Social Media & Digital Awards 2026

Luncheon | June 18, 2026 | 12-2:30 PM | NYC
Luncheon | June 18, 2026 | 12-2:30 PM
New York City, NY

CELEBRATE YOUR FINALIST RECOGNITION AT
PR DAILY’S SOCIAL MEDIA & DIGITAL AWARDS LUNCHEON

Congratulations to this year’s finalists in PR Daily’s Social Media & Digital Awards.

Your work stood out for its creativity, strategy and results, earning recognition among the year’s top social media and digital campaigns, teams and leaders. Now it’s time to celebrate that achievement in person alongside the peers, colleagues and industry professionals shaping what’s next in digital communications.

Join us on June 18 at City Winery in New York City for the Social Media & Digital Awards Luncheon, where finalists will be recognized and winners will be announced live. This in-person celebration brings together the people behind standout brand storytelling, audience engagement and digital strategy for an afternoon of recognition, connection and excitement.

Attend with Your Team

Finalists are encouraged to attend individually or celebrate with their full team or clients. Reserved tables are a popular option for organizations or agencies that want to recognize the people behind the work and enjoy the event together. Individual tickets are also available.

Space is limited, and attendance is expected to fill quickly as finalist organizations reserve seats for their teams. Secure your table or tickets early to be part of this special celebration in New York City.

Join the Celebration

Reserve your table or individual tickets today and join us for an unforgettable afternoon celebrating excellence in social media and digital communications.

CELEBRATE WITH YOUR TEAM

WHAT TO EXPECT

A memorable experience worthy of your finalist achievement
Live announcement of Social Media & Digital Awards winners
A celebratory luncheon recognizing excellence in social media and digital communications
Networking with communications leaders and peers from top organizations

FINALISTS

AWARDS OF DISTINCTION

Finalists:

  • Farrynheight
  • Media Minefield
  • The MRKT:

Finalists:

  • Citizens: TCS NYC Marathon Social Media Strategy
  • NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: Think Bigger, Think Better, Think Telemundo: Upfronts 2025
  • Three Rings Inc.: Solve. Empower. Soar. — SES Global Brand Launch

Finalists:

  • Daryl Drabinsky: PwC
  • Ben Pollack: Unisys

Finalists:

  • 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
  • PwC: US Social Media
  • Vimeo: Vimeo Corporate Marketing & Communications Team

CAMPAIGNS AND CATEGORIES

Finalists:

  • ConnectiveRx: ConnectiveRx 2025 Lookbook
  • Gathering Place: Gathering Place Annual Report
  • Norfolk Southern: Forging a Better Tomorrow Report
  • Purdue University: Annual Report

Finalists:

  • Applied Materials: A New Chapter of the Applied Materials Brand
  • Bospar: Seeing RealSense
  • Cloudera: #ClouderaLife
  • 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?

Finalists:

  • ADM: ADM's Farmer Narrative Campaign
  • 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

Finalists:

  • 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
  • That Random Agency: Small Business of the Game Social Series

Finalists:

  • Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, Community Engagement Campaign
  • City and County of Denver - Office of Human Resources: Future Fest: The Future Starts with You!
  • Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt Pin Drop Series

Finalists:

  • 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
  • Northwell Health // Revmade: The Well by Northwell Health, with Revmade

Finalists:

  • Morrison Healthcare: #PartnersForThePlanet
  • Norfolk Southern: Forging a Better Tomorrow Report

Finalists:

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

Finalists:

  • Compass Healthcare: #WorldHelloDay
  • The MRKT: Mission Multicultural: Driving Franchise-Record Success for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  • Towson University: Celebrating Tigers with Disabilities

Finalists:

  • Kellogg's Health and Nutrition Institute: Trust the Process by INSK
  • The Shelf, Inc.: Credit-Building, Made Relatable: Self Q2 Influencer Campaign

Finalists:

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

Finalists:

  • Citizens: Citizens Social Media Team
  • Ernst & Young LLP (EY US): EY US All in 30, All in focus leadership videos
  • UC Davis Health: Sisters in Scrubs

Finalists:

  • Be the Change Group: Goodbye Pap, Hello Swab
  • Eisai: Care Pair: Pako & Zahydie
  • 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?

