Content Marketing Institute Announces Content Marketers of the Year

CLEVELAND, Aug. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Content Marketing Institute announced today the  2013 Content Marketers of the Year—awards extended to individuals who inspire other marketers by their imagination, creativity and discipline around the practice of content marketing.  Award winners will be highlighted in the August issue of Chief Content Officer Magazine, and the overall winner—the Content Marketer of the Year—will be recognized at Content Marketing World in Cleveland, Ohio, September 9-12, 2013.

This year's winners are:

• Todd Wheatland, VP of Marketing and Thought Leadership, Kelly Services
• Julie Fleischer, Director of Media and Consumer Engagement, Kraft Foods Group
• Linda Boff, Executive Director of Global Digital Marketing at GE
• George Stenitzer, Chief Marketing Officer of Tellabs
• Julie Strawson, Director, Market Development at Monotype
• Chris Frame, Marketing and Brand Manager at The Bethanie Group
• Christa Carone, Chief Marketing Officer of XEROX

"As the content marketing industry continues to grow in scope, I am humbled by the individuals who emerge each year with tremendous thought leadership and dedicated execution," said Michele Linn, Content Development Director at the Content Marketing Institute. "It has been a pleasure to learn from these seven marketers."

Content Marketing Award winners for Content Marketing Program of the Year, Content Marketing Agency of the Year and Content Marketer of the Year, will be recognized at Content Marketing World 2013, the largest in-person content marketing event. Registration for the event is open.

Content Marketers of the Year were selected by the team of editors at the Content Marketing Institute.

About Content Marketing Institute (CMI)
The Content Marketing Institute is the leading global content marketing education and training organization. CMI teaches enterprise brands how to attract and retain customers through compelling, multi-channel storytelling. CMI's Content Marketing World, the largest content marketing-focused event, will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, September 9-12, 2013. CMI also produces the quarterly magazine Chief Content Officer, and provides strategic consulting and content marketing research for some of the best-known brands in the world. CMI is a division of Z Squared Media, a 2012 Inc. 500 company.

About the Content Marketing Awards
The Content Marketing Awards were launched in 2004 as the Magnum Opus Awards. Since 2011 they have been conducted jointly by the Content Marketing Institute and McMURRY/TMG.

SOURCE Content Marketing Institute