HONORING THE BEST IN
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
Congratulations to the shortlist of finalists in Ragan’s Communications Week’s Zenith Awards!
Your work didn’t just communicate, it informed, influenced and inspired. And now, it’s earned a place on the most prestigious stage in the industry.
Join us on the evening of Wednesday, November 12 in Austin, Texas, for the Zenith Awards Gala, an elegant celebration honoring the most outstanding communications campaigns, teams and professionals across internal and external comms.
This celebratory event is the capstone of Comms Week, anchored by Ragan’s flagship Future of Communications Conference, taking place Nov. 12–14 in Austin, Texas. Throughout the week, the brightest minds in PR, marketing, social media, employee comms and beyond will gather to learn, innovate and chart the path ahead — culminating in the Zenith Awards Gala, a night of recognition, connection and inspiration.
We’ll honor all finalists and unveil the category winners live, celebrating the innovation, strategy and storytelling that set a new standard for excellence in communications.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Whether you’re stepping up to the podium or cheering from your table, this is your night to shine. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the industry’s most anticipated celebration of the year.
Join us in honoring the best internal and external comms work from the past year.
PRESENTERS
FINALISTS
AWARDS OF DISTINCTION
Finalists:
- Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages: Employee Engagement: Peek Under the Cap of the Texas Coca-Cola Bottler
- BODYARMOR Sports Nutrition: POWERADE “It Takes More” March Madness
- Bon Secours Mercy Health: Campaign of the Year
- Broadsheet Communications: Raptive Keep it Real
- Broadsheet: Positioning Newsweek as the Fastest-Growing News Publisher on the Web
- Havas Street: Brooks x runDisney - Springtime Surprise
- Insurance Information Institute: Georgia Tort Reform Campaign
- The MRKT: Building a Blockbuster: How Multicultural PR Fueled A Minecraft Movie’s Cultural Impact
CAMPAIGNS AND CATEGORIES
Finalists:
- Deloitte: GenAI Social Leadership Pilot
- Ruder Finn: rf.aio
- Visionet Systems Inc
- VyStar Credit Union: Voice of the Member
Finalists:
- American Student Assistance (ASA): Empowering Millions of Students to Find Tomorrow, Today
- Park National Bank: Park National Bank 2024 Annual Report
Finalists:
- Aggreko: Energizing the Track With Aggreko
- BODYARMOR Sports Nutrition: POWERADE “It Takes More” March Madness
- CrowdPharm, a Spectrum Science company: Sound of Profound
- FCB Health New York: Worth Fighting For
- Help at Home: Celebrating 50 Years of Caring - Help at Home's 50th Anniversary
- Mastercard: Mastercard Newsroom
- Visionet Systems Inc
- VyStar Credit Union: Through You Life
Finalists:
- Aggreko: Energizing the Track With Aggreko
- CrowdPharm, a Spectrum Science company: Sound of Profound
- Hilti, Inc.: Pros Know
Finalists:
- Intel Corp.: Employee Communications
- Microsoft Digital: The Adventure Begins: How We Took Flight with Microsoft Copilot
- TVP Communications and Saint Francis University: Red Flash's Last Dance: A Move from DI to DIII Athletics
- Washington University in St. Louis: Hello Workday! How communications eased WashU’s student system transition
Finalists:
- Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office: teamHCSO Cares – Hurricane Milton Relief and Recovery Initiative
- Jefferson: Jefferson200
- Metrolinx: GO-ing to the Concert of the Era
- NRG Energy: Meals for a Million
Finalists:
- Deloitte: GenAI Social Leadership Pilot
- SourceCode Communications: Jenius Bank’s Mind-Money Connection
- UW Medicine: Right as Rain Vol. 3
- VyStar Credit Union: VyStar Savings Challenge
Finalists:
- Advocate Health: Hurricane Helene Communications Response
- Dallas ISD: When lightning strikes twice: Dallas ISD’s crisis response to a repeat tragedy
- Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office: Crisis Communications During the Newsome High School Lockout
Finalists:
- Cisco Systems, Inc: Delivering Connection, Empowering Recovery: Cisco’s Crisis Response in Western North Carolina
- Havas PR: Wells Fargo Financial Lit Event (formal name, Sabor y Sabiduría: Flavorful Lessons in Financial Literacy)
- Hyundai Motor America: Hyundai Hope: Child Passenger and Pedestrian Safety Initiative
- Hyundai Motor North America: STEM Education in Georgia
- NRG Energy: Meals for a Million
Finalists:
- CU School of Pharmacy: Mile High Pharmacy Campaign
- HubEngage: HubEngage - Brightline
- Novitas Communications: Protect Our Paychecks
- ServiceNow: Global Employee Communications and Engagement
Finalists:
- Cognizant: Impact Awards 2025
- Deloitte Services LP: Deloitte Today
- Golden 1 Credit Union: Golden Journeys
- Lowe's: Chain Reaction
- Pfizer: Praise It Forward
- Ruppert Landscape: Rooted in Connection: The RLTV Story
Finalists:
- Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages: Peek Under the Cap of the Texas Coca-Cola Bottler
- Capital One: Capital One Bank Tech Magazine
- Cisco Systems, Inc: From 37% to 86%: How We Doubled Cisco’s Community Impact
- Cognizant: Impact Awards 2025
- Golden 1 Credit Union: Golden Journeys
- NRG Energy: Wear Pink, Power Hope
- Pfizer: Praise It Forward
- ServiceNow: Employee Storytelling
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: St. Jude Living Our Values
Finalists:
- Bon Secours Mercy Health: Campaign of the Year
- Entrada Therapeutics: Cultivating an Authentic and Impactful Employee Value Proposition
Finalists:
- AGCO Corp: AGCO Investor and Media Tech Day 2024
- Barton Malow: Barton Malow - 100th Anniversary Campaign
- City of Lancaster: City of Lancaster Poppy Festival
- Cloudera: Cloudera’s “Snowbricks” Strategy — Turning Competitor Events Into Brand-Building Moments
- Golden 1 Credit Union: Golden Journeys
- Jack in the Box: Deadpool x Jack in the Box Mini Chimi Bang Bangs
- Qlik: Qlik Connect 2025 – Do Data Differently
- Seattle's Union Gospel Mission: Catalyst 2024 Immersive Experience: “Visible”
- TE Connectivity
- Washington University in St. Louis: Mock enRoll: WashU Rocks a New Student Information System
Finalists:
- Cisco: Four Transformative Trends Shaping HR in 2025
- TE Connectivity: Amy Dolan
Finalists:
- Aventiv Technologies: Aventiv's National Correctional Officers and Employees Week Campaign
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency: DTRA TSG Operational Readiness Validation
- Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA): Regional Climate Action Planning
Finalists:
- EvolveMKD and Revance: Phys-Influencers™: Where Expertise Meets Influence
- EvolveMKD: Meghan Trainor X Motiva
- HDMZ: Castle Biosciences & Teddi Mellencamp Collaboration
Finalists:
- Cloudera: Positioning Cloudera as an AI Powerhouse with a Unified Event Marketing Strategy
- Entertainment Software Association: tertainment Software Association’s Kids’ Online Safety Campaign
- FCB Health New York: Shine Forward With Dravet and Shine Forward With LGS
- FCB Health New York: Worth Fighting For
- F.N.B. Corporation: F.N.B. Corporation’s New Headquarters
- HIMSS: Integrated Communications for HIMSS25
- Metrolinx: GO-ing to the Concert of the Era
- Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency: NOACA Brand Identity Campaign
- SourceCode Communications: Jenius Bank’s Mind-Money Connection
Finalists:
- Aventiv Technologies: Inspire, Align, Deliver: Aventiv’s Internal Communications Campaign to Introduce a New Leader and Business Strategy
- Bose Corporation: Celebrating 60 Years of Sound – Bose Corporation
- Colonial Pipeline: "Move It" Internal Communications Wellness Campaign
- Dallas ISD: Dallas ISD Convocation ‘24 – “Make It Happen” Virtual Event
- Deloitte Services LP: Deloitte Today
- Golden 1 Credit Union: Golden Journeys
- Pfizer: Praise It Forward
- Wolverine Worldwide: Vision and Values Internal Launch
Finalists:
- Acenda Integrated Health: "Fur Real Impact:" How a Small Team Harnessed Audience Passions for Strategic Engagement
- Deloitte Services LP: Deloitte Today
- Habanero Consulting Inc.: ATCO
- Xperi: Empowering Xperi’s Workforce with the Launch of a New Intranet
Finalists:
- ADP: ADP’s ONE DAY Campaign
- Aggreko: Energizing the Track With Aggreko
- Century 21 Real Estate: Joy of Home
- Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power: Electric Vehicle “Charging Ahead” Campaign
- Maid Brigade, Inc.: Imagine Campaign
- VyStar Credit Union: Through You Life
Finalists:
- OPRG + AstraZeneca: From Awareness to Action: The Measured Path to Brand and Health Impact
- Pacific Gas & Electric: How PG&E is tying communications outputs to business outcomes to drive PR strategy
- Providence: Transforming Marketing Attribution in Healthcare at Scale
- VyStar Credit Union: Voice of the Member
Finalists:
- American Diabetes Association: Scientific Sessions Media team
- Diffusion PR: Navigating the Pipeline to Patient Journey - Norstella x Diffusion
- Diffusion PR: Supplementing Smarter – Thorne x Diffusion
- EvolveMKD X Endo, Inc.: Tackling Viking’s Disease with an NFL Legend
- H&S Communications: Samsonite, Proxis - The Ultimate Drop Test
- Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: Danielle Grossman and Marisa Saenz
- The MRKT: Building a Blockbuster: How Multicultural PR Fueled A Minecraft Movie’s Cultural Impact
Finalists:
- Broadsheet Communications: Creating a New Category of Therapy
