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2026 Judge’s Profile<\/h1>\n

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Kristen Parker<\/h3>\n

Global Social Media Performance Manager<\/h4>\n

Bondi Sands<\/h5>\n

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Kristen Parker is the Global Social Media Performance Manager at Bondi Sands and a social media specialist with more than 10 years\u2019 experience across beauty, consumer and digital brands.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristen\u2019s expertise sits at the intersection of creativity and performance, with a focus on building social strategies that translate audience insight, cultural trends and performance data into content that drives meaningful brand and business results. Her areas of expertise include platform-first content, creator and UGC strategy, social performance, creative testing and audience-led optimisation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At Bondi Sands, Kristen leads global social performance strategy and works across Social, Creative, Influencer and Paid Media to continually test, learn and optimise the brand\u2019s social presence across Instagram and TikTok. She has helped evolve the brand\u2019s approach from simply measuring performance to using social as an active feedback loop – combining quantitative data, community insights and creative intelligence to inform what comes next.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristen is also passionate about sharing knowledge across the industry and has spoken alongside social technology partner Dash Social on the future of social strategy, creative intelligence, creators and performance-led content.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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View other judges’ profiles<\/h4>\n

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2026 Judges<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Apptio, an IBM Company<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bondi Sands<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Contiki<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Havas Red Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Honda Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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IKEA Australia and New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Influential Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kmart Group<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leo Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Live Nation Australia and New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n

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MEAA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ogilvy Health Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Omnicom Content<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Omoda Jaecoo Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Publicis Groupe (Herd MSL, Influential & Salterbaxter)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Salomon Australia and New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Social Soup<\/strong><\/p>\n

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