The 2025 Innovation SABRE Awards North America 2025 shortlist was selected from more than 900 entries in this year's competition, which recognizes Superior Achievement in Branding, Reputation and Engagement. The campaigns were evaluated by a jury of more than 35 industry leaders.
The Innovation SABRE Awards
Experiential Marketing
Live Events
Chill Train Molson Coors Beverage Company with Citizen Relations
Japanese Green Tea x Peppercomm Japan Food Product Overseas Promotion center (JFOODO)
Let's Get Creative Newell Brands, Sharpie and Paper Mate with Zeno Group, COFFEE Labs and LiveLab
Spiller on the Loose The Clorox Company with Ketchum
The First Edible Mascot Pop-Tarts with Weber Shandwick
Digital Promo & Activation
Candela Matrix Pro Influencer Program Candela Medical with WE Communications
Chipotle Mexican Grill x Strava Chipotle Mexican Grill with Day One Agency
DiGiorno Thanksgiving Pizza DiGiorno / Nestle U.S. with Weber Shandwick
Nestlé Toll House Cookie Shot Glass Nestlé Toll House / Nestlé U.S. with Weber Shandwick
Sky-High Sales: Jack Link’s Takes National Jerky Day 2024 to New Heights Jack Link's with Padilla
Sponsorships
Aperol at Coachella & The US Open Aperol
Clorox x Bravo Partnership The Clorox Company with Ketchum
Lip Oil Change: Empowering Legendary Females at the Indy 500 e.l.f. Cosmetics with Day One Agency, All Terrain, eGen, SHADOW
Earned Media
Digital/Print Media: General, Consumer and Lifestyle Media
Pods Are Plastic Blueland with SolComms
Burger King x Great American Eclipse Burger King with ICR
Date Night Pass Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill Bar with Current Global and Initiative (NY)
Scout Lab for Hey Jane Hey Jane
Smack for HEINZ: Now Serving HEINZ Wherever HEINZ Isn’t Served HEINZ with Zeno Group, Rethink, The Kitchen, Carat
Digital/Print Media: Business/Trade Media
Building a Science-Backed HR Brand Achievers with PAN
PwC's big bet on AI: Driving client and workforce transformation through first-of-its kind collaboration PwC with WE Communications
Revolutionizing Digital Therapeutics with Rejoyn Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. with Coyne PR
SourceCode Communications: DataBank PR Branding Campaign DataBank with SourceCode Communications
The Making of Generative AI’s Thought Leader: BCG Henderson Institute BCG Henderson Institute with Zeno Group
Broadcast Media
Beyond the Blue Screen: Parametrix puts a price on the Crowdstrike Crisis Parametrix with Bospar
Big Boy No. 4014 Steams Across America Union Pacific with Burson
Just What Auntie Anne's Kneaded Auntie Anne's with M Booth
Scoot Aside, Crypto: Paving a New Lane for Blockchain with Tier-1 Broadcast Media EY with The Hoffman Agency
Tropcn Tropicana with MullenLowe U.S. PR Cramer-Krasselt
Product Reviews
BEHR 2024 Color of the Year BEHR Paint with M Booth
How Charmin Reinvented the Square (for the First Time in 100 Years) for a Smoother Tear Charmin (Procter & Gamble) with MSL
The Electrifying Transformation of an Underdog Kia America
Earned Media with Influencers + Communities
Bank of America Play it Forward Clinics Bank of America with Burson
BIC Intensity Pens Clic with TikTokers BIC with M Booth
Cetaphil Game Time Glow Cetaphil with Lippe Taylor
Harnessing The Power of Niche Influencers Impulse Space with The Bulleit Group
The Macallan: Harmony III Launch The Macallan with M Booth, Matte Projects
Persuasive Content
Box Out Colon Cancer Exact Sciences with Burson
Dire Consequences of a Bad Flush Responsible Flushing Alliance with Burson, Notorious111
Putting the Flex(tirement) in Media Relations HireClix with PAN
Content Creation for Media Sites (Earned)
"Let's Run There" with Jeremy Renner Brooks Running with M Booth, Venture Production Group
Sponsored & Paid Media
Content Creation for Media Sites (Paid)
Blitzing the Region: A Targeted Approach for iovera° Pacira BioSciences, Inc. with Coyne PR
Future You Treace with 21GRAMS/Real Chemistry
TurboTax Undone TurboTax with Citizen Relations
Paid Influencer Programs + Endorsements
