
#HashtagAwards
CELEBRATING ASIA’S BEST SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR
Get ready for the grand return of the Hashtag Asia Awards! This is your chance to celebrate the pinnacle of social media prowess across Asia and Oceania.
We’re on a mission to spotlight the very best in social media, starting right here in Asia. The stage is set, the spotlight’s ready, and it’s your time to shine!
With a fresh look and 40 revamped categories, Hashtag Asia 2025 is bigger and better than ever. We’re excited to uncover and honour the most outstanding campaigns, agencies, platforms, and content creators across the social media universe.
You have until the 5 March 2025 to ignite your entry into the social media hall of fame.
Submit your masterpieces, your game-changers, and your stories of success today!
Good luck!

What’s new in 2025?
Best Use of Tribal Marketing
Why Enter?
MARKETING-INTERACTIVE prides itself on developing events that reflect an ever-evolving industry and on delivering the best possible opportunities for those who take part.
By entering the Hashtag Asia Awards 2025 you can:

Increase credibility and gain industry-wide recognition for your campaigns, teams and company

Showcase your best work, achievements and innovations to our independent, senior brand-side judges and potential future clients

Receive extensive coverage across MARKETING-INTERACTIVE’s media platforms (web, newsletters, social media) pre and post event

Promote your award-winning campaigns to your followers and consumer base

Raise your profile to help attract new business

Remind the industry, current clients, and customers that you are still swinging with the best

Celebrate your business’ success with your entire company and project teams

Boost team morale, motivation and reward outstanding work
Make sure your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed and your teams get the recognition they deserve!
Your entry will be judged fairly and objectively, irrespective of budget, scale or resource. Each entry will be judged within its own context and on its own merits giving an even playing field to large and small companies and campaigns alike. Judges will not be assigned entries that present a clear conflict of interest. This includes entries submitted by their own organisation or agency, as well as submissions by direct competitors.
Entries will close on 5 March 2025 so start your entries today.

SPONSORS & PARTNERS
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Thank you to our past sponsors
Official Beer Partners



Judging Criteria
Your entry will be evaluated on the following four key areas (please read the Entry Guidelines for full descriptions):
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Context
Judges will be looking for:
- Describe the problem or challenge the brand faced, competitor landscape, goals, target audience, and context of the challenge.
- Elaborate on the strategy you were using before and what drove you to do things differently.
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Strategy
Judges will be looking for:
- Detail the plan devised to address your challenge, elaborate on the key considerations for choosing this over other platforms – timeline, budget, creative and media considerations, etc.
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Activity
Judges will be looking for:
- Describe how the strategy was executed and communicated to its audience and the rationale behind the chosen dissemination platforms
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Response
Judges will be looking for:
- Provide measurable metrics on the success of your programme in relation to the goals you wanted to achieve – for example, financial improvements/ customer satisfaction improvements/ engagement levels/ membership levels/ interaction and response levels
PAST
WINNERS & FINALISTS
2024
2025 PANEL OF JUDGES
If you’re interested in joining the judging panel of senior digital and social media marketing professionals, please contact:
Chee Jean Wen
Regional Producer – Awards & Custom
Tel: +65 6423 0329 (Ext 249)
Email: jeanwenc@marketing-interactive.com

Tenco Teh
Head of Marketing
Abiel Asset Management

Asyraf Suhaibi
Head of Brand Management Corporate Communication Department
Air Selangor

Septika Helena
Head of Agency Young Vision
Allianz Indonesia

Davinia Khong
Director of Marketing, International Business, OceanBase RDBMS Division
Ant Group

Sarah Elizabeth Foo
Director of Marketing & Community
Anytime Fitness | DKD Group

Roshat Adnani
Managing Director
APAC @ M&C Saatchi Performance

Dimas Novriandi
VP, Digital Banking Integrated Marketing Communications and Go-To-Market Lead
Bank SMBC Indonesia

Alvin Chia
Head, Brand & Marketing
CGS International

Kit Pui Lee
Director, Marketing
Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

Celia Ho
Marketing Director APAC
Gong cha Global

Fe Husaint
Managing Director APAC
Greenpark

Isaac Tan
Regional Head of Creative Strategy
Hepmil Media Group

Shennon Ho
Former Marketing Director, SEA & Korea
HP

Sivaram Parameswaran
Director, Consumer Marketing
PropertyGuru Group

Joseph Pek
Social Studio Lead

Dissabhat Jirasapbhakarn
Co-founder, Medium Rare Digital and Vice President - Marketing Strategy
Siam Commercial Bank

Jaime Ong
Head, Marketing & Communications
Singapore Red Cross

Darrelle Eng
Head of Brand
Singapore Sports Hub

Cindy Lim
Head of Communications, Digital & Marketing
Singapore Symphony Group

Tobiel Castañeda
Growth Marketing Head
Smart Communications

Denise Teo
Founder & Managing Director
SUPERCATKEI

Abhinit Agarwal
Executive Strategy Director
TBWA\Singapore

Yvonne Chan
Regional Director of Marketing
The Great Room

Jamie Tan
Director, Marketing
Trust Bank Singapore

Angela Tan
Group Head, Communications
Vena Energy