Terms & Conditions

Entry into the 2025 AiMCO Influencer Marketing Awards (“the Awards”) is subject to the terms and conditions (“Terms”) set out below. You should read these Terms in full prior to submitting an entry into the Awards.

1. The Promoter:  AiMCO Awards are managed by the Audited Media Association of Australia Ltd trading as AiMCO - Australian Influencer Marketing Council (ABN: 37 163 161 402)
   
   
2. The Awards:The Awards recognise exceptional creative work within the Australian influencer marketing ecosystem (“Work”) as defined in clause 5 (“Eligible Work”), entered by eligible businesses as defined in clause 3 of these Terms (“Eligible Businesses”).
   
   
3. Eligible Businesses: Any person or firm professionally engaged in any fields covered by the categories listed and working in influencer marketing in Australia may submit their Work for entry into the Awards. For example: Brand Marketers, Advertising Agencies, Content Marketing Agencies, Social Media Agencies, PR Agencies, Talent Management/Representation, Talent Marketplaces/Discovery Platforms, Influencer Technology Platforms, Measurement Providers, Creators/Influencers and any other individual or business working in influencer marketing. Entrants must have business registration for the Australian market either individually or work within a registered business. (i.e. ABN - Australian Business Number).  

4. Published Content: To be eligible for entry into the Awards, the Work, which is the subject of the entry, must have been first published/posted between 1st July 2024 – 30th June 2025. 
   
   
5. Eligible Work:
   Industry and Brand Awards: Work entered into any of the Brand Awards and Industry Awards categories must have been created within the context of a genuine influencer marketing paid engagement or contract. Payment includes financial payment as well as value-in-kind payment (i.e. gifting of product or services as payment). AiMCO may at any time request evidence of a piece of Work being part of a genuine campaign. For the 'Influence for Good' Award, work submitted for this award category may be for a paid brand engagement as well as pro-bono, donated, volunteered, or given freely to support a specific cause, movement, or programme.
   
   Talent / Creator Awards: Work entered into the Talent/ Creator Awards by creators must include at least two examples of brand content produced as part of a paid engagement. Two organic examples of work are also required.
   
   
6. Party Approval: Approval for the entry must be obtained by you as the entrant from the parties (any agency, client, talent, creator) involved in the campaign in which the Work was performed. AiMCO recommends that written approval be obtained and retained by the entrant as proof of approval (email is fine for this). You must provide AiMCO with a copy of this approval if requested by AiMCO to do so.
   
   
7. Intellectual Property Declaration: By submitting your entry, you confirm you are the owner of all intellectual property rights in your entry, or that you have all necessary written consents from all other owner(s) of intellectual property rights. You irrevocably and unconditionally consent to all acts being done in connection with the Awards that would otherwise breach your moral rights.
   
   
8. Copyright Approval: Any permissions required from copyright owners for the use of their material in connection with an entry in the Awards must be obtained in writing prior to entry submission and retained by you as the entrant. You must provide AiMCO with a copy of these permissions on request by AiMCO to do so.
   
   
9. No Modification of Creative:The entry must be submitted exactly as first published / posted and must not have been modified for entry into the Awards. 
   
   
10. International Work: AiMCO accepts for entry into the Awards, Work that has appeared anywhere in the world provided that the Work was contracted, originated, and completed by a creator who meets eligibility criteria (i.e. business registration in Australia).
    
    
11. Due Dates and Entry Fee Payment:All submissions must be completed via this online AiMCO Awards website together with full payment of the relevant entry fee before the final deadline (as published on this website) to qualify. AiMCO will not chase up incomplete entries at any time and once the deadline has passed incomplete entries will be disregarded.
    
    
12. Entry Fees Non-Refundable: AiMCO do not refund entry fees for withdrawn entries into the Awards. Please choose the category/section you are entering the Work in carefully. Read thoroughly through the AiMCO Entry Category details before submitting Work as AiMCO will charge a re-entry fee of up to 50% of the original fee to administer entry changes for the entry category on your request. Category changes cannot be done once entries have closed. 
    
    
13. Duplicate Entries: Please check with business partners before entering a particular piece of Work to avoid duplicate entries. Please note that AiMCO will not refund any entry fees paid for duplicate entries if a piece of Work is entered more than once into a category. AiMCO reserves the right to remove one of such entries from the Awards.
    