Heineken 0.0 Brings the L0VE.L0VE for Moderation to US Open Heineken
Inspiring American Travel to Japan ANA with Burson
NERDS® 2024 Big Game Debut NERDS® with Golin
Product Placement (Entertainment Vehicle)
Campari x SAG Awards 2024 Campari with M Booth
Digital Marketing/Advertising
Allegra Airways Opella (previously Sanofi) with Salutem, an Edelman family agency
Buffalo Wild Wings Scores Free Wings for America Buffalo Wild Wings (Inspire Brands) with MSL
Know Plan Go Pfizer with Real Chemistry, FCB Health NY, and starpower, part of Real Chemistry
Social Media & Community Management
Overall Use of Social Media & Platforms
HOW x G-SHOCK G-SHOCK with The HOW Agency
Modernizing Mr. Clean the Brand and Man Mr. Clean (Procter & Gamble) with MSL
Pizza Pyramid Scheme Daiya Foods with Manifest
The Richmond Region Speaks For Itself Richmond Region Tourism with Padilla
We Put That $#!T on Super Bowl LVIII With Jason Kelce Frank’s RedHot with Colle McVoy & Exponent
Social Video
An Ode-r to Equipment Managers with Alex Rodriguez Lysol with HUNTER
Green Chemistry Merck with Edelman
Peach Responsibly Molson Coors Beverage Company with Citizen Relations
Try This at Home Nestle Starbucks with Edible, Spark Foundry, Tracy-Locke, 900 Films, Golden LA
Will Levis No. 8 Hellmann's/Unilever with Edelman
Social Publishing / Blogs
Conversationally: Helping Consumers Achieve Their Financial Goals Ally Financial with Tier One Partners
Influencer Marketing
Bringing New Life to Data Science via Influencers Alteryx with The Hoffman Agency
Face of Cetaphil Cetaphil with Lippe Taylor /prompt.
Fighting for Fairness for Live Music Fans Fan Fairness Coalition with Precision
Gro Like Martha Miracle-Gro with MullenLowe U.S. PR
The Search for the Best. Job. Ever: Brock Purdy’s Road Trip to Find John Deere’s Chief Tractor Officer John Deere with Racepoint Global
Crowdsourcing & Co-creating
Chipotle Mexican Grill - Napkin Holder Chipotle Mexican Grill with Day One Agency, Bamko
NEXT Flavor Network Rubix Foods with Belle Communication
Platform-Specific Campaigns
Best Use of Facebook
#bratsummer for sexual health Missouri Family Health Council with Candor
Best Use of Instagram
Jackson Hole Helps Overzealous Tourists Practice "Selfie Control" to Protect Wildlife Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board with Colle McVoy & Exponent
Best Use of LinkedIn
Addressing AI Anxiety in the Workplace EY Consulting with M Booth
Connecting Through Content: Elevating BASF’s Automotive Story BASF with Current Global
How CEO Maggie Barnett launched her fulfillment company, providing a new vision of female leadership in logistics LVK with The Bulleit Group & LSR Brand Consulting
Best Use of TikTok
Carnation Milks and Grandma Helen Carnation Milks / Nestlé USA with Weber Shandwick
Moderna CMV TikTok Moderna with Spectrum Science
Tokking Their Language Genentech with 21GRAMS/Real Chemistry
Owned Media
Website
“SO, Have You Found It?” featuring Ted Danson & Mindy Kaling Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) with Real Chemistry, starpower, part of Real Chemistry, Humancare, MPath, Eversana
Introducing ONO to the U.S. Market ONO Pharma USA with Current Global
Liver’s #1 Fan Madrigal Pharmaceuticals with Real Chemistry
Mobile Apps
Otsuka Salary.com Family Caregiver Calculator Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals with WE Communications
Digital Publishing
Penn Engineering Launches First Ivy League Degree in Artificial Intelligence University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science with M Booth
SignalFire: From Seed Stage to Front Page SignalFire with Bospar
The Square: Establishing G Squared as a Secondaries Leader Through Digital Publishing G Squared with The Bulleit Group
CSR, ESG and DEI Reporting
Enviri's 2023 ESG Report Enviri Corporation
Mental Elf Spectrum Science
Annual Report
Mars Pet Nutrition Annual Report Mars Pet Nutrition with Weber Shandwick
More Than Just Words Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation with Biosector 2
