European Excellence Awards

Congratulation to the 2020 winners and nominees!

Hopefully, see you again in 2021.

The European Excellence Awards honour outstanding campaigns and projects in the field of PR and communications. With categories covering everything from employer branding to crisis, the Awards are a celebration of the most exceptional campaigns in European corporate communications and PR.

Established in 2007, the Excellence Awards are hosted by Quadriga, the Berlin-based knowledge hub for education, information, networking and business IT solutions.

This year, the Awards will also highlight extraordinary work related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has caused dramatic upheavals across the globe, with massive repercussions felt by organisations, businesses, NGOs and political parties – creating unprecedented challenges for PR and Communications professionals. That’s why, alongside our regular roster of categories, we’ve opened seven new categories specifically designed for work created in direct response to the COVID-19 crisis.

What our participants say

It’s inspiring to see so many smart and creative campaigns from all over Europe, and it’s an honour to be acknowledged with such a prestigious award.

Camilla Westman, ANR BBDO

We are very honoured and pleased. This award is the recognition of three years of investment and hard work in promoting a new way to boost employer brands and hire talent.

Stéphane Wajskop, Managing Director , Careers International

Hundreds of PR experts, more than one thousand incredible campaigns, indescribable emotions when they announce your name as a winner; this is the European Excellence Award - a super stimulus for our job and creativity.

Andrea Polo, Communication Director, Facile.it

This award is like the European Championship in the field of Public Relations. The fact that we have received the award for our Goethe Guerrilla Campaign shows that you can compensate for a lack of budget with creativity.

Prof. Dr. Martin Ludwig Hofmann , Schleiner + Partner Kommunikation

It is great to have an award that honours the terrific insights, creativity and sheer hard work that go into good communications.

Leslie Beatriz Crawford, Director International Communications, Acciona

The pandemic has created a whole lot of new challenges for communications people, with a dilemma in the centre of it: we have to speak about it, but if we do so, someone will not like it – no matter what we say. So the question for all of us now is: how do we create relevant content, that is interesting enough to reach the masses, but doesn’t create a shitstorm? And how do we at the same time demonstrate a purpose that makes sense to people? I am looking forward to seeing how communicators across the globe have dealt with this.

Rainer Bock, Head of Content and Platform, Tomorrow Unlocked, Kaspersky

It was great and inspiring to see the most important faces of Europe's PR scene in one place and at the same time see the faces of people behind some of the campaigns that I was able to see in the media in 2015. The whole event was arranged professionally and we had a great time.

Andrej Bosanac, Account Manager, AMI Communications

Receiving such a reputable prize is the best possible reward for the hard work of the whole team. We never dreamed of successfully competing against some of the biggest European, even global, consumer brands - the award raises our profile within the organisation and motivates us to push boundaries even further.

Alexander Knorn, Global Head of Digital, TRW Aftermarket

Edna Ayme-Yahil

Senior Director, Head of Communications, Brand & Sustainability

Sita

Rúben Bicho

Deputy Director of Communications

EDP

Thomas Biegi

Senior Director

Pfizer

Alexander Bilgeri

Vice President Corporate Communications Strategy, Messaging, Communication Channels

BMW

Rainer Bock

Head of Content and Platform, Tomorrow Unlocked

Kaspersky Lab

Robin Boon

Head of Corporate Communication

Van Lanschot Kempen

George Coleman

CEO

Current Global

Leslie Crawford

Director for International Communications

Acciona

Salvador da Cunha

CEO

Lift Consulting / Lift World

Rose de la Pascua

Chair, Weber Shandwick Spain and EVP, Continental Europe

Weber Shandwick

Kristina Ebenius

Founder & Senior Advisor

Remedy Communication

Andreas Fischer-Appelt

Vorstand

fischerAppelt

Kerstin Flotner

SVP Global Comms

Pierre Goad

Group Managing Director, Group Head of Communications

HSBC Holdings Plc

Dr. Lutz Golsch

Member of the EMEA Leadership & Head of Germany

FTI Consulting

James Kelliher

CEO

Whiteoaks International

Susanne Marell

Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Cecile Missildine

EVP and Executive Consultant

Archetype

Michael Murphy

Senior Partner

Michael Murphy & Ltd

Atte Palomäki

Executive Vice President Communications, Branding & Marketing

Wärtsilä Corporation

Ellen Pinchuck

Deputy CEO

Mikhailov & Partners. Communications Advisors

Florence Ranson

Founder

REDComms

Catalina Rousseau

President and CEO

BDR Associates Communication Group

Sarah Scholefield

CEO Europe, UK & Ireland

Grayling

Thomas Schultz-Jagow

Senior Director, Public Engagement and Growth

Amnesty International

Bogdan Tomoiaga

Chief Executive Officer

GraffitiPR

Martina Tydecks

Executive Director, International and Member of Global Leadership Team

APCO Worldwide

Arnau Vidal

Creative Director

Hill+Knowlton Strategies Spain

Núria Vilanova

President

ATREVIA

Marco Vollmar

Excecutive Director Communication - - Member of the Board of Executives

WWF Germany

Andres Wittermann

Chief Client Officer

LEWIS Communications GmbH

Caroline Wunnerlich

Chair, Brussels Advisory Board

FleishmanHillard Brussels

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It is great and inspiring to see the most creative communications and PR projects at the EEA. Every year our team is looking forward to receiving your applications. We are always happy to help you finding the right category and finishing your application.

We are looking forward to a great 2020 competition and getting to know you and your projects!

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