Media introduced an expanded pool of judges this year, including five external judges and two from the magazine's editorial team.
Judges include Anthony Lau, senior branding and marketing communications manager at HSBC; Unilever Asia vice-president, media, Richard Davies; Roy Tan Hardy, vice-president, marketing and sales at Disneyland Hong Kong; Coca-Cola's MD Southeast Asia and West Asia Darren Marshall and R3 principal Greg Paull.
This year, Media received nearly 100 entries in 10 categories.
For the second year running, PricewaterhouseCoopers will audit the judging.
Clients join edit team to select agency winners
The judging for Media's Agency of the Year awards is underway, with the awards presentation dinner taking place on Thursday, December 9 at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong.