Congratulations to the Winners of
PR Daily’s 2026 Social Media & Digital Awards

This year’s winners and honorable mentions were recognized for the creativity, strategy and results shaping today’s social media and digital communications landscape. From standout campaigns and sharp platform strategy to meaningful audience engagement and measurable impact, the work honored in this program reflects the best of the profession.

On June 18, finalists, colleagues and industry peers gathered at City Winery in New York City for PR Daily’s Social Media & Digital Awards Luncheon, where winners were honored and revealed live. The event brought together teams from leading brands, organizations and agencies for an afternoon of recognition, celebration and connection.

Honored Live in New York City

The Social Media & Digital Awards Luncheon celebrated the people and teams behind some of the year’s most compelling digital work. In a room filled with energy, pride and anticipation, attendees came together to applaud excellence across social media, digital storytelling, content, strategy and innovation.

From the live winner reveal to the moments shared with teammates, clients and peers, the event captured what makes this program so meaningful: the opportunity to celebrate standout work with others who understand the creativity, precision and effort behind it.

Celebrate the Recognition

Explore the winners, revisit highlights from the event and join us in recognizing the campaigns, teams and leaders whose work stood out this year in PR Daily’s Social Media & Digital Awards.

WINNERS

AWARDS OF DISTINCTION

Agency of the Year

Honorable Mentions

Agency of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • Farrynheight
  • Media Minefield
Winner

Agency of the Year

Campaign of the Year

Honorable Mentions

Campaign of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: Think Bigger, Think Better, Think Telemundo: Upfronts 2025
  • Three Rings Inc.: Solve. Empower. Soar. — SES Global Brand Launch
Winner

Professional of the Year

Honorable Mentions

Professional of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • Ben Pollack: Unisys
Winner

Professional of the Year

Team of the Year

Honorable Mentions

Team of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • Cloudera: #ClouderaLife
  • Cushman & Wakefield: Social Media - Advocacy
  • Eventbrite: Brand & Communications Team
  • Indiana Pacers: Indiana Pacers Road to the 2025 NBA Finals Playoff Campaign
  • Miami University: Digital and Social Media Team
  • Vimeo: Vimeo Corporate Marketing & Communications Team
Winner

Team of the Year

CAMPAIGNS AND CATEGORIES

Annual Report

Honorable Mentions

Annual Report

Honorable Mentions
  • ConnectiveRx: ConnectiveRx 2025 Lookbook
  • Gathering Place: Gathering Place Annual Report
  • Norfolk Southern: Forging a Better Tomorrow Report
Winner

Brand Awareness

Honorable Mentions

Brand Awareness

Honorable Mentions
  • Applied Materials: A New Chapter of the Applied Materials Brand
  • Bospar: Seeing RealSense
  • Dave's Hot Chicken: Dave's Hot Chicken
  • Indiana Pacers: Indiana Pacers 2025 NBA Playoffs Campaign
  • Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.: Nissan at the Japan Mobility Show 2025
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals/Syneos Health Communications: What's Your Legacy?
Winner

Brand Awareness

Cause Marketing

Honorable Mentions

Cause Marketing

Honorable Mentions
  • Athena Global Advisors: Ride with Pride
  • Bospar: Queer Joy is Resistance”: How PR Turned a Sponsorship Crisis into Record
  • Call of Duty Endowment: Military Appreciation Month 2025
  • Hunter: Lysol HERE For Healthy Schools
Winner

Collaborative Social Media Communications

Honorable Mentions

Collaborative Social Media Communications

Honorable Mentions
  • Appspace: Employee Advocacy
  • Banco Atlántida and LLYC: Evento Deportivo Del Siglo
  • Cushman & Wakefield: Social Media - Advocacy
  • Hyundai Hope on Wheels: Driving Hope Beyond the Road: Hyundai’s Mission to End Childhood Cancer
  • Merz Aesthetics: LinkedIn and Collaborative Social Media Communications
Winner

Collaborative Social Media Communications

Community Engagement

Honorable Mentions
  • Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, Community Engagement Campaign
  • Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt Pin Drop Series
Winner

Content Marketing

Honorable Mentions
  • Banco Atlántida and LLYC: Evento Deportivo Del Siglo
  • Florida Public Utilities: Natural Gas Recipe Campaign
  • Kellogg's Health and Nutrition Institute: Trust the Process by INSK
Winner

CSR/ESG Communications

Honorable Mentions

CSR/ESG Communications

Honorable Mentions
  • Morrison Healthcare: #PartnersForThePlanet
Winner

Data & Insights/Measurement

Honorable Mentions

Data & Insights/Measurement

Honorable Mentions
  • Cloudera: #ClouderaLife
  • Just Drive Media: Using Social Data to Shape Perception, Trust, and Momentum for Serve Robotics
  • McMaster University: Decoding Digital Trust
  • Unisys: The Intent Engine: How Unisys Used Data to Transform the Sales Cycle
Winner

Data & Insights/Measurement

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Compass Healthcare: #WorldHelloDay
  • Towson University: Celebrating Tigers with Disabilities
Winner

Edutainment

Honorable Mentions
  • Kellogg's Health and Nutrition Institute: Trust the Process by INSK
Winner

Email Communications

Honorable Mentions
  • Gregory: Segmented. Branded. Repeatable. Email Communications That Outperformed Benchmarks
  • Jackson Spalding and Orkin Commercial: Orkin Commercial Bird Control Campaign
  • Jackson Spalding: The Infrastructure Behind Impact: Norfolk Southern’s Email Transformation
  • UC Davis Health: Innovation News & Notes
Winner

Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions

Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions
  • Ernst & Young LLP (EY US): EY US All in 30, All in focus leadership videos
  • UC Davis Health: Sisters in Scrubs
Winner

Healthcare Campaign

Honorable Mentions

Healthcare Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Be the Change Group: Goodbye Pap, Hello Swab
  • Eisai: Made of More: Personal Experiences at Mealtime
  • Eisai: Spot Her at the Nail Salon: Breaking the silence around endometrial cancer in social settings
  • Harris County Public Health: Vax2School
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals/Syneos Health Communications: What's Your Legacy?
Winner

Healthcare Campaign

Influencer Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Garmin: GlutenFreeRunner at Garmin
  • John Deere: John Deere Brings Pro Athletes and Influencers Together to Feed America’s Farmers
  • Nationwide: Protect What Matters: Life Stage Influencer Activation
  • Pacers Sports & Entertainment: Pacers x Rob49
  • Planit: Stop the Iron Pipeline Influencer Campaign
  • Porter Novelli: Lucas Lenwas Launch
  • PwC: Formula 1 Influencer
  • The Shelf, Inc.: Credit-Building, Made Relatable: Self Q2 Influencer Campaign
  • Visit Orlando: Moments In Between & Happy2Find
  • Visit Philadelphia: 2026 Badge Builder
Winner

Instagram

Honorable Mentions
  • Gathering Place: Cherry Blossom Bliss
  • Gathering Place: The Life of a Monarch
Winner

Intranet

Honorable Mentions

Intranet

Honorable Mentions
  • South Piedmont Community College: Alli Access Intranet
  • Vimeo: Inside The Loop: Vimeo’s Modern Intranet
Winner

LinkedIn

Honorable Mentions
  • Cloudera: #ClouderaLife
  • Gregory: A Smarter LinkedIn Approach: Sustained Engagement Through Consistent Storytelling
  • Look East/AmSty: AmSty LinkedIn
  • NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: Think Bigger, Think Better, Think Telemundo: Upfronts 2025
  • Vimeo: Vimeo’s Explosive LinkedIn Growth
  • Wasabi Technologies: LinkedIn Executive Thought Leadership Campaign
Winner

Marketing Campaign

Honorable Mentions

Marketing Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • City and County of Denver - Office of Human Resources: “See Yourself Here” Lifeguard Recruitment Campaign
  • Florida City Gas: Natural Gas Does More
  • Indiana Fever: Indiana Fever x Stranger Things
  • Mercury Racing: Travis Pastrana 300R/ROS Launch
Winner

Marketing Campaign

Media Relations Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Children's Health: Protecting Texas Families: Children’s Health Leads Measles Education Effort
  • Mastercard: Mastercard Newsroom
  • The MRKT: Mission Multicultural: Driving Franchise-Record Success for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Winner

Multichannel Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • ADM: ADM's Farmer Narrative Campaign
  • Cloudera: #ClouderaLife
  • Eaton: Machine‑Building OEM Integrated Campaign: Driving Global OEM Engagement Through Multi‑Channel Precision Marketing
  • Florida City Gas: Natural Gas Does More
  • JBL: JBL Power Partnerships at SXSW Reach Gen Z
  • Multiply: HI-CHEW House of Mystery
Winner