    
14. Legality: Use of illegal practices within submissions will lead to automatic disqualification.
    
    
15. Rejection of Entries: AiMCO judges reserve the right to reject an entry they assess as not complying with these Terms. Judges may deem Work submitted as an entry ineligible if it has been undertaken without a legitimate client brief (with the exception of Influence for Good Award). Work created solely to enter the Awards and not created for bona fide clients, or a legitimate cause is ineligible. Likewise, any entries which are incomplete, incorrect, inaudible, unviewable, incomprehensible or not received within the due date for entry, or not in accordance with these Terms will be void. Entries, up to and including the final date of judging, which are viewed as having infringed, in a manner that affects the validity of the entry, the AiMCO’s Influencer Marketing Code of Practice, or any of Australia’s voluntary or regulatory codes of practice (i.e. AANA, ABAC) may be considered ineligible. Any entries involving Work that has been the subject of an upheld complaint to Ad Standards, regardless of whether modifications were subsequently made following the decision will be ineligible.
    
    The decision to reject an entry into the Awards is at the sole discretion of AiMCO and no entry fees will be refunded in the case of any disqualified entry.
    
    
16. Non-English Entries: If work is submitted in a language other than English, it must include an English translation or English subtitles as all entries will be judged in English. Any entries submitted in a language other than English without an appropriate English translation will be disregarded and no entry fees will be refunded.
    
    
17. Judges’ Decisions: AiMCO Awards judges' decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into. Judging of the Awards involves no element of chance.
    
    
18. Publicity/ Right to Publish Winning Entries: In entering the Awards, you consent to AiMCO publishing the materials submitted as part of your entry and using them for publicity purposes for the Awards (except for content submitted as confidential and for Judges only). It is your responsibility to ensure all materials submitted are correct and that all the necessary approvals have been obtained in accordance with these Terms. AiMCO will not be held responsible for any errors made by you in relation to materials or any other information submitted with entries. Shortlisted and winning entrants agree to participate in and co-operate as requested by AiMCO in all reasonable marketing activities related to the Awards, including being interviewed and photographed. You agree that AiMCO can use your comments, image and name for advertising and publicity of the Awards and any future awards in any media in perpetuity without any further approval or compensation payable to you.
    
    
19. Business or Company Name & Logo: By submitting your entry, you consent to AiMCO using the entrant company or creator name, social media handles, images or video submitted with your entry and your logo (if any) in marketing material regarding the Awards event if you are shortlisted as a finalist or a winner. This excludes content supplied that is expressly listed as 'confidential and for judges only'.
    
    
20. Privacy Policy: By submitting your entry, you acknowledge you have read and agreed to our privacy policy. By entering the AiMCO Awards, you consent to be contacted about the Awards and any promotion of the Awards. This awards software is powered by AwardStage, you can read their privacy policy on this site.
    
    
21. Entry Changes: AiMCO reserves the right to make changes to entry deadlines, pricing, and entry criteria without prior notice by publishing those changes to this website. Any changes to entry criteria or entry prices will apply to any entries received after the updated criteria.
    
    
22. Tickets to Awards Ceremony: Tickets must be purchased to attend the Awards ceremony. No free tickets are provided to Awards finalists and finalists are responsible for their own costs and expenses incurred to attend the Awards ceremony. 
    
    
23. Awards Footage:By entering the Awards, you agree to allow us to take photos or video footage of you and use any of the footage for AiMCO's promotional purposes.
    
    
24. Awards Changes: AiMCO reserves the right to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend the Awards in whole or in part, at its sole discretion, if the Awards are not able to be conducted as specified due to the COVID virus or other such event, or in the event of a computer virus or software failure, or unauthorised human intervention, or any other cause that is beyond the reasonable control of AiMCO that could corrupt or affect the administration, security, impartiality, or normal course of the Awards. 
    
    Awards Ceremony Changes: AiMCO further reserves the right to at any time convert the Awards ceremony into a virtual online event if necessary, or desirable to do so, at the absolute discretion of AiMCO. Please refer to the Terms and Conditions specific to the Awards Event at time of ticket purchase.
    
    
25. Intellectual Property in Awards materials:All intellectual property rights related to the Awards, including but not limited to any information or data AiMCO collects as part of the Awards, belongs to AiMCO.
    
    
26. Liability:
    1. Neither AiMCO nor its employees, agents, contractors nor any other party or organisation involved in the management, promotion, or administration of the awards or its entry routes or their agents or subsidiaries involved in the Awards will accept responsibility or liability for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorised access to entries, or entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions (including but not limited to security functions by software used by AiMCO or any third party),virus, bugs, or other causes outside its control.
    2. AiMCO cannot promise that the services relating to the competition will be free from errors or omissions nor that they will be available uninterrupted and in a fully operating condition. These services may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance, or repair, or for reasons reasonably beyond the control of AiMCO. AiMCO will not be liable in the event that all or any part of the service relating to the Awards is discontinued, modified, or changed in any way.
    3. AiMCO cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury, or disappointment suffered by you as a result of entering the Awards or as a result of accepting an award.
    4. AiMCO will not be liable for any loss, or damage, or personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with your participation in the Awards.
    5. You agree to indemnify AiMCO and its officers, employees or agents against any claim, loss or liability arising as a result of your breach of these Terms.