Friday 17 October at Shangria-La Sydney, with this year’s flagship categories – Printer 50, Supplier 50, and Emerging 50 – all recording their highest-ever number of submissions.
The Emerging 50 celebrates individuals with five years or less experience in the print industry, drawn from a wide range of roles – including graphic design, prepress, production assistance, post-press supervision, and finishing.
It also recognises rising stars in distribution, sales, administration, and account management, showcasing the diverse pathways and future leadership emerging across the sector.
Congratulations to this year’s Emerging 50 (in alphabetical order)
Ally Boertje
Production/Finishing/Installation
Sign Vault
Andrew Butcher
Owner
Kwik Kopy Ballarat
Aninah Chua
Environmental Officer
Note Printing Australia
Annet Alex
Account Manager
Pegasus Media and Logistics
Arishma Maharaj
Sales Support & Marketing
Hexis Australia
Ashley Day
Designline Customer Service
Ball & Doggett
Audrey Lajo
Graphic Designer
Freelancer
Benjamin D’Souza
Print Machinist
MCC Label
Blake Walsh
Flexographic Printer
Print Media Group/ Impresstik Labels
Calista Talbot
Customer Sales Support
MMT Print
Dalila Fabrellas
Account Manager
Pegasus Media & Logistics
Dinela Smithers
National Customer Service Officer
Ball & Doggett
Eliza Godwin
Production manager
Label Image
Emily Ashman
Technical Support
Durst Oceania
Evan Gill
Owner
Kwik Kopy Eagle Farm
Gabriella Kangas
Key Account Manager
Cactus Imaging
Harry Pascoe
Prepress Operator
MCC Label
Harry Nicholson
Prepress
MCC Label
Iesha Ho
HR Manager
Easy Signs
Jackson Young
Flexo Printing Apprentice
Harden Packaging
Jaden Perumal
Trainee Field Service Engineer
Durst Oceania
Joanna Biggar
Co-Owner
Country Mile Signs
Justin Tout
Production Coordinator
Breen Printing
Kaitlyn Bender
Design & Prepress Executive
Westman Printing
Kathy Doan
Overseer
Corrective Services Industries
Katie Ammavuta
Owner
Kwik Kopy Ballarat
Kiera Ward
Customer Happiness Team Leader
Easy Signs
Kirra Staunton
Marketing Manager
Pegasus Media & Logistics
Kyle Wagner
Operations Manager
Pakko
Li Li
Accounts and Administration Officer
Sydney Print Media
Liam Hyde-Brody
Apprentice Printer
Breen Printing
Lisa Tierney
Marketing Campaign Manager
Ricoh Australia
Lucia Sin
Sales/Operations
Durst Oceania
Meagan King
Pre-Production Assistant Manager
Note Printing Australia
Naythen Lindsey
Owner
Kwik Kopy Hornsby
Neetu Dureja
Procurement Manager
Easy Signs
Nic Benson
Prepress Operator
Breen Printing
Olivia Fortune
Print Finisher and Graphic Designer
Footprint WA
Patricia Utrilla
Account Manager
Pegasus Media & Logistics
Pooyan Moghimi
Printer
News Corp Australia
Rebeca Garcia
Key Account Manager
Cactus Imaging
Robert Neale
Lithographic Printer
Westrock
Samantha Parkes
National Customer Service Officer
Ball & Doggett
Scarlett Bartels
Customer Service/Estimator
InHouse Print & Design
Scott Watkins
Owner
Kwik Kopy Knoxfield
Taylor O’Neill
Marketing Coordinator
Spicers Australia
Tia Savvas
Customer Account Manager – Team Leader
Briner Ads
Tony Ong
General Manager
Pakko
Trent Bowes
Production Manager
Revolution Print
Trillian Sharples
Senior Leader
Revolution Print
Thanks to our 2025 sponsors:
Platinum sponsor
- Durst Oceania
Gold sponsors
- Ball & Doggett
- Celmac
- Easy Signs
- FUJIFILM
- HP Australia
- IVE Group
- Koenig & Bauer
- Konica Minolta
Silver sponsors
- Cactus Imaging
- Canon Production Printing Australia
- Graphic Art Mart
- Kurz Australia
- Mimaki Australia
- Omnigraphics
- PAKKO
- Ricoh Australia
- Spicers Australia
Auditing partner
- PKF
Spirits Bar sponsor
- Archie Rose Distilling Co
Read more about the 2025 ProPrint Awards in the upcoming December issue of ProPrint magazine.
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