Paid Social Media Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • City and County of Denver - Office of Human Resources: “See Yourself Here” Lifeguard Recruitment Campaign
  • Gregory: Paid Social, Done Right: Efficient Follower Growth Within a Limited Audience Pool
  • Noisy Trumpet Communications: San Antonio Marathon
  • Philip Morris International: The Burning Truth
Winner

Podcast & Blogs

Honorable Mentions

Podcast & Blogs

Honorable Mentions
  • Intention.ly: Don’t Do That Podcast
  • Morehouse School of Medicine: Morehouse School of Medicine Blog
  • Prologis: Moving the World – Elevating the Conversations That Power the Global Economy
Winner

Public Relations Campaign

Honorable Mentions

Public Relations Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Bospar: Queer Joy is Resistance”: How PR Turned a Sponsorship Crisis into Record
  • JBL: JBL x Benson Boone: Undeniably Original
  • Vimeo: Vimeo Streaming
Winner

Public Relations Campaign

SEO Strategy

Honorable Mentions
  • Citizens: SEO: Leveraging SEO Strategy to Support Consumers in High Stakes Moments
  • Gregory: From Invisible to In-Demand: Rebuilding SEO for a Financial Advisory Firm
Winner

Social Listening and Real-Time Response

Honorable Mentions

Social Listening and Real-Time Response

Honorable Mentions
  • Dunn Pellier Media: Dr. Quay: Biden Diagnosis
  • Malwarebytes: Thirty minutes to tell the world - discovering a data dump that exposed 17 million Instagram users' data on the dark web
Winner

Social Listening and Real-Time Response

Social Media Campaign

Honorable Mentions

Social Media Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Airlines for America: Carry On Kindness
  • Chubbies: The Chubbies League
  • Hyundai Hope on Wheels: Driving Hope Beyond the Road: Hyundai’s Mission to End Childhood Cancer
  • Indiana Pacers: Indiana Pacers 2025 NBA Playoff Campaign
  • JBL: JBL x Benson Boone: Undeniably Original
  • Pacers Sports & Entertainment: Indiana Fever Facebook
  • Robert Half: From research to real talk: Robert Half's 2026 Salary Guide campaign
  • Southern Living® Plant Collection: The "Confidence in Bloom" Campaign
  • University of the Pacific: Pacific Tiny Office Concert Series
  • Vimeo: REFRAME 2025 Conference: Social Campaign
Winner

Social Media Campaign

Specialty Campaign

Honorable Mentions

Specialty Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • City and County of Denver - Office of Human Resources: Future Fest: The Future Starts with You!
  • Compass Healthcare: #WorldHelloDay
  • EGC Group: Banking Better, Together
  • JBL: JBL x Benson Boone: Undeniably Original
  • The Brandman Agency: 82nd Golden Globes x Beverly Hilton
Winner

Specialty Campaign

Thought Leadership Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Alloy: The Face of Caregiving: Building a Personal Brand for a Healthcare Leader
  • ConnectiveRx: From Earned Media to Digital Pipeline: How Strategic Repurposing Drives B2B Results
  • Media Minefield: Flip Your Script Book Launch
  • Robert Half: MAKING #MARKETMOVES BY ROBERT HALF
Winner

User Generated Content

Honorable Mentions

User Generated Content

Honorable Mentions
  • Compass Healthcare: #2025WellnessChallenge
  • Miami University: Falling for Miami Photo Contest
Winner

User Generated Content

Video

Honorable Mentions
  • Centra Credit Union: Imagine the Possibilities
  • City and County of Denver - Office of Human Resources: "A Day in the Life with Denver Solid Waste"
  • Dallas ISD: Dallas ISD Spotlight: Animation Teacher
  • Miami University: We Asked. They Answered. Everyone Felt Something.
  • Pacers Sports & Entertainment: Indiana Pacers 2025 NBA Playoffs Mini Movies
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals/Syneos Health Communications: What's Your Legacy?
  • Vimeo: Even/Odd
  • Vimeo: Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
  • Webster Bank: Celebrating 90 Years
Winner

Website Redesign or Relaunch

Honorable Mentions
  • South Piedmont Community College: South Piedmont Community College Website Redesign
  • TouchPoint Support Services: TouchPoint Digital and Content Marketing Team
Winner

Wellness Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Compass Healthcare: #2025WellnessChallenge
  • Jackson Spalding and The Carter Center: Mental Health: Equally Important, Equally Covered
Winner

Additional Awards

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