2019 Skyline Award Winners

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 2019 SKYLINE AWARD WINNERS!

INDIVIDUAL AWARD HONOREES

Chicago PR Professional of the Year:

Gene Reineke, Chairman and Founder, Hawthorne Strategy Group

Chicago PR Young Professional of the Year:

Brienna LaCoste, Senior Account Executive, Flowers Communications Group

BEST OF SKYLINE WINNER

Prosocial: Changing the Conversation Around 13 Reasons Why
Netflix and Zeno Group (Global Communications)

Best of Skyline Finalists

• Expanding a Digital Paw Print
  KemperLesnik and Healthy Paws Pet Insurance (Media Relations - Consumer Services)

• Growing Brand Awareness for Rabobank
  Rabobank and CBD Marketing (Reputation/Brand Management,  Business - Companies With Sales of More Than $500 Million to $10 Billion)

• Illinois is #AmazingForAll
  Illinois Office of Tourism and TimeZoneOne (Events and Observances, Seven or Fewer Days - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)

• Werther’s Original Wins with CANDY LAND: The Werther’s Caramel Edition Game for National Caramel Day
  Werther’s Original and Agency H5 (Events and Observances, Seven or Fewer Days - Consumer Products

Skyline Award Winners

• Frozen Assets: Balance Your Plate by NESTLE
  FoodMinds, a division of Padilla (Influencer Marketing to Expand Awareness -Micro-Influencers)
• ACI Student Stories
  Associated Colleges of Illinois (Most Effective Campaign on a Shoe String Budget ($5,000 or Less) - Nonprofit Organizations)
• 2017-2018 Associated Colleges of Illinois Annual Report
  Associated Colleges of Illinois and ef Design Group, Inc. (Annual Reports)
• Milk-Bone Dog of the Year Award
  Milk-Bone and Carat (Integrated Communications - Consumer Products - Packaged Goods)
• More Than a Home Makeover: Showcasing the Mission of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion Renovation
  Illinois Governor's Mansion Association (Reputation/Brand Management - Associations/Governments/Nonprofit
  Organizations)
• The Walgreens Expressions Challenge
  Walgreens and GoldStar Communications (Community Relations -Business Services)
• Preserving Open Space for Oak Brook
  Oak Brook Park District  and Public Communications Inc. (Public Affairs - Associations/Governments/Nonprofit Organizations)
• It's a War Going On
  The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division and P3 Media (Influencer marketing as Part of a Larger Campaign)
• Reaching Culturally Diverse Audiences to Increase Patient Visits
  Howard Brown Health and Public Communications Inc. (Best SEM)
• Let’s Talk About PrEP, Baby:  Integrated Approach to Raising Awareness of HIV Preventative Among Diverse Audiences
  Howard Brown Health and Public Communications Inc.  (Multicultural Public Relations)
• Scout by Miller Heiman Group Product Launch
  Miller Heiman Group and Walker Sands Communications (Marketing, Business To Business – Products)
• SAIC's Biannual Magazine Showcases Artistic Practices You Can Taste, Feel, Smell, and Hear
  School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Magazines)
• WHAT’S NEW IN COTTON™
  Cotton Council International and Cramer-Krasselt (C-K) (Content Marketing - Business Products)
• National Roller Coaster Day with Cedar Fair
  Cedar Fair Entertainment Company and Cramer-Krasselt (C-K)  (Integrated Communications - Consumer Products - Consumer Services)
• Illinois is #AmazingForAll
  Illinois Office of Tourism and TimeZoneOne (Events and Observances, Seven or Fewer Days - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)
• Expanding a Digital Paw Print
