Marketing, advertising, PR, media awards

The AdNews Agency of the Year Awards  celebrate the best of the best in adland each year. The AdNews Agency of the Year Awards are the most credible advertising and media agency awards program in Australia, recognising agency performance and outstanding work annually.

Established in 1982 as the Hoover Marketing Awards, the AMI Awards for Marketing Excellence have become one of the biggest programs on the Australian marketing calendar. The Awards have been providing an opportunity to celebrate individuals and organisations who have achieved extraordinary success from innovative and effective marketing practices.

The APAC Search Awards recognise and celebrate APAC’s best Search agencies, companies, campaigns and people, working across a multitude of industry sectors to achieve growth, increase engagement and add value.

Previously known as the RAWARDS, the Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) were first held by FARB in 1989. Each year the ACRAs is held on the east coast of Australia, as part of the Awards weekend. The ACRAs is the pinnacle event in the Awards weekend, which also includes the Radio Alive National Conference. The Awards weekend is the only weekend of events in Australia dedicated to the commercial radio industry and is the largest gathering for commercial radio professionals in the southern hemisphere.

The Australian Event Awards is the national awards program, fostering continued excellence, innovation and unity in the Australian events industry. The program is the only opportunity for Australian event professionals to compete directly right across the nation and across all facets of the industry to establish which are Australia’s best events and event-related goods, services and innovations.

The Australian Influencing Marketing Council Awards (AiMCO Awards) celebrated the creativity, clever thinking and innovation behind the Australian influencer marketing industry across both industry entries and creator entries with 16 category winners awarded and the pinnacle award Most Influential Award selected from the line-up of winners.

The Australian Marketing Institute Awards provides an exclusive opportunity to celebrate excellence in marketing across the country throughout the year.

The most prestigious award show in the region, the AWARD Awards attract approximately 2,000 entries in the following categories: Advertising, Design, Craft, Film & Entertainment, Purpose, Innovation, Media and Planning. It has a membership of the finest creative minds from New Zealand, to South East Asia and across the states of Australia.

As the industry continues to evolve apace, the B&T Awards remain Australia and New Zealand’s benchmark for effective creative marketing communications. Judged by more than 100 of Australia’s most experienced marketers, 36 categories cover the full gamut of the communications discipline. And of course, the highly coveted Grand Prix Award highlights one agency making the biggest impact on how this game is played.

Most Award shows focus on the work or the agency as a whole. While B&T has individual awards with B&T Women in Media Awards, Women Leading Tech and 30 Under 30, there’s no awards programme celebrating the supreme talents within each discipline of advertising and media. B&T’s Best of the Best is here to fill that void. It’s the Australasian Open of advertising. Open to all comers regardless of age, gender or creed. Presented by Finecast, these Awards will be judged by a panel of top executives, and the event night will celebrate their invaluable contribution to the industry through leadership, innovation and courage.

The B&T Women in Media Awards recognise those exceptional women who have achieved success in their professional arenas and celebrates their invaluable contribution through their leadership, innovation, and courage to their industry.

The B&T 30 Under 30 Awards are widely regarded as the leading showcase for the brightest young talent working across marketing communications. Three outstanding individuals will be recognised for their achievements in each of the 10 categories, as well as a Grand Prix Award for the most influential individual overall.

The aim of Best Places to Work Asia-Pacific is to help agencies and brands in-house comms team leaders develop the best possible working environments for their staff while recognising outstanding workplaces and initiatives. Especially at a time where healthy employment practices and compassionate workplace environments are more important than ever, we want to recognise the good work that companies have displayed in these areas.

Since the early 1990s, Campaign’s Agency of the Year awards have existed to recognise inspiring leadership, management excellence, outstanding business performance, and overall achievements in advertising and brand communications.

The CMO50 annual list is aimed at recognising Australia’s 50 most innovative Chief Marketing Officers driving business impact within their organisation. This annual list celebrates those leading the marketing function who are displaying innovative, strategic marketing thinking, driving business change and commercial success, showcasing modern marketing leadership, and enabling greater collaboration and better customer engagement as a result. Through this, our ultimate aim is to elevate the role of Australian marketing leaders in business and as contributors to organisational growth.

The Digiday Awards is the industry's annual recognition of the companies, campaigns and creative modernizing media and marketing. Over the years, these awards have honored industry-leading work from Edelman, VICE, HP and more.

The Future Leader Awards, presented by Digiday, Glossy, Modern Retail, and Worklife recognize the next generation of leaders across media and marketing, fashion, beauty, and retail.

The Eddie & Ozzie Awards is the most prestigious recognition program in the publishing community, recognizing excellence in editorial content and design across print and digital media around the globe. From print issues to digital magazines, news coverage, and blogs, to the latest podcasts, there is a home for you in the Eddie & Ozzie Awards.

The Effies are presented in recognition of the year’s most effective advertising campaigns – campaigns that have delivered superior results by meeting or surpassing the objectives they were designed to achieve.

The Gartner Marketing and Communications Awards are a global, annual recognition program to recognize leading Marketing and Communications professionals and initiatives that have achieved real, measurable business outcomes.

The Global Agency Awards is recognising and rewarding the work of agencies who are transforming businesses through innovative engaging strategies across multiple marketing media.

The Global Digital Excellence Awards celebrate outstanding digital websites, campaigns, tools, and teams from across the globe. Large or small; local or international – the awards are not about the size of your campaign or agency they simply recognise and celebrate stand out innovation and creativity.

