Lizzie Young: Nine’s master of integration
Loyal, dedicated and direct. Lizzie Young is more than just a media sales executive. Over the course of her career she has built divisions from scratch, helped unify opposing teams, rallied behind charities and become a leader for women in the industry.
If that’s not enough, she’s also been part of two major mergers both locally and abroad. It’s fair to say Young has a unique perspective of the evolution of media.
The good news is she would be unwilling to trade it for anything, except for travelling the world crafting the ultimate guidebook for how and what to pack when visiting specific locations. The Lonely Planet equivalent to destination packing.
Young spent most of her youth in Brisbane. An only child, Young attended a private school for girls before heading off to the University of Queensland to study a degree in economics.
After 12 months of crunching the numbers, she decided it just wasn’t for her, so she switched to journalism.
Despite spending the rest of her career in driving the commercial aspects of media, Young’s first role was in the digital newsroom of the ABC.
“The last six months of