  KemperLesnik and Healthy Paws Pet Insurance (Media Relations - Consumer Services)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gains Global Recognition on Architecture's Biggest Stage
  School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Event and Observances - More Than Seven Days - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations           
• Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago bebolD&Inspire Campaign
  Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and Flowers Communications Group (Internal Communications, Use of Branded Content - Fewer Than 1,000 Employees)
• Beat the Heat
  Gatorade and FleishmanHillard (Best Use of Branded Content - Arts, Sports and Entertainment Sports and Entertainment 
• Integrated Marketing Launch for Blue Diamond Almond Protein Powder
  Blue Diamond and CBD Marketing (Integrated Communications - Business to Business)
• Town/Gown Community Service Project
  First Alert and L.C. Williams & Associates (Most Effective Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign)
• 60 Years of Firsts
  First Alert and L.C. Williams & Associates (Events and Observances, More Than Seven Days - Business Products)
• Boise Paper "Procurement Education" Campaign
  Boise Paper and L.C. Williams & Associates (Integrated Communications - Business to Business)
• Onelink Safe & Sound Launch
  First Alert and L.C. Williams & Associates (Marketing - Consumer Products - Packaged Goods)
• Driving Connections: KitchenAid Brings Golf and Cooking Enthusiasts Together
  KitchenAid / Whirlpool Corporation and KemperLesnik (Best Sponsorship Activation)
• “Sleep Works for You” Campaign
  The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and L.C. Williams & Associates (Integrated Communications) - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gains Global Recognition on Architecture's Biggest Stage
  School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Integrated Communications - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)
• Changing the Conversation on Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis
  American Medical Association (Public Service - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)
• Creating a Differentiated Voice of Authority on Cryptocurrency
  Foley & Lardner LLP and Greentarget (Content Marketing - Business  Services)
• Hooked on Function
  Hook & Albert and Zapwater Communications, Inc. (Media Relations - Consumer Products - Non-Packaged Goods)
• Great Wolf Lodge Spreads the Howl to Illinois with its Gurnee Grand Opening
  Great Wolf Lodge and Agency H5 (Events and Observances - Seven Or Fewer Days - Consumer Services)
• Bloggers Take to the Skies and Go #UPINTHEFINNAIR
  Finnair and Zapwater Communications, Inc. (Blogger Campaigns)
• Growing Brand Awareness for Rabobank
  Rabobank and CBD Marketing (Reputation/Brand Management,  Business - Companies With Sales of More Than $500 Million to $10 Billion)
• Check-In at Hotel Zachary
  Hotel Zachary and Zapwater Communications, Inc. (Marketing - Consumer Services - Travel and Tourism/Hospitality)
• Frontier Airlines World Mastercard Relaunch
  Barclays and O'Malley Hansen Communications (Influencer Marketing to Expand Awareness -Macro-Influencers)
• Werther’s Original Wins with CANDY LAND: The Werther’s Caramel Edition Game for National Caramel Day
  Werther’s Original and Agency H5 (Events and Observances, Seven or Fewer Days - Consumer Products
• Hurricanes and Wildfires: Awareness in the Face of Catastrophe
  Aon and KemperLesnik (Media Relations - Business-To-Business)
• Corona Light x Sugarfina Product Launch
  Corona Light and Zeno Group (Media Relations - Consumer Products - Food & Beverage)

