Awards
2012 Awards & Recognition
Advertising Age
Melissa Waggener Zorkin named one of Advertising Age’s 100 Most Influential Women in Advertising , 2012
Agency Rankings – WE ranked 7th in 25 Largest U.S. Public Relations Networks List, 2012
AMEC Awards
Best Research and Management Program – Health Promotion Board Singapore, 2012
Austin Business Journal
Top PR Firm – Waggener Edstrom ranked No. 4 on the Top PR Firms list, 2012
Bees Awards
Best Use of App for Social Media Marketing – Tweet-a-Beer, 2012
Bulldog Reporter
Bulldog Stars of PR – Communications Agency of the Year (Grand Prize), 2012
Bulldog Stars of PR – Global Agency of the Year (Gold), 2012
Bulldog Stars of PR – Digital Agency of the Year (Gold), 2012
Bulldog Stars of PR – Technology Agency of the Year (Gold), 2012
Bulldog Stars of PR – Large Agency of the Year (Silver), 2012
Business Insider
Pete Wootton listed 42nd in the top 50 communications pros in technology
CIPRA Awards
Corporate Branding Campaign of the Year, Finalist – Ossur, 2012
Consumer Product Launch – IPPUDO’s opening campaign, 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility – Ossur’s Great Wall Marathon, 2012
EMEA Digi Awards
Best Use of Social Media – Casio: Bright Minds, 2012
Best Digital Team Finalist – WE Studio D, 2012
Holmes Report SABRE AWARDS
Global Technology Agency of the Year, 2012
Gold APAC SABRE Award – Product Media Relations for Ramen Emporium: IPPUDO Hong Kong, 2012
Gold APAC SABRE Award – Public Education for Health Promotion Board’s iQuit Campaign, 2012
Gold APAC SABRE Award – Travel & Leisure for ZUJI StarZ Campaign, 2012
Gold APAC SABRE Award Finalist – Marketing-to-Consumer (New Products) for Ramen Emporium: IPPUDO Hong Kong, 2012
Gold APAC SABRE Award Finalist – Corporate Image for Hong Kong International Film Festival Society Campaign, 2012
Gold APAC SABRE Award Finalist – Product Media Relations for CSL 4G LTE Campaign, 2012
Gold APAC SABRE Award Finalist – Public Sector/Government for Health Promotion Board’s iQuit campaign, 2012
APAC Consultancies of the Year – APAC Tech Consultancy of the Year, 2012
Outstanding Individual Achievement – Melissa Waggener Zorkin, 2012
Best Agencies to Work For – Waggener Edstrom named Best Large Agency to Work For, 2012
APAC Sabre Award – Best Digital Campaign of the Year (for Sony Ericsson), 2012
EMEA Consultancies of the Year – EMEA Tech Consultancy of the Year, 2012
Gold EMEA SABRE Award –Technology: Hardware for Casio: Bright Minds, 2012
Gold SABRE Award Finalist– Product Media Relations (Trade Media) for Microsoft Office 365: Launching Collaboration for Everyone, 2012
Gold SABRE Award Finalist – Consumer Health for Cambrooke Foods RESTORE launch campaign, 2012
Silver SABRE Award Finalist – Widget or Mobile Application for Hot Spots: We Dig It!, 2012
Silver SABRE Award Finalist – Annual Report for Waggener Edstrom Worldwide 2010 Corporate Citizenship Report, 2012
Silver SABRE Award Finalist – Media Placement (Digital) for Microsoft Office Division’s “The Future is Amazing” video, 2012
Interactive Media Awards
Education, Best In Class – Shared Learning Collaborative Website, 2012
Healthcare, Best In Class – PatientSafe Solutions Website Redesign, 2012
Public Relations, Best In Class – WaggenerEdstrom.com Website, 2012
IPRS
WE shortlisted in the “Overall Outstanding PR Consultancy” category, 2012
O’Dwyers
O’Dwyers list of Independent PR Firms – Waggener Edstrom Worldwide ranked No. 3 Top Independent PR firm out of 127 firms included, 2012
Oregon Business
Oregon Business 100 Best Companies – Waggener Edstrom Worldwide was named 33rd Best Large Oregon Company to Work For, 2012
Oregon Governor’s Volunteer Awards
Outstanding Volunteer Program, 2012
Portland Business Journal
HR Leadership Awards – Denise Macrigeanis (Large Company, Finalist), 2012
PRISM AWARDS
Best Integrated Marketing Campaign – Colorectal Cancer Campaign for the Singapore Health Promotion Board, 2012
Outstanding Young PR Professional of the Year – Ng Keng Wee (Merit Award), 2012
PR News
PR People Awards Finalist – Jenny Moede: PR Professional of the Year: Agency, 2012