The Hopefall: A One-of-A-Kind Visualization of a Life-Changing Sound American Cancer Society with Real Chemistry
Best Use of Artificial Intelligence in PR
AI in Action: Revolutionizing the Way We Work Grubhub with Golin (lead agency), The Brooklyn Brothers
Mom Experience Translator DOVE with Weber Shandwick
The Unseen Journey Incyte with Real Chemistry
Audio: Podcasts + Music
Catch A Cat Burglar: Purry Duty TEMPTATIONS™ with Weber Shandwick
Gallery of Memories Egale Canada with Citizen Relations
Gamification/User-Generated Contests
FPL Brings Energy-Saving Tips to Life with the House of Savings Florida Power & Light Company with rbb Communications
Marathumb Challenge Saucony with KWT Global
Summer Bummer Insurance Que Pasa with Citizen Relations
Identity Branding
Campbell’s Chunky Celebrates Jason Kelce with First-Ever ‘Legend Edition’ Can Campbell's Chunky with MSL
Harmony Biosciences Newrology Harmony Biosciences with Spectrum Science
Naked Smoothies x Coco Gauff Naked with MullenLowe PR, MullenLowe, Team8 Studios, Dentsu X, Vayner Media
Illustrations + Photography
Ag in :60 Content Series Syngenta Crop Protection with G&S Business Communications
Coors Light Fix Tixflation Molson Coors Beverage Company with Citizen Relations
Dad Genes Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine with 21GRAMS/Real Chemistry
Meme
#bratsummer for sexual health Missouri Family Health Council with Candor
AI Lesson Plan Brainly with Bospar
Miss COPDee Boehringer Ingelheim with Burson
Real-time Engagement (Crisis and Issues)
Beyond the Blue Screen: Parametrix puts a price on the Crowdstrike Crisis Parametrix with Bospar
Real-time Engagement (Newsjacking)
Dear President Biden Nadya Okamoto with SolComms
DOLLARITA Steve Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill Bar with Current Global and GREY NY
Elevating Brand Awareness of alliantgroup Through Strategic Thought Leadership alliantgroup with Diffusion PR
HEINZ Ketchup & Seemingly Ranch HEINZ with Zeno Group, Rethink, The Kitchen
Newsmakers Who Run the World (Gannett’s Version) Gannett with 160over90
Partnerships
Media Partnership
It Takes 2 Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company with dna Communications, Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company, starpower
The Making of APEC CEO Summit 2023: Engaging the U.S. Business Community on “Creating Economic Opportunity” NCAPEC with Global Gateway Advisors
Influencer Partnership
Orangetheory's “WTF is OTF?! Comedy Event” Blended Humor and Fitness to Ease Gym-timidation Orangetheory Fitness with Coyne PR
SKITTLES Littles Living Mars Wrigley with Weber Shandwick
Special for a Reason Special K (WK Kellogg Co) with MSL
Celebrity Partnership
Corona Lime Wedge Football Corona with MullenLowe
Global Day of Unplugging UScellular with Ketchum
Its the One for Me with Jessica Simpson Chicken of the Sea with HUNTER
St. Patrick's Eve Jameson Irish Whiskey with Weber Shandwick, Publicis Collective, 160over90, UEG
Your Fans Are with You Incyte with Real Chemistry/starpower
NGO and Charity Partnerships
Campbell’s Chunky Puts Consumers in the Game with Chunky Sacks Hunger Campbell's Chunky with MSL
NIVEA’s 'Proud In Your Skin' Campaign Tackles LGBTQ Loneliness NIVEA with M Booth
Outnumber PAH Merck with Real Chemistry
Brand Partnership
Campbell’s State of the Sides Campbell's with MSL
Flavors of the Island: Discover Puerto Rico x Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Launch Discover Puerto Rico with The Discover Collective – MMC, H&S
PEBBLES Cereal Teams Up with Susan Alexandra for a Berry Sweet Collection Post Consumer Brands with HUNTER
Rao's Homemade PASTA ALLA TEQUILA Rao's Homemade with M Booth
TUMS Fuses Food, Fashion and Heartburn Relief through Limited Edition TUMS Bag Haleon/TUMS
Data and Analytics
Social Listening
Clearblue Shatters Taboo and Turns Up the Volume on Menopause Clearblue (Procter & Gamble) with MSL
Data in Campaign Planning and Development
Parvo is Poop Elanco Animal Health with FleishmanHillard
Reaching Target Audiences Through Talent Identification Command Brand with Ketchum
