Award winning. Since 2007.
Recognition that reflects what we deliver for clients
Awards matter to us not because we collect trophies, but because they represent independent, external validation of our work, our culture and our results. Over nearly two decades we’ve been recognised across digital marketing, creative services, business excellence and regional industry categories.
Our Accolades over the Years
2023
Finalist – APAC Search Awards – Best Small SEO Agency award category – The Creative Collective
2022
State Winner (Queensland) Social Media category – Australian Institute of Marketing – The Creative Collective
Winner – Best Emerging Marketer of the Year – Social Media Marketing Awards – Tess Schweiso
2021
Finalist – Sunshine Coast Business Awards
Winner – Best Emerging Marketer of the Year – Social Media Marketing Awards – Claire Sandhoff
Finalist – Social Media Educator of the Year – Social Media Marketing Awards – Yvette Adams
Finalist – Best Integrated Marketing Campaign – Social Media Marketing Awards – Beef Australia
Finalist – Best Use of a Chatbot – Social Media Marketing Awards – Misty View Cottages
2020
Winner — Best SEO Program — SEM Rush Awards
2019
Finalist — Creative Industries category — The Creative Collective — Sunshine Coast Business Awards
Finalist — Training & Education category — The Training Collective —Sunshine Coast Business Awards
Finalist — Media, Marketing & Advertising Business of the Year — My Business Awards
2018
Yvette Adams inducted into Pearcey Hall of Fame
The Pearcey Awards recognises individuals who have made significant lifetime contributions to Australia’s ICT industry, winning the ICT Woman of the Year
2016
Finalist — Small Business Champions — IT category
Finalist — B&T 30 under 30 — Michelle Harris
Digital Champion — Digital Champion Award — Queensland Government (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Telstra Business Awards (Qld)
2014
Finalist — Queensland Multimedia Awards — Best Logo — Digital Careers
Finalist — Queensland Multimedia Awards — Best Large Website (51 pages or more) — Whitsunday Escape
2013
Winner — iAwards — ICT Woman of the Year
2012
Winner — iAwards — ICT Woman of the Year
Winner — Women in Technology Awards — Sue Wickenden Entrepreneur of the Year category (Yvette Adams)
Winner — Women in Technology Awards — Employer Of The Year category
Winner — Sunshine Coast Excellence in Business Awards — Creative & Knowledge Based Industries — Large Business category
Finalist — Sunshine Coast Excellence in Business Awards — Business Owner of the Year category (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Sunshine Coast Excellence in Business Awards — Employee of the Year category (Glenn Paton)
Finalist — Mumpreneur Awards — Mumpreneur of the Year category (Yvette Adams)
2011
Finalist — Sunshine Coast Excellence in Business Awards — Business Owner of the Year category (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Caloundra Business Awards
Finalist — Mumpreneur Awards — Service Based category (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Australian Institute of Management Awards — Business Owner category (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Women in Technology Awards — Regional Development Award (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Awards — Young Business Woman of the Year (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Qld Training Awards — Small Company of the Year — North Coast Region
Finalist — Qld Training Awards — Bob Marshmann Trainee of the Year — North Coast Region (Jag Quimby)
2010
Finalist — Telstra Business Women’s Awards National — Business Owner category (Yvette Adams)
Winner — Telstra Business Women’s Awards QLD — Business Owner category (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Telstra Business Women’s Awards QLD — Marie Clare Young Business Woman category (Yvette Adams)
Winner — MCEI — Home Based Business category (Yvette Adams)
Winner — Sunshine Coast Business Excellence Awards — Creative & Knowledge Based Industries — Large Business
Finalist — Australian Institute of Management Awards — Owner Manager of the Year category (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Australian Home Based Business Awards — Professional Services category
Finalist — Small Business Champions Awards — Three categories
2009
Finalist — Australian Home Based Business Awards — Professional Services category
Finalist — Sunshine Coast Excellence in Business Awards — Creative Services category
Finalist — International Awards for Women in Business — Asian Entrepreneur category (Yvette Adams)
Highly Commended — MCEI — Home Based Business & Women in Business category (Yvette Adams)
2008
Winner — Queensland Small Business Champions Awards — Specialised Small Business of the Year
Finalist — National Small Business Champions Awards — Specialised Small Business of the Year
Finalist — Stevie Awards for Women in Business — Asian Entrepreneur category (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Yellow Pages Small Business Champions — Sunshine Coast region category
Finalist — Sunshine Coast Excellence in Business Awards — Emerging Business + Business Entrepreneur category
Highly Commended — MCEI — Home Based Business & Women in Business category (Yvette Adams)
2007
Winner — Queensland Small Business Champions Awards — Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Yvette Adams)
Finalist — Australia Small Business Champions — Business Services category
Finalist — Queensland Small Business Champions — Professional Services category
Finalist — Australian Home Based Business Awards — Professional Services category
Finalist — Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Awards — Young Entrepreneur (Yvette Adams)
Watch Some Footage Of Us At Awards Evenings
What it means to work with an award-winning agency
Working with a recognised agency gives you confidence that the team behind your marketing has been independently assessed by industry peers. It’s not a guarantee of outcomes – but it is a meaningful signal of capability, process, culture and professionalism built and proven over time.
Awards are a byproduct of the way we work
At The Creative Collective, recognition is the result of genuinely caring about our clients’ results, building a high-performing team and maintaining the standards that define us – experts without egos, results without excuses. We’re proud of every award we’ve received, and prouder still of the client results that made them possible.