SEO Awards

45 industry awards won under my SEO and AI search leadership at StudioHawk. Every entry is built on real client results — traffic growth, revenue impact, ranking improvements.

45Total wins
263Total entries
4xBest Large SEO Agency APAC
8Years winning

Individual Recognition

2021

Young Search Professional of the Year

Semrush Search Awards. Junior SEO to General Manager in three years.


2026 — 7 wins

APAC Search Awards

  • Best Large SEO Agency (4th consecutive win)
  • Best Use of Data (SEO) — StudioHawk own SEO campaign, ranking #1 for "SEO agency Melbourne"
  • Best SEO Campaign — The Meat & Wine Co
  • Best Pan Asian CampaignQuickBooks APAC
  • Finance (SEO) — Sharewise
  • Content Marketing — Kip&Co
  • PR in Search — JobAdder

2025 — 5 wins

  • Best Large Agency of the Year — Global Agency Awards
  • Standout SEO Agency of the Year — Global Digital Excellence Awards
  • Standout B2B SEO Campaign — Bain and Gray (Global Digital Excellence)
  • Emerging Talent Award — Robert Chung (Global Agency Awards)
  • Best Use of Search – Retail/Ecommerce (SEO) — Case Mate (US Search Awards)

2024 — 7 wins

  • Best Large SEO Agency APAC (3rd consecutive) — APAC Search Awards
  • SEO Agency of the Year — Global Digital Excellence Awards
  • SEO Campaign of the Year – B2C — Everything Caravan & Camping (Global Digital Excellence)
  • Best Use of Search – Finance (SEO) — National Accounts (APAC Search Awards, x2)
  • Rising Star Award — Joshua Poole (APAC Search Awards)
  • Best Local Campaign (SEO) — Bain and Gray (UK Search Awards)

2023 — 10 wins (biggest year)

  • Best Marketing Agency — Semrush Awards (2nd win)
  • Best Large SEO Agency APAC (2nd consecutive) — APAC Search Awards
  • Best Agency Culture — Global Agency Awards
  • SEO Agency of the Year — Global Digital Excellence Awards
  • Best SEO Campaign — CivilMart (Semrush)
  • Best B2B Campaign — CivilMart (Semrush)
  • Best Low Budget Campaign — National Accounts (Semrush)
  • Best Online Marketing – Legal — Rosendorff Lawyers (Semrush)
  • Best Use of Search – Not for Profit — CrimCheck (APAC Search Awards)
  • Best Agency Culture — Global Agency Awards

2022 — 5 wins

  • Best Large SEO Agency APAC (1st win) — APAC Search Awards
  • Best Agency Culture — Global Agency Awards (x2)
  • Best Use of Search – Health — MedCart (APAC Search Awards)
  • Rising Star Award — Jillian Reid (APAC Search Awards)

2021 — 4 wins

  • Best Global Large SEO Agency — Global Search Awards
  • Young Search Professional of the Year — Semrush Awards (Lawrence Hitches)
  • Best B2B Campaign — CivilMart (Semrush)
  • Best Use of Search – AutomotiveWhichCar (Global Search Awards)

2020 — 4 wins

  • Best Online Marketing – Healthcare — Life Supports Counselling (Semrush)
  • Best Online Marketing – Legal — Sprintlaw (Semrush)
  • Best Blog — WhichCar (Semrush)
  • Young Search Professional — Jacob King Stanley (Semrush)

2019 — 1 win

  • Best Marketing Agency — Semrush Awards

2018 — 2 wins

  • Young Search Professional — Harry Sanders (Semrush)
  • Best Low Budget Campaign — LearnMate (Semrush)

Award Shows


Awards are proof of consistency. Winning Best Large SEO Agency four years running means the work holds up under scrutiny, year after year. Every entry is built on real client results reviewed by independent judging panels.

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