Congratulations to Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards, Class of 2025!

On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, Ragan celebrated all of this year’s Employee Communications Awards finalists – and announced category winners – during a special dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.

Attendees in the room represent the organizations that excel in internal communications, workplace culture and more. It was a celebration to remember!

Ragan congratulates all of this year’s winners and Honorable Mentions of its Employee Communications Awards, Class of 2025.

Read about the winners by clicking on their profile below.

WINNERS

Awards of Distinction

Best Overall Intranet

Honorable Mentions

Best Overall Intranet

Honorable Mentions
  • Burger King: Burger King UK launches BK Hub with Oak Engage
  • Comcast: Comcast Reimagines Intranet Experience
  • Cox: CoxOne: Powerful Digital Workspace
  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Best Overall Intranet entry: Kingsweb
  • Mazda North American Operations: OneMazda Intranet
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: "RON" Colleague IntranetThe Hub Intranet Redesign
  • Schneider Electric: Redefining Digital Workplace Experience, Launch of New Intranet SPICE+
  • University of Iowa Health Care: The Loop: University of Iowa Health Care's intranet
Winner

Employee Communications Campaign of the Year

Honorable Mentions

Employee Communications Campaign of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • DHL Supply Chain: Step Up for Safety
  • EY: EY.ai EYQ generative AI ecosystem
  • Pfizer: The Spark
  • The Walt Disney Company: Disney100
  • Workday: Rock Star Campaign
Winner

Communications Campaigns/Initiatives

Alignment with External Communications

Honorable Mentions
  • Thumbtack Inc.: Procrasti Nator, Deadline Negotiator
  • Transamerica: Building connections to communicate our community impact
Winner

Annual Report

Honorable Mentions
  • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Transforming Lives – 2023 Annual Report
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: FY23 Annual Report: A Leading Light
Winner

Article Series

Honorable Mentions

Article Series

Honorable Mentions
  • Aflac: The Aflac Hub Connections
  • Alkermes: Fostering Connection and Empowerment through our Employee Profiles & Stories
  • Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): I am SMUD
Winner

Benefits Communication

Honorable Mentions
  • Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.: Pixar 2024-2025 Open Enrollment Campaign
  • Guardian: Guardian 2024 Annual Enrollment Campaign
Winner

Blog

Honorable Mentions

Blog

Honorable Mentions
  • SK tes: SK tes Engage
Winner

Change Communication

Honorable Mentions
  • Compassus: Compassus Partnership Integration Communications
  • Honeywell Building Automation: Access Solutions Acquisition
  • Liberty Military Housing: Microsoft 365 Change Communication Campaign
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Transition of Subspecialty Care for Off Therapy Patients
  • University Health: University Health: Say Hello to our Women's & Children's Hospital Internal Campaign
Winner

Crisis Response

Honorable Mentions

Crisis Response

Honorable Mentions
  • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Social Crisis Communications Framework
Winner

Cross-Departmental Collaboration

Honorable Mentions

Cross-Departmental Collaboration

Honorable Mentions
  • Gibson Energy: GEI - Communications Team
  • Infineon Americas: Demo Day & OktoberTech™ Silicon Valley 2023
  • International Monetary Fund: “G2K: Get to Know” Series
  • Ogletree Deakins: Ogletree Deakins: Modern, Scalable Client Portal
  • Santander: Santander US Corporate Communications: A Catalyst for Collaboration
  • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Our organizational strategy framework
Winner

Cross-Departmental Collaboration

CSR/Sustainability Communication

Honorable Mentions

CSR/Sustainability Communication

Honorable Mentions
  • Alkermes: Alkermes in Action: Empowering Employees to Make a Difference
  • Orlando Utilities Commission: OUC CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY REPORT
  • SK tes: SK tes Engage
Winner

CSR/Sustainability Communication

Email Communication

Honorable Mentions

Email Communication

Honorable Mentions
  • ARUP Laboratories: 40th Anniversary Celebration
  • Gallagher: Gallagher+NetApp: Live Well Email Campaign
  • Optus: CEO note
Winner

Employee Advocacy Program

Honorable Mentions
  • Prologis: We’re a Real Estate Company, Let’s Make the Best Use of Our ONLINE Real Estate!
  • RGE: Modern Voices for a Traditional Field
Winner