Award of Excellence Winners

• Johnsonville Tailgate Wedding
  Johnsonville and Current (Creative Tactics)
• Illinois Frank Lloyd Wright Trail
  Illinois Office of Tourism and TimeZoneOne (Media Relations - Associations/Governments/Nonprofit Organizations)
• ACI Reporter
  Associated Colleges of Illinois (Digital Newsletters)
• Milk-Bone Dog of the Year Award
  Milk-Bone and Carat (EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES - Seven Or Fewer Days - Consumer Products)
• Step Inside the People’s House: The Illinois Governor’s Mansion Grand Reopening Weekend
  Illinois Governor's Mansion Association (EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES - Seven Or Fewer Days - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)
• More Than a Home Makeover: Showcasing the Mission of the Illinois Governor’s Mansion Renovation
  Illinois Governor's Mansion Association (MEDIA RELATIONS - Associations/Governments/Nonprofit Organizations)
• Immersive Storytelling Highlights Advocate Children’s Hospital’s Tiniest Patients
  Advocate Health Care (Advocate Aurora Health) (Best Use of Social Stories)
• Providing Chimpanzees Sanctuary Retirement
  Chimp Haven and Public Communications Inc. (PROGRAM AWARD CATEGORIES - INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)
• Reclassifying the Female Condom: Leveraging Media to Advocate for Sexual Health Equity
  AIDS Foundation of Chicago and Public Communications Inc. (PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Associations/Governments/Nonprofit Organizations)
• Valeo CES Media Relations
  Valeo and Walker Sands Communications  (Media Relations - Business-To-Business)
• Sportscar Together Day 2018
  Porsche Cars North America and Cramer-Krasselt (C-K) (EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES - Seven Or Fewer Days - Consumer Products)
• Sprout Social Brands Get Real Campaign
  Sprout Social and Walker Sands Communications (BEST USE OF BRANDED CONTENT - Business to Business)
• Making a Splash with Chicago’s First Floating Green: 2018 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Media Day PGA of America
  KemperLesnik (EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES - Seven Or Fewer Days - Consumer Services)
• Pasta, The Way It Should Be™
  TreeHouse Foods, Branded Pasta and Cramer-Krasselt (C-K) (INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS - Consumer Products - Packaged Goods)
• Chicago Park District Black History Month Video - “A Chi Kid, The World is Yours”
  Chicago Park District and Flowers Communications Group (Online Videos)
• Jack Daniel’s: 2018 National Whiskey Sour Day
  Jack Daniel's and Flowers Communications Group (EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES - Seven Or Fewer Days - Consumer Products)
• The Black McDonald's Operators Association of Chicago and Northwest Indiana: “Black Panther” Screening and Panel
  The Black McDonald's Operators Association of Chicago and Northwest Indiana and Flowers Communications Group (Multicultural Public Relations)
• Toward A More Perfect Union: Café Bustelo Café Collabs
  J.M. Smucker - Cafe Bustelo and Ketchum (Multicultural Public Relations)
• NIKE Chicago: Summer of Basketball Campaign
  NIKE and Flowers Communications Group (Multicultural Public Relations)
• AT&T: Believe Chicago
  AT&T and Flowers Communications Group (Multicultural Public Relations)
• Google.org's DuSable Museum Grant
  Google and Kivvit (Creative Tactics)
• American Egg Board: The Incredible Egg Dishes Up Its Versatility Super Power
  American Egg Board and Ketchum (INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS - Consumer Products - Food & Beverage)
• From Street to Sky – Elevating Skydeck Chicago Skydeck
  Chicago and Zapwater Communications, Inc. (Marketing - Consumer Services - Travel and Tourism/Hospitality
• Hunt's and Patrick Mahomes - For the Love of Ketchup
  Conagra Brands and Endeavor (MARKETING - Consumer Products - Food and Beverages)
• Chef Boyardee Remix
  Conagra Brands and Havas (INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS - Consumer Products - Food & Beverage)
• Chicago Wolves 25th Anniversary Season
  Chicago Wolves and TimeZoneOne (EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES - More Than Seven Days - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gains Global Recognition on Architecture's Biggest Stage
  School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Global Communications)
• Creating a Differentiated Voice of Authority on Cryptocurrency
  Foley & Lardner LLP and Greentarget (Marketing - Business To Business - Professional and/or Financial Services)
• FROM SCREENSHOT TO SUNSCREEN: BOOKING INFLUENCER-APPROVED VACATIONS STRAIGHT FROM YOUR PHONE WITH FAIRMONT MAYAKOBA, REWARDSTYLE AND LIKETOKNOW.IT
  Fairmont Mayakoba and Zapwater Communications, Inc. (INFLUENCER MARKETING TO EXPAND AWARENESS - Micro-Influencers)
• Step Into Amazing with Cedar Fair Influencers
  Cedar Fair Entertainment Company and Cramer-Krasselt (C-K) (INFLUENCER MARKETING AS PART OF A LARGER CAMPAIGN)
• Unifying One AMA with a side dish of appreciation
  American Medical Association (Internal Communications - Associations/Government/Nonprofit Organizations)  
• Updating AMA’s strategic messaging and equipping messengers to tell our story
  American Medical Association and West Wing Writers (Reputation/Brand Management - Associations/Governments/Nonprofit Organizations
• Chicago’s Big Night – The Opening of TAO Chicago
  TAO Chicago and Agency H5  (EVENTS AND OBSERVANCES - Seven Or Fewer Days - Consumer Products)
• Fit for a King: Auctioning Off Elvis’ Private Jet
  Ritchie Bros. and KemperLesnik (Media Relations - Business-To-Business)