Small but mighty — optimizing omnichannel precision and impact with AI/ML Currax Pharmaceuticals with Real Chemistry, Swoop
Behavioral Science
Bounty is Your Wingman Bounty (Procter & Gamble) with MSL
Insight
Called to Care Oklahoma Human Services with Candor
M&M’S Rescue Squad Mars Wrigley with Weber Shandwick
NARCAN® Nasal Spray: Ready to Rescue Emergent BioSolutions with Curation Communications, a GCI Group Company
Paint Your Rental Without Regret Benjamin Moore with HUNTER
Special Delivery Grubhub with Golin (lead agency), The Brooklyn Brothers
Original/Commissioned Research for PR
Balancing the Boardroom: Navigating the Path to Equitable Leadership Wednesday Women: https://www.wednesdaywomen.org/ with Kickstand: http://www.meetkickstand.com
Coldwell Banker 2024 Trend Report Coldwell Banker with G&S Business Communications
Finding the “Blue Space” in Mainstream Media Jobber with PAN
Microsoft Work Trends Report Microsoft with Edelman
TEAM LEWIS x BioCatch – AI and Fraud Survey TEAM LEWIS
Measurement and Post-Campaign Analysis
From Headlines to Bottom Line: How Hahn Drove 23X Sales For Whataburger Whataburger
Influencing cleanliness, from insights to impact Clorox with Ketchum
The Tech Stack Awards
PR Software and Services
Notified Partners with CLEAR to Launch Industry-First Press Release Identity Verification Solution, Enhancing Security in Communications Notified with N/A
PRophet: Leading the Evolution of Communications Technology PRophet with N/A
Campaign Awards
Platform Creation
"Let's Run There" with Jeremy Renner Brooks Running with M Booth, Venture Production Group
Curbing the Amputation Epidemic: Bringing Doctors Together to Urge Americans to Get a Pulse on Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) PAD Pulse Alliance with BRG Communications
Love Language Lindt LINDOR with Burson
MiraLAX Exposes The Gut Gap Bayer Consumer Health with Coyne PR
Progress Spotlight, Philip Morris International Philip Morris International
Content Marketing Campaign
BODEN Agency x Mejor Con Pepsi: “Talking Sabor:” Celebrating the Best of Hispanic Culture, Cuisine and Community PepsiCo with BODEN Agency
Box Out Colon Cancer Exact Sciences with Burson
How Do You Like Them…Donuts? Dunkin’ Introduces ‘The DunKings’ Dunkin' (Inspire Brands) with MSL, Artists Equity
Launching the 1 Pledge Movement Sanofi with Ruder Finn, Patients & Purpose and Havas Media Network
Using Valued Voices to Vaccinate a Nation Pfizer with Biosector 2 (Syneos Health)
Storytelling
Democratizing Reproductive and Sexual Healthcare for Women Wisp with SolComms
Eggo House of Pancakes Eggo with Weber Shandwick
It's Not The Same Without Your Buds Labatt Breweries of Canada with Veritas Communications
Setting Our Sights on the AFib Epidemic OMRON Healthcare with Ascent Strategy Group
We Are the 96% Illinois Farm Families with MorganMyers
Data-Driven Campaign
AstraZeneca's 'What science can do' Campaign AstraZeneca with Edelman
Breaking Barriers with NeuroStar Depression Barometer NeuroStar with EvolveMKD
Breyers CarbSmart "Anti-Aging Cream" Breyers with Edelman, United Entertainment Group, Mindshare, U-Studio
CFP Board Public Awareness Campaign CFP Board with The Bliss Group
Otsuka Salary.com Family Caregiver Calculator Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals with WE Communications
Boldest Campaign
5 gum Bodega Rave Mars Wrigley with Weber Shandwick
Dr. Squatch’s Ball Care Campaign Dr. Squatch with Made You Feel
SONIC Drive-In Eclipses the Competition SONIC Drive-In (Inspire Brands) with MSL
Stay Merry, Not Hairy Suavitel with Burson
The Shotline Change the Ref and March for Our Lives with MullenLowe, MediaHub, and Edisen Tech
Most Disruptive Campaign
HVR x HVR Hidden Valley Ranch with Current Global and FCB Chicago
My Smile is My Superpower Colgate with Burson
The First Edible Mascot Pop-Tarts with Weber Shandwick
Combating Disinformation
Live Your PosSCZible Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) with RXMOSAIC
Corporate Values in Action
Launching The Climate College Paul Smith's College with Bospar
