Campaign, Creative Review, Work., Marketing Week, ENDS Report, Motability Lifestyle, What Car?, Your Ocean, and People Management recognised across multiple categories, including DEI initiatives

Haymarket has been shortlisted 14 times across 9 categories for the BSME Awards 2025. The awards recognise excellence in editorial, including editors, columnists, art directors, covers, and initiatives in diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The shortlist, announced by the BSME judging panel, includes nominations across a wide range of categories, reflecting the company’s editorial output and expertise:

Editor of the Year – Branded Content
Jenny Roper, Work.
Ilana Harris, Your Ocean (Marine Conservation Society)

Editor of the Year – B2B
Maisie McCabe, Campaign
Eliza Williams, Creative Review
Jamie Carpenter, ENDS Report

Editor of the Year – Motoring
Steve Huntingford, What Car?

Editor-in-Chief / Editorial Director of the Year
Gideon Spanier, Campaign

Columnist of the Year – B2B
Ben Kay, Creative Review
Helen Edwards, Marketing Week

The DEI Leadership Award
Jenny Roper, People Management, Work. and events (for CIPD)

Cover of the Year – B2B
Alex Rapson-Ballinger, Society of Radiographers – Insight
Jenny Roper, Work.

Cover of the Year – Consumer
Sandra Marques & Sophie-Marie Odum, Motability Lifestyle Magazine

Editors’ Editor of the Year
Sophie-Marie Odum, Motability Lifestyle

The Editors’ Editor award is selected by BSME members and entrants, recognising individuals for their contribution to editorial. Speaking on her nomination, Sophie-Marie said:

“Thank you for the nomination. It’s an honour to be recognised for something that I truly enjoy.

“Since becoming editor of Motability’s customer magazine – Lifestyle, I’ve transformed it from a print title solely for customers into a brand that strives to represent the wider disability community, delivering beyond my client’s expectations.

“Diversity, equity and inclusion is extremely important to me, which is why I enjoy working on Lifestyle. Recognising that print is not accessible for all, I created The Motability Lifestyle Pod – an uplifting, feel-good podcast for everyone. It’s hosted by presenter and disability advocate Samantha Renke and myself. It’s available as audio on all major streaming platforms, and as video with captions and British Sign Language (BSL), plus full transcripts. To my knowledge, the Pod is the first ever accessible podcast and vodcast. It was also featured on British Airways long-haul flights, broadening our reach to an international audience. With an engaged audience on Instagram and TikTok, too, Lifestyle has become a truly inclusive brand for all.

“In the mainstream media, the disability community can be often patronised and disregarded. But Lifestyle celebrates what our audience can do, rather than focusing on what they can’t. We create authentic content that engages and champions our readership, and we put ourselves and the heart of the community. One way we do this is by our reader panel – who suggest content ideas and participate in the development of features.

“Lifestyle seamlessly combines lifestyle topics and important need-to-know Motability news. We don’t shy away from difficult subjects either, such as living with trauma and surviving domestic abuse. The purpose of Lifestyle is to always inform, empower and inspire. For the magazine, we commission highly talented writers and illustrators from the community, and our design follows Mencap guidelines.

“Reader feedback demonstrates that Lifestyle is highly regarded and suitable for all – disabled or not.

“This year, we launched Lifestyle online, a dedicated microsite, which features magazine content, plus extra stories. This took lots of planning and consulting with stakeholders,  readers and the wider community, to ensure it’s truly accessible and right for our audience. Lifestyle is leading the way in creating accessible and inclusive content.”

A huge congratulations to everyone nominated. The winners will be announced on Thursday 27 November 2025 at Rosewood London – good luck to all the finalists!

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Notes to Editors 

About Haymarket Group

Haymarket Media Group is a privately-owned media, data and information company, shaping a better future with remarkable content for specialist audiences across the world. The company has 1,300 employees across offices in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Germany and the Netherlands.

Haymarket’s portfolio consists of more than 70 market-leading brands including Campaign, Third Sector, ENDS Report, What Car?, MyCME and Asian Investor.

Through live, digital, print, education, data, tech services, video and audio, Haymarket’s brands inspire, inform and empower clients and communities internationally.

www.haymarket.com    

Learn more about Haymarket Impact at haymarket.com/impact.

Media Enquiries: Tara Geoghegan, Communications & Impact Manager, Haymarket Media Group, [email protected]