Employee E-Letters

Honorable Mentions

Employee E-Letters

Honorable Mentions
  • Allan Myers: Weekly Wrap Up
  • Cisco: The Byte Employee Newsletter
  • Pence Contractors: Pence Post-Its
Winner

Employee-Generated Content

Honorable Mentions

Employee-Generated Content

Honorable Mentions
  • REI Co-op: Co-op News Employee Essays
  • Seattle Children's Hospital: A ‘Beautiful, Challenging, Emotional’ Job: A Day in the Life of a Cancer Care Nurse
Winner

Employee-Generated Content

Employer Branding

Honorable Mentions
  • Amgen: Capturing Amgen’s Commitment to Patients
  • Included Health: Included Health Employer Brand Launch
  • LAIKA: Walk A Different Path: Creating a Multi-Channel Employer Branding Campaign that Connects and Inspires
  • Liquid Agency: Ernest Internal Brand Launch
  • National Tank Truck Carriers: See Yourself in a Tank Truck
  • TE Connectivity: Life at TE
  • Viettel Group: Next Journey 2024
Winner

Executive/Leadership Communication

Honorable Mentions

Executive/Leadership Communication

Honorable Mentions
  • Colorado PERA: CEO/ED Search and Onboarding Campaign
  • Delta Dental of California: Sarah Chavarria’s CEO Transition and New Strategy Rollout
  • Johnson & Johnson: The Red Couch Conversations by Vanessa Broadhurst
  • Mount Sinai Health System: Carr Talk
  • Optus: Leader Exchange
  • Prologis: We’re a Real Estate Company, Let’s Make the Best Use of Our ONLINE Real Estate!
Winner

Executive/Leadership Communication

Feature Article

Honorable Mentions
  • Aflac: Aflac Cares on Purpose
  • Seattle Children's Hospital: How You Can Save Seattle Children's $90.8M
  • Transamerica: Employees Crave Connection with Leaders
  • Xperi: Showcasing the Turbocharged Teamwork Behind the Launch of Xperi’s Technology in the BMW 5-Series
Winner

Hybrid Communication Strategy

Honorable Mentions

Hybrid Communication Strategy

Honorable Mentions
  • Infoblox: Thriving in a Hybrid Workplace
  • MSU Federal Credit Union: Flexible Workspace Strategy
Winner

Innovation in Internal Communications

Honorable Mentions

Innovation in Internal Communications

Honorable Mentions
  • CBRE: Innovation in Motion: Driving Data Privacy at CBRE
  • Chase: Decode Learning Series
  • European Wax Center: Elevating Our Connection
  • INDOSAT OOREDOO HUTCHISON: Employee Carbon Offset (ECO)
  • Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry Katch Up
  • Pfizer: The Spark
  • Prologis: "AI for Everyone"
  • Viettel Group: Expressing cultural values through art performances
Winner

Magazine

Honorable Mentions
  • Muscoge Nation Gaming Enterprises: POME Team Member Magazine
  • Perkins Eastman: The Narrative
Winner

Mission and Values Communication

Honorable Mentions

Mission and Values Communication

Honorable Mentions
  • Amgen: Capturing Amgen’s Commitment to Patients
  • Ernst & Young LLP (EY US): EY SHINE
  • Lundbeck: What’s Your Why? Purpose Connection Activation
  • University Operations, Events, and Safety - University of Notre Dame: Experience Notre Dame, Mission Moment
Winner

Newsletter

Honorable Mentions

Newsletter

Honorable Mentions
  • Anywhere Real Estate Inc.: The Corporate Newsletter that Gets Fan Mail
  • Carnival Cruise Line: The Current
  • Colorado PERA: PERA Phrase Newsletter and TV
  • Compassus: The Power of Us Integration Newsletter
  • Michigan State University: InsideMSU
  • Spartannash: People First Digest
  • U.S. Postal Service: Link
Winner

Partnership with Human Resources

Honorable Mentions

Partnership with Human Resources

Honorable Mentions
  • Guardian: Guardian 2024 Annual Enrollment Campaign
  • Transamerica: Bridging Teams, Building Trust: The Power of Communications in Organizational Restructuring
Winner