- Genesis Motor America: Playing It Forward: Genesis and U.S. Soccer Foundation Build Mini Pitches for Underserved Youth
- HIMSS: Nonprofit Communication Strategy for HIMSS
- The Dairy Alliance: Milk's Got Game™
- White House Historical Association and FleishmanHillard: Opening Doors to "The People's House: A White House Experience"
Finalists:
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: Water Quality Restoration Dashboard
- MangoApps: Unifying the Digital Workplace for Every Employee
- Ruder Finn: rf.aio
Finalists:
- Auto Care Association: Auto Care ON AIR
- Big Valley Marketing: Pressing Matters
- Cloudera: The AI Forecast: A New Lens on the Future of AI
- Compassus: Communications Team
- Halteres Associates: Halteres Presents
- LG Electronics USA Inc.: LG Pro Cast Podcast
- Palo Alto Networks: Threat Vector Podcast
Finalists:
- AARP and FleishmanHillard: Fighting for our Nation’s Caregivers
- Broadsheet Communications: Raptive Keep it Real
- Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency: NOACA Brand Identity Campaign
- Rise Strategy Group: Public Counsel
- SMC Communications: BCFFE Renewal Campaign
- TVP Communications and Saint Francis University: Red Flash's Last Dance: A Move from DI to DIII Athletics
Finalists:
- Amendola Communications: Amendola Firmly Positions ImpediMed as a Leader in Lymphedema detection and management
- Amendola Communications: Narrowing Carta Healthcare’s PR Focus for High Impact Coverage
- Broadsheet Communications: Raptive Keep it Real
- Colonial Pipeline & FTI Consulting: New Corporate Website
- Entertainment Software Association: Entertainment Software Association’s Kids’ Online Safety Campaign
- Help at Home: Celebrating 50 Years of Caring - Help at Home's 50th Anniversary
Finalists:
- Cisco Systems, Inc.: FY24 Purpose Report: 40 Years of Impact
- DKC
- Help at Home: Celebrating 50 Years of Caring - Help at Home's 50th Anniversary
Finalists:
- TVP Communications and Saint Francis University: Red Flash's Last Dance: A Move from DI to DIII Athletics
- Uproar by Moburst: Reframing the Narrative: Uproar by Moburst’s Strategic Uplift for the Orlando Museum of Art
Finalists:
- Barton Malow: Barton Malow - 100th Anniversary Campaign
- Diffusion PR: Join the Club - Thorne x Diffusion Supper Club + Mocktail Club
- Havas Formula, Havas Street, Festool USA: The Legacy Event: Celebrating a Century of Innovation with Festool
- Mastercard: 2024 Mastercard Innovation Forum
- PlayWise Partners + MAGNA-TILES®: MAGNA-TILES® Celebrates World’s Tallest Magnetic Tile Tower, Empowers Kids to Build On!
- Tulane University: A Historic Gift: Redefining a School, Advancing a University and Elevating a City
Finalists:
- Caliber Corporate Advisers: Caliber Corporate Advisers for Grasshopper Bank
- Cisco: Four Transformative Trends Shaping HR in 2025
- Deloitte: GenAI Social Leadership Pilot
- Help at Home: Celebrating 50 Years of Caring - Help at Home's 50th Anniversary
- INK Communications Co.: INK + USAFacts: Redefining Unbiased Thought Leadership in a Polarized Election Year
Finalists:
- Aggreko: Energizing the Track With Aggreko
- Farnell: Top Tech Voices
- Hyundai Hope on Wheels: Hyundai Hope On Wheels and Musicians On Call
- Lowe's: Chain Reaction
- ServiceNow: Elite-Level Gifting
- University of California, Los Angeles: We are One UCLA: Chancellor Frenk’s video series during the LA wildfires
Finalists:
- Dallas ISD: Senior Profiles: Campbell Chase, Woodrow Wilson High School
- Novartis: Four Corners Video Series
Agencies of the Year
Communicators of the Year
Leaders of the Year
Marketers of the Year
Communications Teams of the Year
Marketing Teams of the Year
Rising Stars
2025 Jurors
Seating is limited, reserve your spot today!
A limited number of tables of 10 are available, along with individual tickets.
Table of 10
$9,999 per table
Includes:
- 10 reserved seats for your colleagues and team
- Priority seating at the front of the room
- Networking reception
- 3 course meal
- Awards ceremony
- Crystal award to commemorate your recognition
- 2 bottles of champagne
- Photo opportunities with your colleagues, team and industry peers
Conference + Awards Gala
$3,999 Per Person
Includes:
- Registration for Communications Week’s Future of Communications Conference on Nov. 12-14
- Awards ceremony on Nov. 12
- Awards networking reception
- 3 course meal
- Crystal award to commemorate your recognition
- Photo opportunities with your industry peers
Individual Tickets
$799 Per Person
Includes:
- Networking reception
- 3 course meal
- Awards ceremony
- Crystal award to commemorate your recognition
- Photo opportunities with your industry peers
LOCATION
HYATT REGENCY AUSTIN
208 BARTON SPRINGS
AUSTIN, TX 78704
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