Ogilvy Public Relations scooped the top prize for Large Consultancy of the Year, while the Private Sector In-house Team of the Year award went to William Hill, and Public Sector/Charity In-house Team of the Year went to Prostate Cancer UK.
Harvard PR won Medium Consultancy of the Year, while Capella PR won Small Consultancy of the Year. Alfred won New Consultancy of the Year.
Chris McLaughlin MPRCA, Inmarsat’s Senior Vice President, External Affairs & Marketing Communications, was handed the Mark Mellor Award for outstanding contribution to the PR industry, named after the late MD of PR agency Firefly.
The award recognised Chris’ role as Inmarsat spokesman during the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, while also being a valued member of the PRCA’s PR Council, the think-tank of the Association.The award was handed to Chris by Firefly Communications CEO Claire Walker MPRCA, Mark Mellor's widow. She said:
“Any PR career is all-consuming, but for Chris, 2014 was the year he found himself in the midst of the MH370 crisis, with speculation and rumour abounding. Despite the intense pressure, he still found the time to be a valued member of the PR profession. This is why he is a worthy winner of The Mark Mellor Award. Chris made time and gave effort for the industry, alongside his unrelenting schedule and the exigencies of his day job.”
The full list of winners include:
Category | Winner | Title | Agency/In-House |
Corporate, Financial and Investor Relations Award | Brands2Life | Where do CEOs Come From? | Agency |
Corporate, Financial and Investor Relations Award | Nationwide Building Society | Bringing Mutuality to the Heart of the City | In-house |
Health and Wellbeing Award | Pegasus & markettiers4dc | Slime Watch | Agency |
Health and Wellbeing Award | Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) | I Am Here Campaign | In-house |
Digital and New Media Award | MHP Communications | Christmas Tinner | Agency |
Digital and New Media Award | Battersea Dogs & Cats Home | Cat Takeover | In-house |
Broadcast Award | Slater & Gordon and markettiers4dc | Slater & Gordon | Agency |
Media Relations Award | Brands2Life | Rentokil Pestaurant - "Turning up the Heat on London's Pests" | Agency |
Media Relations Award | The British Heart Foundation | Ramp Up The Red 2014 | In-house |
Internal Communications Award | Cater & Co. The Social Kinetic | NHS Change Day | Agency |
Internal Communications Award | John Lewis | Be a Roofraiser | In-house |
Consumer Award - High Budget | Shine Communications | Lil-Lets Let's Talk | Agency |
Consumer Award - Low Budget | Hope&Glory PR | Big Bang Experiments | Agency |
Consumer Award | British Airways | British Airways A380 and 787 Aircraft Launches | In-house |
Public Sector, Value for Money Award | Claremont Communications | Tomorrow's Engineers Week | Agency |
Public Sector, Value for Money Award | Westminster City Council | City Save: Promoting Value for Money in Difficult Times | In-house |
Not-for-Profit and Charity Award | Cow | Send a Cow: The Most Important Meals Of Their Lives | Agency |
Not-for-Profit and Charity Award | Rethink Mental Illness | #FindMike | In-house |
B2B Award | Good Relations | Airbus Global Comfort Campaign | Agency |
B2B Award | Visa Europe | Slovakia: A Hero Market for Mobile Payments | In-house |
Corporate Social Responsibility Award | M&C Saatchi PR | Ocado: Britain's Next Top Supplier | Agency |
Corporate Social Responsibility Award | Vodafone Group External Affairs | Connected Women, Vodafone Foundation | In-house |
Technology Award | Fever PR | Launch of the Playstation 4 | Agency |
Crisis and Issues Management Award | Lansons and Influence Associates | Stobart Group Issues Management | Agency |
Crisis and Issues Management Award | Inmarsat | Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Disappearance | In-house |
International Campaign Award | Ogilvy Public Relations | The Burger That Will Change The World | Agency |
International Campaign Award | Vodafone Group External Affairs | Vodafone Law Enforcement Disclosure Report | In-house |
Automotive Award | Unity & Hyundai | The Hyundai Fuel Cell Farm | Agency |
Automotive Award | IAM | Safely Home | In-house |
Campaign of the Year Award | MHP Communications | Christmas Tinner | Agency |
Campaign of the Year Award | Rethink Mental Illness | #FindMike | In-house |
Specialist Consultancy of the Year Award | Pegasus | Agency | |
International Consultancy of the Year Award | Ketchum | Agency | |
Young Communicator of the Year Award | Ian Cubbon | Mischief PR | Agency |
In-house Professional of the Year Award | Anneka Dew | Manning Gottlieb OMD | In-house |
Consultancy Head of the Year Award | Helena Bloomer | DeVries SLAM | Agency |
Mark Mellor, Outstanding Contribution Award | Chris McLaughlin | Inmarsat | |
In-house Team of the Year - Public Sector Award | Prostate Cancer UK | In-house | |
In-house Team of the Year - Private Sector Award | William Hill | In-house | |
New Consultancy of the Year Award | Alfred | Agency | |
Small Consultancy of the Year Award | Capella PR | Agency | |
Medium Consultancy of the Year Award | Harvard PR | Agency | |
Large Consultancy of the Year Award | Ogilvy Public Relations | Agency |
The entry deadline for the PRmoment Awards 2015 is the 19th December. Find out more information at the official awards site.
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