Finalists:

  • Garmin: GlutenFreeRunner at Garmin
  • Hyundai Hope on Wheels: Driving Hope Beyond the Road: Hyundai’s Mission to End Childhood Cancer
  • 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

Finalists:

  • Gathering Place: Cherry Blossom Bliss
  • Gathering Place: The Life of a Monarch
  • NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: Think Bigger, Think Better, Think Telemundo: Upfronts 2025

Finalists:

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

Finalists:

  • Cloudera: #ClouderaLife
  • Gregory: A Smarter LinkedIn Approach: Sustained Engagement Through Consistent Storytelling
  • Look East/AmSty: AmSty LinkedIn
  • Merz Aesthetics: LinkedIn and Collaborative Social Media Communications
  • NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: Think Bigger, Think Better, Think Telemundo: Upfronts 2025
  • Vimeo: Vimeo’s Explosive LinkedIn Growth
  • Wasabi Technologies: LinkedIn Executive Thought Leadership Campaign

Finalists:

  • Chubbies: The Chubbies League
  • 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

Finalists:

  • Children's Health: Protecting Texas Families: Children’s Health Leads Measles Education Effort
  • Cornerstone Government Affairs: America's VetDogs Pre‑Capital Campaign
  • Mastercard: Mastercard Newsroom
  • The MRKT: Mission Multicultural: Driving Franchise-Record Success for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Finalists:

  • 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
  • Jackson Spalding: It’s a Georgia Thing: An AI-Enabled Multichannel Campaign Reintroducing GPB to a New Generation
  • JBL: JBL Power Partnerships at SXSW Reach Gen Z
  • Multiply: HI-CHEW House of Mystery

Finalists:

  • 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
  • NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: Think Bigger, Think Better, Think Telemundo: Upfronts 2025
  • Noisy Trumpet Communications: San Antonio Marathon
  • Philip Morris International: The Burning Truth

Finalists:

  • 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
  • Purdue University: 'This Is Purdue' Podcast

Finalists:

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

Finalists:

  • 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
  • Jackson Spalding and Columbus Ahead: Amazing Columbus Content Strategy

Finalists:

  • Dunn Pellier Media: Dr. Quay: Biden Diagnosis
  • Generac Power Systems: Generac Social Listening and Content
  • Malwarebytes: Thirty minutes to tell the world - discovering a data dump that exposed 17 million Instagram users' data on the dark web

Finalists:

  • 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
  • Weekday: Weekday Brand Relaunch

Finalists:

  • 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
  • Visit Philadelphia: Bird Calls

Finalists:

  • Alloy: The Face of Caregiving: Building a Personal Brand for a Healthcare Leader
  • Bospar: Rooted in Data, Betterworks Humanized AI and Reclaimed Performance Management
  • 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

Finalists:

  • Cloudera: #ClouderaLife
  • Compass Healthcare: #2025WellnessChallenge
  • Miami University: Falling for Miami Photo Contest

Finalists:

  • 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
  • Mastercard: Mastercard's "Anatomy of a Scam" Documentary Series
  • 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

Finalists:

  • Be the Change Group: Creating a digital safe space for young people and their caregivers
  • South Piedmont Community College: South Piedmont Community College Website Redesign
  • TouchPoint Support Services: TouchPoint Digital and Content Marketing Team

Finalists:

  • City and County of Denver - Office of Human Resources: City and County of Denver Wellness Incentive Program: Building Healthier Lives
  • Compass Healthcare: #2025WellnessChallenge
  • Jackson Spalding and The Carter Center: Mental Health: Equally Important, Equally Covered

Seating is limited, reserve your spot today!

A limited number of tables of 10 are available, along with individual tickets.

BEST OPTION

Table of 10

$9,699 per table

Includes:

  • 10 reserved seats for your whole team
  • Priority seating at the front of the room
  • Exclusive branding for your company on site
  • 2 bottles of champagne
  • Networking reception
  • 3-course luncheon
  • Awards ceremony
  • Crystal award to commemorate your recognition

Individual Tickets

$675 Per Person

Includes:

  • Networking reception
  • 3-course luncheon
  • Awards ceremony
  • Crystal award to commemorate your recognition

If you have any questions or need help registering, please contact Barbara Kanady at [email protected].

LOCATION

City Winery NYC

AT CHELSEA PIER (PIER 57)
25 11TH AVE (AT 15TH STREET)
NEW YORK, NY 10011

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