Do you have a fear of missing out on an award at this years B&T Women in Media Awards? Well, there are still three days left before late-entries close this Thurday 2 July at midnight on the dot!
Don’t miss your chance to enter the awards for your chance to secure the number one spot in long-standing categories including Casting Director, Sustainability Champion, Employer, Creative Producer, Journalist/Producer and of course Best Ad Campaign: Championing The Equality Cause.
This year, we also have two exciting new categories: Education/Research and Finance & Accounting – meaning there’s plenty of opportunity for you to be recognised for your work and impact in the media, marketing and advertising industry.
Wanting some inspiration for your entries? Check out the spectacular winners from last year!
Last year, Charlotte Berry from Howatson+Company won the Sustainability Champion Award, for her initiatives like mAd Science—a program uniting scientists and creatives to shift public and corporate behavior, and for her efforts in commercialising climate innovations, such as natural acid-eating microbes, in partnership with the University of Sydney.
Meanwhile, founder and director of The Lime Agency, Kylie Green, took home the Casting Agent of the Year Award (now Casting Director) for the third year running.
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Taking home the Employer Award was WPP Media.
The agency made significant strides in salary transparency during 2025, and currently has a 50 per cent female executive committee.
And with less than half of media professionals feeling adequately remunerated, WPP Media offers unified salary bands across nearly all its roles – ultimately boosting employee trust and satisfaction.
Meanwhile, the winner of the Best Ad Campaign: Championing The Equality Cause Award went to The Iconic’s ‘Banner Ad Changeroom’ campaign via Dentsu Creative.
The work reimagined one of the most overlooked media formats into a stage for inclusivity, creativity and commerce.
At its core was a simple but powerful idea: let real Australians, of all sizes, ages, backgrounds and abilities, be the faces of fashion, not just models who fit the industry’s narrow mould.
By turning banner ads into live, shoppable fashion shows, the campaign directly responded to the client’s brief to put inclusivity at the heart of the ‘Got You Looking’ brand platform while driving both cultural cut-through and commercial returns.
The well-deserved 2025 Creative Producer Award went to Poppet’s founder, Nat Taylor who also won the Woman of the Year title too.
She founded Poppet just over two years ago, making it one of only a handful of female-founded and led production companies in the country.
The company has produced a host of famous campaigns for national brands, including Jetstar’s ‘Take Off More’ with Thinkerbell, which saw her vault logistical and casting hurdles that other companies shied away from. This included moving a shoot to New Zealand, casting real travellers instead of actors and simplifying the production approach without sacrificing the creative.
Click here to read all about how Nat Taylor felt on the night!
Last year, the winner of the Journalist / Producer award fell into the hands of Michelle Escobar of Optus Sport, who continues to be one of the most influential voices in Australian sports media, redefining how women’s football is covered and celebrated.
As host and co-producer of The Women’s Football Wrap, the country’s only dedicated women’s football magazine show, she has provided athletes with a platform to share their stories while tackling broader issues such as pay equity, diversity and inclusion in sport.
Her impact reaches far beyond the screen. She has championed internal culture at Optus Sport by mentoring interns and early-career producers, ensuring the next generation of women in media have the support she did not always receive.
Get entering today! Late entries for B&T’s Women in Media Awards close this Thursday!
