2022 Winners Announced!

The Digital + Social Media Awards program recognizes the most innovative and industry-altering digital communicators and campaigns. These impactful and daring digital campaigns represent those that reshaped the landscape of marketing and communications, including media relations, branding and influencer marketing, as well as the year’s best uses of media, including videos, social media and more.

People & Teams

Digital Communicator of the Year

Winner
Sarah Dubow Sarah DubowEvoke KYNE
Honorable Mentions
  • Lubomir AlamanovSiteMedia Ltd.
  • Phil PallenFull Sail University

Digital Firm of the Year

Winner
SiteMedia Consultancy SiteMedia Consultancy

Digital Leader of the Year

Winner
Andrea McCarren Andrea McCarrenPenFed Credit Union
Honorable Mentions
  • Lubomir AlamanovSiteMedia Ltd.
  • Mike Rosichdna Communications
  • Todd Van EttenThe Herald Group

Digital Team of the Year

Winner
Team Goodwill Boston Team Goodwill BostonPRLab
Honorable Mention
  • SiteMedia Consultancy

Social Media Team of the Year

Winner
Insider Inc. Insider Inc.
Honorable Mentions
  • Corporate Communications SectionHong Kong Housing Society
  • Crown Media Family Networks
  • DiscoveryTLC
  • PenFed Credit Union
  • Team Goodwill BostonPRLab

Campaigns & Products

Branding

Winner
Always Here Always HereSouthern Company Gas
Honorable Mention
  • Fueling ForwardSouthern Company Gas

Content Marketing Campaign

Winner
CVS Beauty x Nyma Tang Masterclass with Kaplow Communications CVS Beauty x Nyma Tang Masterclass with Kaplow CommunicationsKaplow
Honorable Mentions
  • Cybersecurity Awareness Month Campaign - Securing the Tech IndustryCompTIA
  • Countdown to Christmas Social Media Campaign 2020Crown Media Family Networks
  • Fueling Equity Webcast SeriesSouthern Company Gas
  • The Story of Hetbahn: The More You Know about Us, The More You Can Rest Assuredprone
  • VTech and LeapFrog Play Nice on PinterestCoyne PR

Contest/Game

Winner
2021 VaxUp Video Contest 2021 VaxUp Video ContestCounty of Santa Clara Public Health Department

Crisis Management Campaign

Winner
#IGotTheShot COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign #IGotTheShot COVID-19 Vaccine CampaignNewYork-Presbyterian

Cross-Platform Marketing/Multichannel Marketing

Winner
Rite Aid - Social Care During the Pandemic Rite Aid - Social Care During the PandemicLiveWorld
Honorable Mentions
  • Experience Columbus - Summer To LiveFahlgren Mortine
  • Maryland 529The Hatcher Group
  • Mendocino Farms Helps Customers Eat Happy At HomeJackson Spalding
  • Passenger List season 2 - Radiotopia from PRXPRX

Digital Marketing Campaign

Winner
Building Awareness for Sepsis, One Click at a Time Building Awareness for Sepsis, One Click at a TimeSolomon McCown & Cence
Honorable Mentions
  • "No Diggity" Safe Digging CampaignSouthern Company Gas
  • Pastrnak PastaStop & Shop x AMP Agency

Digital Marketing Campaign ($250k+)

Winner
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Congressional Black Caucus FoundationThe Hatcher Group
Honorable Mentions
  • At The Table with Amanda FreitagStop & Shop x AMP Agency
  • Fueling ForwardSouthern Company Gas

Digital Newsroom

Winner
PayPal Launches Global Newsroom Network & Storytelling Destination PayPal Launches Global Newsroom Network & Storytelling Destination
Honorable Mention
  • Blue Cross NC Point of BlueKetchum

Digital PR Campaign

Winner
Tequila Don Julio Cinco de Mayo Campaign Tequila Don Julio Cinco de Mayo CampaignHUNTER
Honorable Mention
  • Pastrnak PastaStop & Shop x AMP Agency

Employee Communications

Winner
Good Morning LAC Good Morning LACMastercard
Honorable Mentions
  • Employee Spotlight SeriesKent State University
  • Elevate: Your Mind. Your Balance. Your Health.John Hancock

Game Changer Campaign

Winner
Clean Energy Future Clean Energy FutureDuke Energy
Honorable Mention
  • Nivea #daretowowandcareSiteMedia Ltd.

In-House Digital Marketing Campaign

Winner
Bell Live Showcase Bell Live Showcase
Honorable Mention
  • 2021 Fact Friday CampaignCalifornia High-Speed Rail Authority

Influencer Campaign

Winner
CeraVe Loyalists Continue to Build Brand Awareness CeraVe Loyalists Continue to Build Brand AwarenessCoyne PR
Honorable Mentions
  • At The Table with Amanda FreitagStop & Shop x AMP Agency
  • Fast 2KH.B. Fuller
  • JBL True Summer 2021Harman Industries
  • Nivea #daretowowandcareSiteMedia Ltd.