Partnership with Human Resources

Recruitment & Retention

Honorable Mentions

Recruitment & Retention

Honorable Mentions
  • Athena: Athena Expands Its Talent Pool Through Authentic Storytelling
  • HII - Mission Technologies Division: Mission Starts at Home Campaign
  • TouchPoint Support Services: Points in My Career
Winner

Social Media

Honorable Mentions
  • Honeywell Process Solutions: Viva Engage Re-Launch Strategy
  • Prologis: We’re a Real Estate Company, Let’s Make the Best Use of Our ONLINE Real Estate!
  • TouchPoint Support Services: Points in My Career
  • Vibrantz Technologies: Vibrantz Technologies has strong social presence after just two years as a company
Winner

Storytelling

Honorable Mentions
  • Alkermes: Fostering Connection and Empowerment through our Employee Profiles & Stories
  • ServiceNow: Global Employee Communications and Engagement
Winner

Visual Storytelling

Honorable Mentions

Visual Storytelling

Honorable Mentions
  • Pfizer: The Spark
Winner

Visual Storytelling

Employee Experience

Amazing Workplace Culture

Honorable Mentions

Amazing Workplace Culture

Honorable Mentions
  • ARUP Laboratories: 40th Anniversary Celebration
  • Infoblox: Thriving in a Hybrid Workplace
  • Luck Companies: 100th Anniversary Celebration
  • SCAN Health Plan: SCAN Workplace Culture
Winner

Brand Ambassador Program

Honorable Mentions
  • Cisco: Building Brand Ambassadors Through Cisco’s Intern Rewards Program
  • Fifth Third Bank: Swap, Snap, and Sharing our way into the hearts and minds of our community
Winner

DE&I Commitment

Honorable Mentions

DE&I Commitment

Honorable Mentions
  • AAA Northeast: Women's Equity Challenge
  • Amgen: Moving at the Speed of Trust: Amgen’s Progress in Black Representation in Clinical Studies
  • European Wax Center: Fostering an Inclusive Environment
  • Risk Strategies: DE&I BeHeard Series
Winner

Employee Education/Training Program

Honorable Mentions

Employee Education/Training Program

Honorable Mentions
  • AAA Northeast: Women's Equity Challenge
  • Inovalon: Inovalon Management & Leadership Academy
  • Merck: Communicate to Connect
  • PM Group: gENERation
  • Signature Aviation & Promova: Promoting Employee Education – Signature University’s Drive for “The Most Miles”
Winner

Employee Education/Training Program

Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions
  • AstraZeneca: The Power Is Within You
  • BVI Medical: Centre of Excellence in Krakow
  • CVS Health: From Store to Enterprise: Unifying and Engaging CVS Retail Colleagues with Heartbeat
  • NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: 2024 Paris Olympics Internal Communications Campaign
  • Pfizer: The Spark
  • Renown Health: Elevating Employee Engagement Through a Shared Goal
  • Telecom Argentina: Telecom's TECO KM Tour
  • Vibrantz Technologies: Listening and partnering to engage every voice
Winner

Employee Recognition or Reward Program

Honorable Mentions

Employee Recognition or Reward Program

Honorable Mentions
  • Cognizant: 2024 Impact Awards
  • TouchPoint Support Services: HumanKIND
Winner

Employee Recognition or Reward Program

Employee Resource Groups

Honorable Mentions
  • AAA Northeast: Women's Equity Challenge
  • Altus Group: People & Culture
  • Seattle Children's: Inclusion Network and Connection Group Program
Winner

Employee Well-Being Program

Honorable Mentions

Employee Well-Being Program

Honorable Mentions
  • Altus Group: People & Culture
  • Fifth Third Bank: Helping employees be their best: Wellness programs launch
  • NBCU Telemundo Enterprises: Health & Wellness: Tu Bienestar
  • The Lifetime Value Company (LTVCo.): Elevating Remote Work Culture: The Lifetime Value Company's Commitment to Employee Well-Being and Innovation
Winner

