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Gartner Marketing & Communications Awards
Congratulations to our 13 outstanding winners!
Don’t miss our 2025 Winners Announcement to:
- Discover who’s world class in marketing and communications
- Explore leading-edge approaches and what made them successful
- Get inspiration from the winners to elevate your own strategy
Click on each category below to reveal the winner, explore their award-winning work, unlock exclusive Gartner resources, and hear directly from Gartner experts as they tackle hot topics in each category.
Discover the 2025 Winners
Category winners revealed in this recently held webinar.
2025 Winners Announced
A huge congratulations to our 13 winners!
Click on each category to see who the winner is and to learn more about their winning strategy.
Helpful Resources for Awards' Entrants
If you need guidance on how to write and submit your entry, or some inspiration from previous Awards Winners', then we’ve created numerous resources to get you started! Should you have any questions once you've read through the documents, please don't hesitate to email us.
CCO of the Year
Winner:
Kyiv Digital
Kateryna Mohylnytska - Innovating Urban Reputation and Resilience
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
Manulife Financial
Anne Hammer
CMO of the Year
Winner:
Discover Financial Services
Ram Subramanian
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
Alrajhi Bank
Abdullah S. Aljabr - Transforming Marketing Leadership: Innovating Growth, Loyalty, and Customer Experience in Banking
Cantaloupe, Inc.
Elyssa Steiner
Manifest.eco
Peter Hillowe - Owning the Numbers: Leading by Example with Marketing-Led Growth
McGraw Hill Professional
Amanda Peck
MONIX Co., Ltd.
Natthapong Inpo
Safe Software
Suzanne Serwatuk
Vytalize Health
Matt Buder Shapiro - The Healthcare Marketing Leader Behind America’s Fastest-Growing Company
Brand Differentiation and Activation Excellence
Winner:
Discover Financial Services
Discover Deposits Marketing
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Revolutionizing Higher Ed Recruitment: How BCIT’s Brand Strategy Disrupted the Status Quo
Manifest.eco
The United States’ First Zero Plastic Warehouse
Ray Sigorta
Top to Bottom Complementary Health Insurance
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Developing Authentic Connections to TCS Brand through TCS Run Club: EnergyForward
TTEC Digital
TTEC Digital Transforms Competition into Collaboration with Unified Brand Strategy
Vanguard
Vanguard: Well on Your Way
Demand Generation and Sales Partnership Excellence
Winner:
U.S. Bank
US Bank Wholesale Analytics - Sales Enablement
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
PwC Germany
Driving a structured, insights-based Marketing & Sales collaboration - the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) example
S&P Global Market Intelligence
I Love Capital IQ Pro
Straumann Group
Lead to Sales Program 2024
Digital Commerce Excellence
Winner:
KFC
KFC & DEPT® Commerce Transformation
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
Braskem
Edge Portal
Bumrungrad International Hospital
Bumrungrad Online Store
STAUFF
Disrupting the global B2B buying experience by adopting an ”easy to do business with” approach, designed to surpass customer expectations
Straumann Group
Straumann eCommerce
Vodafone Idea Limited
Digital Commerce at Vi
Executive Communications Excellence
Winner:
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)
Customer at the Heart Shows the Power of Putting Customers First
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Other Finalists:
Accruent
Accruent’s Internal Communications Sets the Tone for a New Era
Shell
Upskilling leaders in practical communications skills
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Championing our values through leadership communication - TCS
TreviPay
TreviPay Community Squad Executive Communications
Vanguard
Vanguard: Executive organic social strategy
Marketing and Communications Content Excellence
Winner:
PwC US
Road to Election 2024 campaign
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
Cielo
Cielo’s Talent Time Machine Podcast: Inspiring the market with future possibilities
DBS Bank
DBS HK Black World Mastercard Revamp Campaign
DBS Bank
DBS HK COMPASS VISA Relaunch Campaign
EDOTCO Group
Transforming B2B Brand Presence: EDOTCO’s Excellence in Strategic Content Creation
EIKA Group AS
Collaboration Meets Innovation: Eika’s AI-Driven Success Across 50 Banks
HIMSS
Creating Tomorrow’s Health Campaign
IBM
AI For Business - IBM 2024 Campaign
Marketing and Communications Organization Design and Talent Management Excellence
Winner:
Prudential
Prudential USB Creative House
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
Eurest USA
Designing a Marketing Organization to Drive Workplace Experience
Peraton
BRIDGEing the Culture
Measurement and Reporting Excellence
Winner:
Wells Fargo
Customer Engagement Engine - the new way of decisioning!