Media Relations Campaign

Winner
SUMMIT One Vanderbilt SUMMIT One VanderbiltBerlinRosen
Honorable Mentions
  • Hazelcast Platform LaunchSpeakeasy
  • Let’s Get Real: Hisense at Home, HisenseMax Borges Agency
  • Tony Bennett/ AARPRogers & Cowan PMK

Microsite/Custom Site

Winner
10 Years of Impact 10 Years of ImpactClean Cooking Alliance

Product Launch

Winner
Pastrnak Pasta Pastrnak PastaStop & Shop x AMP Agency

PSA

Winner
Teenage Dream Teenage DreamDini von Mueffling Communications
Honorable Mentions
  • Don't Miss Out CampaignMedarva Imaging
  • Transmissons from the FutureDini von Mueffling Communications

Site Redesign

Winner
Admissions Website Redesign Admissions Website RedesignKent State University
Honorable Mentions
  • A New Flight Plan for the Airline IndustryNJI Media
  • Advances Media Culture's Updated Brand with a Strategic Site RedesignTier One Partners

Social Good Campaign

Winner
Tequila Don Julio Cinco de Mayo Campaign Tequila Don Julio Cinco de Mayo CampaignHUNTER
Honorable Mentions
  • DermTech #Stickit2MelanomaSmarty Social Media
  • #NoSizeFitsAll – Pinterest embraces body acceptance and bans all weight loss adsPinterest
  • Pastrnak PastaStop & Shop x AMP Agency
  • Together Forward @WorkSHRM

Social Listening Campaign

Winner
Countdown to Christmas Social Media Campaign 2020 Countdown to Christmas Social Media Campaign 2020Crown Media Family Networks

Storytelling

Winner
Beyond the Burn Beyond the BurnNextracker
Honorable Mention
  • Clean Energy FutureDuke Energy

Video or Video Series

Winner
Sagamore Spirit: Sip of the Rye Sagamore Spirit: Sip of the Rye360PR+
Honorable Mentions
  • At The Table with Amanda FreitagStop & Shop x AMP Agency
  • Bell Live Showcase
  • CVS Beauty x Nyma Tang Masterclass with Kaplow CommunicationsKaplow
  • Jackson State University Performs in Presidential Inauguration Video
  • Todd Tries ItKent State University

Viral Campaign

Winner
Cup Noodles Pumpkin Spice Cup Noodles Pumpkin SpiceCitizen Relations

Use of Specific Platforms

Facebook Ads

Winner
Stretch Zone Lead Generation 2021 Stretch Zone Lead Generation 2021Digital Resource

Facebook Live Campaign

Winner
Tommee Tippee: Spill the Milk Tommee Tippee: Spill the Milk360PR+
Honorable Mentions
  • 4th Annual Facebook Live Shake ChallengeHerbalife Nutrition
  • Recipes, Workouts and SkincareHerbalife Nutrition

Community Engagement > Instagram

Winner
AT&T Dream In Black AT&T Dream In BlackTruePoint Communications
Honorable Mentions
  • Nivea #daretowowandcareSiteMedia Ltd.
  • "No Diggity" Safe Digging CampaignSouthern Company Gas

IGTV or Instagram Live

Winner
PEEPSONALITY LIVE PEEPSONALITY LIVECoyne PR

Marketing or PR Campaign > Instagram

Winner
Nivea #daretowowandcare Nivea #daretowowandcareSiteMedia Ltd.

Use of Photo > Instagram

Winner
Nivea #daretowowandcare Nivea #daretowowandcareSiteMedia Ltd.

Company Page > LinkedIn

Winner
CompTIA CompTIA

Community Engagement > TikTok

Winner
TABASCO Brand Enters the #HotSauceWars TABASCO Brand Enters the #HotSauceWarsHUNTER
Honorable Mentions
  • DiscoveryTLC
  • #MisMotivosVuelingTorres y Carrera

Marketing or PR Campaign > TikTok

Winner
‘How to Zoom’ Tiktok Campaign: ‘How to Zoom’ Tiktok Campaign:Zoom
Honorable Mentions
  • JBL True Summer 2021Harman Industries
  • #MisMotivosVuelingTorres y Carrera
  • TUMSworthy New Year's EveCoyne PR

Original Content > TikTok

Winner
TABASCO Brand Enters the #HotSauceWars TABASCO Brand Enters the #HotSauceWarsHUNTER

Community Engagement > Twitter

Winner
Twitter Threads Twitter ThreadsInsider Inc.
Honorable Mention
  • AT&T Employee EngagementTruePoint Communications

Channel > YouTube

Winner
CompTIA CompTIA
Honorable Mention
  • Business InsiderInsider Inc.

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$299.00
Honorable Mention Awards
$259.00
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Contact

Contact Mary-Lou French at [email protected] for entry questions.