Internal Event Strategy

Honorable Mentions
  • Cisco: Empowering Engagement: Cisco's C-BEAM Event Team's Approach to Inclusive Events and Experiences
  • Disney Entertainment Television: CONNECT Week 2024
  • Eaton: LiveWire 2024
  • EY: EY.ai Experience internal campaign
  • Grant Public Utility District: Safety Day
  • Holt Renfrew: Holts Brand Spirit Roadshow
  • Intrepid Travel: Global Summit 2024
  • TransUnion: The We Make a Difference Show
Winner

Onboarding Strategy

Honorable Mentions

Onboarding Strategy

Honorable Mentions
  • Altus Group: People & Culture
Winner

Innovation and Technology

Employee App

Honorable Mentions

Employee App

Honorable Mentions
  • Allan Myers: UpTo App
  • CVS Health: Heartbeat Mobile: Empowering CVS Health Colleagues on the Go
  • The Learning Experience: The Happy Hub
Winner

Employee App

HR Tool/Service

Honorable Mentions

HR Tool/Service

Honorable Mentions
  • Abbott: Abbott myHR Redesign
  • CF Industries: Reimagining Total Rewards
Winner

Intranet

Honorable Mentions

Intranet

Honorable Mentions
  • Ivanti: Ivanti Vision Story
  • Love's Travel Stops: Love's: Best Intranet 2024
  • Mazda North American Operations: OneMazda Intranet
  • Ogletree Deakins: Ogletree Deakins: Modern, Scalable Client Portal
  • PM Group: The Energame Portal
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: "RON" Colleague Intranet
  • SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC: Redefining Digital Workplace Experience, Launch of New Intranet SPICE+
  • Xperi: Empowering Xperi’s Workforce with the Launch of a New Intranet
Winner

Use of AI for Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions

Use of AI for Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions
  • Cisco: Editing Process for the News Now Bot
Winner

Use of AI for Employee Engagement

Remote Culture

Virtual Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions

Virtual Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions
  • Operation Homefront: OH Teams
  • Vibrantz Technologies: The Vibrantz Virtual 5K: Uniting a Global Workforce
Winner

Virtual Employee Engagement

Virtual Town Hall

Honorable Mentions

Virtual Town Hall

Honorable Mentions
  • Athena: Athena Insider: Fostering Connection, Engagement, and Transparency in a Remote World
  • Bright Horizons: Bright Horizons Staff Meetings
  • Town of Cary, North Carolina: Town of Cary, North Carolina, Virtual Town Hall - Oct. 18, 2023
Winner

Virtual Town Hall

Video

Corporate Video

Honorable Mentions
  • Gallagher: Gallagher+Anywhere Real Estate: Informational Video
  • Meow Wolf: The Meow Wolf Work Experience
  • Pfizer: The Spark
  • The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: I'm Just a Drug: A Schoolhouse Rock-Inspired Informational Video
  • Xperi: Xperi Employee Video Explains Financial Terms by a Non-Financial Person
Winner

Humorous Video

Honorable Mentions
  • UnitedHealth Group: Comms Central Live
  • University Operations, Events, and Safety - University of Notre Dame: Experience Notre Dame
  • Xperi: Xperi Employee Video Explains Financial Terms by a Non-Financial Person
  • Xperi: Xperi Teases New Intranet While Getting a Laugh from Employees
Winner

Inspirational Video

Honorable Mentions
  • MidPen Housing: 2024 Annual Meeting: Happy, Healthy & Housed
  • Pfizer: The Spark
  • The Walt Disney Company: Disney100 Employee Sizzle
  • UC Davis Health: The Values Tour Kindness Video
Winner

Interview Video

Honorable Mentions

Interview Video

Honorable Mentions
  • Bright Horizons: From Ukraine to BH
  • City and County of Denver: Brand Champion Video Series
  • Merck: [Off]Script
  • The Walt Disney Studios: The Walt Disney Studios Internal Communications
Winner

Recruitment Video

Honorable Mentions
  • Allan Myers: Pave Your Future: Careers in Paving
  • Church Pension Group: Building a Career at CPG
  • Grant Public Utility District: Customer Strategist Promo
Winner

Additional Awards

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If you have any questions, please email Barbara Kanady at barbarak@ragan.com.