High West Distillery’s Protect the West Initiative with Brand Ambassador Shaun White High West Distillery with Lippe Taylor
Listening to Neurodivergent Travelers for More Inclusive Travel Hyatt with Zeno Group
Nebraska Medicine’s Employer Value Proposition Campaign – Together. Extraordinary.Nebraska Medicine Nebraska Medicine with Unlock Health
SKITTLES Pride 2024 Mars Wrigley with Weber Shandwick
Start-Up Marketing Campaign
Bringing Weight-Inclusive Care to The Mainstream knownwell with SolComms
From Correction to Celebration: How Civitai Overcomes Scrutiny in the AI Image Revolution Civitai with The Bulleit Group
Sparking Launch Love for a New Dating App PreVue with SHIFT
Emerging Sector Campaign
The ElectionGraph Project Neo4j with Ruder Finn
Pro-Bono Campaign
Addy's Crystal Ball SickKids Foundation with Citizen Relations
For Her Aura Freedom with Veritas Communications and Forsman & Bodenfors
UNDP Weather Kids Campaign United Nations Development Programme with The Bliss Group
Micro-Budget Campaign
Visit Finland's "Happiness Masterclass" Featured on ABC Nightline Visit Finland with Zapwater Communications
This Year’s Issue: The Election
The ElectionGraph Project Neo4j with Ruder Finn
Agency Awards
Disruptive Agency of the Year
Axicom: Disruptive Agency of the Year Axicom
Honeymoon's Coming Out Sazerac, Mars Snacking, Opendoor, PepsiCo and more with Honeymoon
PAN PAN
The Weber Shandwick Collective The Weber Shandwick Collective with The Weber Shandwick Collective
Unlocking Transformational Growth: Unlock Health’s Proven Solutions for Driving Sustainable Healthcare Success Unlock Health with Unlock Health
Data-Driven Agency of the Year
Hahn: Champions of Change Whataburger
The Bliss Group: Delivering Impact Through Insight The Bliss Group
The Heart of Innovation is Data Hotwire Global with Hotwire Global
Purpose-Driven PR Agency of the Year
Bringing Empathy and Mentorship to Public Relations SolComms with SolComms
Being Zeno: Certainty in Uncertain Times Zeno Group
JPA Health JPA Health with JPA Health
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative
Archetype Ascend Archetype with Archetype Ascend
My Living Legacy Campaign (supported by GSK) Tigerlily Foundation with Real Chemistry
The State of Latinas in the U.S. BODEN Agency with BODEN Agency
Agency Thought Leadership
KWT Global xVoice KWT Global
Layered: A Report on Black Women’s Perceptions of Clinical Trials GCI Health
The State of Latinas in the U.S. BODEN Agency with BODEN Agency
Agency of the Future
Axicom: Agency of the Future Axicom
Makers of Tomorrow - We Speak Tech not Fluff Hotwire Global with Hotwire Global
Mastering media monitoring in a modern distributed workforce Clients for Brands2Life with Brands2Life
Real Chemistry n/a with Real Chemistry
The Weber Shandwick Collective The Weber Shandwick Collective with The Weber Shandwick Collective
Individual Awards
Creative Professional of the Year
Jeff Immel N/A with The Weber Shandwick Collective
Susan Osterloh JPA Health with JPA Health
Zach Russo, Head of RF Studio 53 Ruder Finn with Ruder Finn
Data Professional of the Year
Alex Christian EvolveMKD with EvolveMKD
Alison Reader, Head of Business Development: Lead Generation & Strategic Growth Ruder Finn
Colin Baughman JPA Health with JPA Health
Ken Deutsch JPA Health with JPA Health
Matt George - Data Professional of the Year Seven Letter with Seven Letter
DE&I Professional of the Year
Politely Push*E Bospar with Bospar
Innovator of the Year: Agency
Chris Perry N/A with The Weber Shandwick Collective
Innovator of the Year Nomination: John Digles, Ascent Strategy Group John Digles, Founder & CEO, Ascent Strategy Group with Ascent Strategy Group
Philip A. Nardone Jr. PAN
Innovator of the Year: Brand
Brendan McEvoy, Head of External Communications, AstraZeneca AstraZeneca with Edelman
And finally…
Write your own category
Honeymoon's Coming Out Sazerac, Mars Snacking, Opendoor, PepsiCo and more with Honeymoon
Innovation Summit & SABRE Awards North America 2025 will take place on 19 February, 2025