PR People Awards Finalist – Eve Stevens: Measurement Expert of the Year, 2012
PR News Digital PR Awards
Twitter Campaign – Tweet-a-Beer, 2012
New Site Finalist – Shared Learning Collaborative website, 2012
Social Networking Campaign Finalist – Tweet-a-Beer, 2012
PR News Platinum PR Awards
Media Event – Office 365 Launching collaboration for everyone from the smallest businesses to the largest, 2012
Large PR Firm of the Year Finalist – Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, 2012
Twitter Campaign Finalist – Tweet-a-Beer, 2012
Website Marketing Finalist – Sasquatch Music Festival website, 2012
PR Week
Agency Rankings – WE Ranked 2nd in Large Agency Rankings, 2012
Best Places to Work 2012: mid-sized agency (WE UK), 2012
US Power List – Melissa Waggener Zorkin listed 49th on PRWeek’s US Power List, 2012
40 Under 40 – Eve Stevens named one of the top 40 PR professionals of 2012
Publicity Club of New England Bell Ringer Awards
Product/Service Launch: Healthcare – Launching Firazyr Generating Demand for a Novel Orphan Disease Therapy (Gold Bell), 2012
Employee Communications Campaign – Firazyr: Building an Army of Orange Warriors to Help Fight a Rare Disease (Gold Bell), 2012
Feature or Commentary Placement: Online – ABCNews.com: Fabry Disease Patients Hope for FDA Approval of Drug Replagal (Merit Award), 2012
Print Feature or Commentary Placement: Regional Business Publication – Highlighting the Success and Growth of a Locally Based Medical Nutrition Company (Merit Award), 2012
Product/Service Publicity: Healthcare – Launching a New Product for a Locally Based Medical Nutrition Company (Merit Award), 2012
Puget Sound Business Journal
Top PR Firm – Waggener Edstrom Worldwide ranked No. 1 among 25 companies on the list, 2012
Largest Private Company – Waggener Edstrom Worldwide ranked No. 69 among 100 companies on the list, 2012
Ragan Employee Communications Awards
Best Value to Employees (Intranet) – WE Intranet, 2012
Best Video Interview – WE’s Blue Sky Thinking Video, 2012
Ragan’s PR Daily Awards
Best Annual Report (Online) Honorable Mention – Waggener Edstrom 2010 CSR Report, 2012
Best Content Marketing/Brand Journalism Honorable Mention – Windows Phone 7.5 Reviews Tour
Best Publicity Campaign Honorable Mention – Windows Phone 7.5 “Big Windows Phone” Stunt
SoMe Awards
Social Media Agency of the Year (along with tenfour agency), 2012
“W00T!” Award honorable mention for Tweet-a-Beer, 2012
People’s Choice Award runner-up for Tweet-a-Beer, 2012
Stevie American Business Awards
Healthcare (Gold) – PatientSafe Solutions Website Redesign, 2012
Diversified Services (Bronze) – Shared Learning Collaborative (SLC) Website, 2012
13 Most Fascinating People
– Tac Anderson named one of 13 most fascinating people (in digital/marketing), 2012
The Content Marketeer
The Marketeer 50 – Jen Houston named to the Marketeers to Watch in 2012 List
Web Marketing Association WebAwards
Outstanding Website – PatientSafe Solutions Website Redesign, 2012
2011 Awards & Recognition
Austin Business Journal
Top PR Firm – Waggener Edstrom ranked No. 4 among 25 companies on the list, 2011
Bulldog Reporter
Bulldog Stars of PR – Communications Agency of the Year, 2011 Bulldog Stars of PR – Large Agency of the Year (Gold), 2011 Bulldog Stars of PR – Digital Agency of the Year (Gold), 2011 Bulldog Stars of PR – Technology Agency of the Year (Gold), 2011 Digital/Social PR Awards – Best Use of Digital/Social for a Health/Fitness/Medicine Campaign (Gold) for Shire’s Gaucher Disease Awareness Month), 2011
Campaign Asia-Pacific
PR Awards – Mid-Size Network of the Year, 2011 PR Awards – Corporate Branding Campaign of the Year (for Ossur), 2011 PR Awards – APAC Network of the Year (Finalist), 2011 PR Awards – Agency Head of the Year: David Ko (Finalist), 2011 PR Awards – Young PR Professional of the Year: Alex Chen (Finalist), 2011
Holmes Report
European SABRE Award – Real Estate & Construction: Green City Energy & Rau Larmschutzsysteme with Waggener Edstrom, 2011 European SABRE Finalist – Integrated Marketing: Microsoft Trustworthy Computing with Waggener Edstrom, 2011 Gold SABRE Award Finalist – Executive Leadership: Windows Phone 7, 2011 Best Agencies to Work For — Waggener Edstrom awarded Best Large Agency to Work For Honorable Mention, 2011 Gold SABRE Awards Finalist – Executive Leadership for Windows Phone 7
