Community-led Awards 2024: Your winners
Who stands at the pinnacle of community leadership excellence? 🤔
The moment you've been eagerly waiting for has arrived! 🏆
After meticulously evaluating all the nominations in the respective categories, we’re thrilled to unveil the 2024 Community-led Award Champions.
Thank you to everyone who participated in these awards! Community management is the heartbeat of modern digital connection and it's time to celebrate the visionary professionals who are not just managing communities, but building dynamic ecosystems that empower, inspire, and drive collective success. 🚀
Without further delay, let's introduce you to the victors in our prestigious trio of categories:
- Community-led Leader of the Year
- Community-led Rising Star of the Year
Community-led Leader of the Year
We’re delighted to present the Community-led Leader of the Year Award to Ewa Magiera, Community Manager at YunoJuno.
This award celebrates the community manager who goes beyond expectations—a dynamic leader who inspires, connects, and elevates digital community experiences through exceptional storytelling and engagement.
Ewa Magiera epitomizes what it means to be a true community leader, serving as the heart and voice of YunoJuno’s freelancer community. Her tireless dedication is evident in every aspect of her role, a community of 6,000 freelancers.
As it’s no.1 advocate, she addresses their diverse needs—answering questions, hosting events, onboarding new members, and sharing market insights. Her leadership has turned it into a Slack community of over 50 channels, a hub of collaboration and innovation.
She also single-handedly researches and writes a weekly newsletter, onboarded over 50,000 freelancers to YunoJuno’s platform, and handles new member requests daily.
Congratulations, Ewa! 🎊
Community-led Rising Star of the Year
And for our pick for Community-Led Rising Star of the Year, we’ve got the consistently fantastic Gabrielle Herrera, Senior Marketing Manager, Community Growth at HubSpot.
This award celebrates the remarkable potential of emerging talent, shining a light on bold and innovative professionals who are not only stepping into the industry but redefining its boundaries.
It honors individuals who bring fresh perspectives, unrelenting creativity, and transformative energy to their work, fostering collaboration and innovation that strengthens the bonds within the community and reimagines its future.
In just eight months on HubSpot’s Community Strategy & Ops team, Gabrielle has revolutionized the company’s advocacy programs, introducing over 12 strategic changes that have unified and streamlined operations.
A standout achievement was her leadership in bringing 66 advocates to the INBOUND conference, where they acted as micro-influencers, achieving over 2 million social media impressions—a powerful testament to her ability to amplify community impact on a grand scale.
Gebrielle’s success is rooted in her ability to marry operational excellence with the human touch essential to community-led growth.
Drawing from a diverse background in email strategy, marketing operations, and nonprofit grant writing, she brings fresh perspectives to the field, driving exponential results such as an 8000% increase in community membership since a relaunch and a remarkable 95% community response rate to member questions.
Congratulations,! 🥳
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in our 2024 Community-led Awards! 🙏
Your nominations and votes have showcased the incredible talent and dedication that power our community.
By recognizing these outstanding individuals and teams, we shine a spotlight on innovative strategies, transformative leadership, and passionate professionals shaping the future of community-led growth. 🌟
This is just the beginning. We're excited to continue evolving these awards, with new categories and opportunities to celebrate even more of the exceptional work happening in our community.
Stay tuned, stay inspired, and keep championing the remarkable talent around you. 🔦
Who will be the next community-led trailblazer?
