Full list: Winners of Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards and Top Places to Work
Congratulations to the 2025 winners!
Employee communicators often work in the background, making sure everyone else has their star turn. But Wednesday night in Chicago, hundreds of these behind-the-scenes heroes had their own moment in the spotlight.
The finalists for Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards and honorees for Top Places to Work were recognized for their efforts to build culture, boost the bottom line and help employees thrive. Communicators also shared their advice for achieving remarkable results.
“My advice would just be to just be authentic in your stories,” Noel Burke, communications manager for people, policy and purpose at Cisco said as she accepted her award. “I think every company has great employees who have wonderful stories to share. Just be authentic and go out and get those stories back from your employees and teams and partners and customers.”
“Our one piece of advice is that it’s so important to bring internal and external communicators to the table early. By being brought in early, we were able to really create a cohesive campaign that we were so proud of,” offered Samantha Armstrong, Manager, Internal Communications for ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Find the full list of winners below — and congratulations to all.
2025 Employee Communications Awards
Awards of Distinction
Best Overall Intranet
Citi: Citi Hub: Gateway to a Modern Experience
Employee Communications Campaign of the Year
GE Aerospace: Launch Day
Seattle Children’s Hospital: Seattle Children’s Hospital Strategic Plan
Employee Communications Team of the Year
Cisco: Cisco Global Employee Communications FY24 Strategy
DHL Supply Chain: NORAM Internal Communications & Engagement Team
Love’s Travel Stops: Love’s Best Team of the Year
Merck: Global Employee and Leadership Communications Team
ServiceNow: Global Employee Communications and Engagement
Communications Campaigns/Initiatives
Alignment with External Communications
ALSAC: Announcement of historic Domino’s commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Annual Report
Intrepid Travel: Intrepid’s Integrated Annual Report – ‘The World Needs More Intrepid People’
Article Series
Fifth Third Bank: Gone Fishin’
Benefits Communication
Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.: Chipotle 2025 Open Enrollment Campaign
Blog
Cisco Systems: Purpose Blog
Change Communication
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Our organizational strategy framework
Crisis Response
Providence: Providence Communication Team
Cross-Departmental Collaboration
Guardian: Guardian 2024 Annual Enrollment Campaign
CSR/Sustainability Communication
Cisco Systems: Purpose Report
Email Communication
Warner Music Group (WMG): Top Stories
Employee Advocacy Program
PepsiCo Beverages North America: Celebrating Our Female Frontline Employees
Employee E-Letters
City and County of Denver: Denver Employee Bulletin
Employee-Generated Content
Merck: Sync Social
Employer Branding
Delta Dental of California: Employee Value Proposition (EVP) Rollout
Executive/Leadership Communication
Merck: Executive Communication Strategy
Feature Article
Baystate Health: Looking Up with Courage: Ashley Piccirilli’s Story
Hybrid Communication Strategy
CBRE: Building Resilience: Employee Emergency Notification System Test
Innovation in Internal Communications
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US): EY WeVerse
ServiceNow: Global Employee Communications and Engagement
Magazine
Allan Myers: Footprints Magazine
PDS Health (formerly Pacific Dental Services): PDS Life Magazine
Mission and Values Communication
Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric Impact Maker Campaign
Newsletter
PwC: Digital Communications & Corporate Affairs
Partnership with Human Resources
Merck: Enterprise Leadership Skills
Recruitment & Retention
DHL Supply Chain: Opportunities Without Boundaries
Social Media
Cisco: Building Brand Ambassadors Through Cisco’s Intern Rewards Program
Storytelling
Harris Health: Trauma Survivors
The Walt Disney Company: Disney100 Employee Experience Photo Gallery and Disney100 Global Choir Video
Visual Storytelling
Chase: Decode Learning Series
Employee Experience
Amazing Workplace Culture
Mountain America Credit Union: Team Member Experience (TMX) Blueprint
Brand Ambassador Program
City and County of Denver Marketing & Communications Team, Office of Human Resources: Brand Champion Program
DE&I Commitment
Children’s Hospital Colorado: DHE&I Commitment
Employee Education/Training Program
Chase: Decode Learning Series
Employee Engagement
DHL Supply Chain: Step Up for Safety
TE Connectivity: TE Manager Communications
Employee Recognition or Reward Program
Wells Fargo: Well Life Employee Appreciation Week Campaign
Employee Resource Groups
Mars, Incorporated: Maximizing Business Impact with Global Associate Resource Groups
Employee Well-Being Program
ALLSTARSIT: Well-Being Retreat: Supporting Teams in War-Affected Areas
Internal Event Strategy
Cognizant: 2024 Impact Awards
HII-Mission Technologies Division: Extreme Ownership Leadership Summit
Onboarding Strategy
PAN Communications: PAN Onboarding Strategy
Innovation and Technology
Employee App
REI Co-op: Co-op News
HR Tool/Service
Atana: Uncomfortable Conversations
Intranet
PwC: Digital Communications & Corporate Affairs
Use of AI for Employee Engagement
Pfizer: The Spark
Remote Culture
Virtual Employee Engagement
AAA Northeast: Women’s Equity Challenge
Virtual Town Hall
Workday: Workday Town Hall
Video
Corporate Video
Brasfield & Gorrie: Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet Rafael
ServiceNow: Global Employee Communications and Engagement
Humorous Video
CF Industries: Jack’s Day One – A Welcome to the New Office Video
Inspirational Video
SAS Institute: People Behind the Project (SAS saves the sea turtles)
Interview Video
CF Industries: FOSSI Student Profile Video Series
Recruitment Video
LAIKA: Walk A Different Path: Creating a Multi-Channel Employer Branding Campaign that Connects and Inspires
2024 Top Places to Work
- 5WPR
- Airfoil Group
- Alkermes, Inc.
- allnex
- American Institutes for Research (AIR)
- Big Valley Marketing
- BNY
- Camino Public Relations
- Carnival Cruise Line
- Community College of Denver
- Corporate Ink
- Coyne PR
- Development Counsellors International
- DraftKings
- Dreamday
- Emory University
- EvolveMKD
- F.N.B. Corporation
- Fahlgren Mortine
- Greenough Communications
- Harford Mutual Insurance Group
- Hotwire Global
- HUNTER
- Identity
- Ignite Social Media
- iQ 360
- Jmac PR
- Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
- Just Drive Media
- Kaplow Communications
- Kobie
- KWT Global
- Lehigh Valley Health Network
- M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America
- Manulife
- Marathon Strategies
- Max Borges Agency
- Municipality of Clarington
- Nautilus Insurance Group
- Qlik
- Peppercomm, a Ruder Finn company
- Racepoint Global
- Rational 360
- RBC
- Schneider Electric
- ServiceNow
- Sharp Think
- Slice Communications
- SourceCode Communications
- Stratacomm
- The Bliss Group
- The Hoffman Agency
- The Home Depot
- The Levinson Group
- The TASC Group
- UpSpring
- Vault Communications
- Vested
- Wise