Medical Marketing & Media
MM&M Award Finalist – Best Use of Social Media — Shire’s Gaucher Awareness Month: Rejuvenating a Forgotten Rare Disease, 2011
PR News
Digital PR Awards – Digital PR Firm of the Year: Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, 2011 Digital PR Awards – Mobile App Finalist: Hot Spots: We Dig It!, 2011 Platinum PR Awards – Large PR Firm of the year Finalist: Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, 2011 Platinum PR Awards – Global PR Campaign Finalist: Microsoft IE9, 2011 Platinum PR Awards – Product Launch: Microsoft IE9, 2011 PR People Awards – Melissa Waggener Zorkin: Hall of Fame Inductee, 2011 PR People Awards – Mark Martin: Agency Account Manager of the Year, 2011 PR People Awards – Suzanne Zurn: Public Affairs Professional of the Year Finalist, 2011 CSR Award Finalist – Sustainability/CSR Report: Waggener Edstrom CSR Report, 2011 CSR A-List – Waggener Edstrom named to PR News’ CSR A-List
PR Week
40 Under 40 – Mark Martin named one of the top 40 PR professionals of 2011 Agency Rankings – Waggener Edstrom Ranked 3rd in Large Agency Rankings, 2011
Seattle Weekly
Web Awards Finalist – Sasquatch Music Festival website redesign, 2011
W3 Awards
Entertainment (Gold) – Sasquatch! Music Festival Website, 2011 Events (Gold) – Sasquatch! Music Festival Website, 2011 Music (Gold) – Sasquatch! Music Festival Website, 2011 Website Features – Copy or Writing (Gold) – ATC21S Website, 2011 Education (Silver) – ATC21S Website, 2011 Home Page (Silver) – ATC21S Website, 2011 Visual Appeal (Silver) – ATC21S Website, 2011
Web Marketing Association
Best Music Website – Sasquatch Music Festival website redesign, 2011
Webvisions
Webvisionary Award Finalist – All Your Format Are Belong to Us: Sasquatch! Music Festival, 2011
2010 Awards & Recognition
Campaign Asia-Pacific
PR Awards – Mid-Size Network of the Year, 2010
CIPRA Awards
Silver Sports Marketing – Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2009 (SHGGP), 2010
Silver Sales and Marketing Public Relations – Microsoft AchieveMORE campaign, 2010
Communitas Awards
Communitas Award – Pro Bono work with NetHope, 2010
Festival of Media
Festival of Media Award Finalist – Media Innovation of the Year: twendz What’s on Your Mind?, 2010
Holmes Report
Specialist Agencies of the Decade – Technology Agency of the Decade, 2010
Gold SABRE Award Finalist – Product Media Relations (Trade Media): Bing, 2010
Silver SABRE Award Finalist – Web-base Business: Windows 7 Launch, 2010
Bronze SABRE Award – Best Website: Half the Sky Movement : Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, 2010
Iron SABRE Certificate of Excellence – Product of the Year: What’s On Your Mind? Now Anyone Can Decipher Twitter Discussions with the Help of twendz!, 2010
Portland Business Journal
Corporate Philanthropists – Waggener Edstrom Worldwide ranked No. 41 among 44 companies on the list, 2010
PR News
CSR Award Finalist – Affairs: Half the Sky Movement: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (in partnership with Fenton Communications), 2010
CSR Award Finalist – Green PR campaign: HP Power to Change, 2010
Prism Awards
Prism Award – Corporate Social Responsibility: HP Power to Change, 2010
PRWeek
Editor’s Choice 2010: Who to Watch – Waggener Edstrom Worldwide applauded as a digital frontrunner and listed as one of the agencies to watch in 2010.
Asia Pacific PR Week Award – Finalist for Mid-sized Agency of the Year, 2010
PRWeek Award – PR Innovation of the Year: What’s on Your Mind? Now Anyone Can Decipher Twitter Discussion with the Help of twendz!, 2010
40 Under 40 – Dawn Beauparlant named one of the top 40 PR professionals of 2010
The Sunday Times
2010 Best Companies to Work For – Waggener Edstrom UK received one star accreditation status, 2010
Telly Awards
Bronze Telly Award – Online Video: Microsoft Enterprise Search Video Series, 2010