The Global Search Awards is recognising and rewarding the impact PPC, SEO and Content Marketing has around the world. The awards celebrate search agencies and teams who are transforming businesses through innovative engaging campaigns that stand out from the crowd; innovative and cutting-edge software and people who have triumphed across diverse digital landscapes.

The IT Journalism Awards, known affectionately as The Lizzies, are held every year since 2003, the Australian IT Journalism Awards acknowledge the most outstanding journalists and outlets covering technology in Australia each year.

MFA Media Federation Awards demonstrate and celebrate media agencies' contribution to achieving tangible, long-lasting results for clients.

The Mumbrella Awards have over 30 categories covering media, marketing, advertising, PR and production. Celebrating the biggest, best and bravest work as well as the teams and individuals that make it all happen, the awards highlight why the Australian media and marketing industry is a global leader.

The Mumbrella CommsCon Awards is where cutting-edge work and groundbreaking talent in the Australian and New Zealand PR and communications industry are recognised. It throws a spotlight on campaigns across a range of verticals, from business to consumer, content to strategy, government to pro-bono, awards the best agencies and internal communications teams of all sizes and seeks out the industry talent that is making the biggest difference.

The Pearcey SA Entrepreneur Award recognises outstanding South Australian entrepreneurs in the ICT and Digital Media professions who have "taken a risk, made a difference and is an inspiration". The candidates are drawn from contributors across all fields of technology including (but not limited to) computing science, the Internet, communications, social media and networking, interactive media, games and the film industry.

The Global edition of the Performance Marketing Awards celebrates the industry’s most exceptional projects on a global scale. We will once again be recognising the work from across the US & Canada, MENA, APAC, LATAM and Europe. Awarding the best work from across the past 12 months, the ceremony offers incredible networking opportunities for senior representatives from the ecosystem’s leading advertisers, publishers, agencies, networks and technology providers.

The Public Relations and Marketing Excellence Awards were launched in 2014 to reward public relations agencies, departments and people whose work delivered exceptional performance and innovative approaches. In recent years, the program has been extended to marketing agencies and departments. The Public Relations and Marketing Excellence Awards are designed to reward and recognize those individuals and organizations who largely go unrecognized for helping to build great brands and products of world-class organizations.

The Premier Partner Awards highlight excellence in digital marketing and showcase Premier Partners that help drive results for clients with Google Ads. Winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony, and will receive a trophy that celebrates the strong partnerships between you and your clients. Winners will also receive a case study created by Google featuring the exceptional work you have delivered for your clients. They may also be considered for additional Google Ads marketing opportunities throughout the year.

The Proptech Awards are designed for proptechs that improve the sales and marketing functions and lead generation of the property, construction and real estate businesses, support sales growth or raise the level of property presentation with a view of achieving better sales outcomes.

The PRWeek Global Awards honour the transformative work that demonstrates the highest possible standards building brands and trust, enabling the growth of international enterprise. The winners will be those who demonstrate excellence across the most rigorous criteria.

The Search Engine Land Awards celebrate individuals, agencies, and internal marketing teams within the digital marketing community who have demonstrated excellence in executing organic and paid search marketing campaigns and research initiatives.

The Self-Care Excellence Awards recognises marketing & sales best practice, new products, manufacturing innovation and, sustainability initiatives which have contributed to excellence in Self-Care.

The Semrush AU Search Awards celebrates the success of online marketing professionals in the Australian market. Top marketing campaigns and best marketing teams that work in online space that bring exceptional growth and revenues to companies will be recognised and rewarded.

Proudly presented by the Social Media Marketing Institute, the Social Media Marketing Awards (SMMA) honours and recognises individuals, teams, agencies and organisations, to celebrate excellence and achievement in social media marketing. It is an opportunity for public and peer recognition for you and your business or organisation. These awards are judged by an independent awards jury, made up from leaders in the social media marketing space.

Since 1994, the Summit Creative Awards have recognised creative firms and helped them stand out in the crowd. This international advertising competition offers participants a unique opportunity to showcase their talents alongside similarly positioned agencies and to have their work judged by experts in the advertising field. There is no written submission for these awards, you just need to enter your creative into a blind judging process.

The Summit Marketing Effectiveness Awards recognise and reward companies for innovative and leading-edge creative work that uses strategy and results-based effectiveness to create solutions in today's marketplace.

The Drum Awards for Digital Industries seek to reward the companies and people behind the most effective, innovative marketing. Formerly known as the DADIs, this global competition is one of the longest-running events in The Drum Awards calendar.

The Drum Awards for Marketing APAC seek to reward brands and marketing teams that truly understand their customer. Focusing on outcomes, not outputs, they are open to teams of any size who can prove their campaigns have had a measurable effect.

Transform Awards ANZ celebrates and recognises the transformative power of brand strategy, creativity and design throughout Australia and New Zealand. Transform Awards ANZ is the only awards programme to award the best brand work in the region. From big global agencies to small local work, the awards recognise excellence and reward innovation in branding. The Transform awards recognise best practice in corporate, product and global brand development work, with categories that focus on strategy, execution, content and evaluation. It is a platform for organisations to tell their brand development and rebrand stories and to discuss reputational change. Transform is an opportunity for organisations, agencies and advising councils to benchmark their work and processes.

Since 2009, WOW Awards has been the epitome of cultivating and celebrating excellence in the creation of LIVE events. It is the region's largest business & recognition platform for the Experiential Marketing, MICE, LIVE Entertainment & Wedding Industry.

The annual TikTok Young Lions Competition for Australia, participation in this competition is not only a hugely rewarding experience for Australia’s young guns – it could change your career forever. Entries are open to teams of two young communications professionals across five categories: Design, Digital, Film, Marketing and Media.