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
From Dashboards to Decisions: BDC’s Blueprint for Data-Driven Marketing
Incyte Corporation
Internalization & Ownership of Digital Analytics
Neo4j
Scaling Demand with Elegant Metric Design: Growing 16% While Cutting Costs 15%
Straumann Group
Lead to Sales Program 2024
T. Rowe Price
T. Rowe Price Employer Brand Marketing’s Measurement Transformation
Reputation Management Excellence
Winner:
Telkomsel
Telkomsel Sambungkan Senyuman
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Other Finalists:
Aramco
Enabling better business decision making through reputation intelligence
Philip Morris International
Serving Those Who Served
SaskPower
Future Supply Plan – 2030 and Beyond
Supporting Employee Experience Through Change Excellence
Winner:
SUSE
Using Our People to Co-Create a New Mission and Values at SUSE
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
Avanade
Excellence in M365 Copilot Change Enablement: Driving Innovation and Productivity
Avanade
Protect Avanade Behavioral Change Program
First Financial Bank
OneFirst - Associate Exper
Forward Solutions
Forward Together: Transforming Employee Experience Through Connection
Google
From Insights to Impact: A Strategic Communication Journey to Drive Learning and Development at Google
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Kingsweb - the connectivity cure: how one NHS intranet achieves one million monthly views
Use of AI in Driving Innovation Excellence
Winner:
Lenovo
Lenovo Studio AI: Revolutionizing Content Creation with GenAI
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Other Finalists:
Beymen Group
Personalized Outfit Recommendations: Driving Engagement, Revenue, and Brand Loyalty through AI-Powered Insights
Beymen Group
AutoSQL: Transforming Stakeholder Queries into Instant, Actionable Insights
RS Group
RS Group - Internal Linking Automation
Straumann Group
StraumannGPT Chatbot: Our AI Partner in Creating Smiles
Yves Rocher
NeuroAI Lens
ZoomInfo
ZoomInfo | AI-Driven Excellence: Transforming Speed, Personalization, and Impact for GTM Teams
Use of Marketing and Communications Technology Excellence
Winner:
Wells Fargo
Leveraging technology to power ’next best conversations’
Learn more about this category winner here!
Other Finalists:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Transforming Digital Engagement
QNB Sigorta
QNBilir: Transforming insurance with WhatsApp. Instant, personalized policy help at your fingertips, anytime, anywhere
Sanofi
Omnichannel Suite: Redefining Engagement and Amplifying Impact
Volvo Trucks
Volvo Trucks Web (re)Evolution
2025 Category Winners
Explore the strategies from each of the winners and access Gartner expert advice on how to implement at your organization.
About the Awards
Our Awards reward and recognize Marketing and Communications professionals and teams* that have achieved real, measurable business outcomes in their organizations.
Winners showcase their great work via a number of potential channels, including: live presentations; winners’ webinar; profiled case studies; podcast interviews; and a winners video showcase on awards' website. Winning an Award has helped previous winners to:
- Secure additional resources internally
- Attract and engage talent to their function
- Gain internal support and credibility
- Achieve global recognition from peers
*The Awards are open to all marketing and/or communications leaders and practitioners within a business. We do not accept entries from vendors promoting their own products, or consultancies who have delivered consultancy engagements in marketing and communications for clients.
Key Dates
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Our Esteemed Executive Judging Panel for 2025
Adam Solarz
VP, Brand & Content Marketing
CoreLogic
Alethea Reid
Head of Communications, Australia Retail
ANZ
Amie Tyson
Director, Creative Studio & Brand
Cochlear
Clelia Fabbricatore
Global Head of Marketing Strategy
Schroders
Conor McKechnie
VP, Marketing & Strategy
Cytiva
David Brannigan
Chief Marketing Officer
BSI Group
David Green
VP, Global Marketing
ICON plc
David Rabin
VP & CMO, SSG
Lenovo
Dean Aragón
CEO SBI & VP Brand
Shell Brands International AG
Erin Newkirk
Chief Brand & Marketing Officer
Caribou Coffee
Greg Boosin
EVP, B2B & Product Marketing
Mastercard
Gwendoline Ornigg
VP, Global Communications
UCB
Hema Widhani
Chief Digital & Marketing Officer
Prudential
Jesse Humphrey
VP, Marketing
Diversified
Joe Cook
Sr Director, Strategy & Operations, Global Communication
Cargill
Jonathan Evans
Head of Internal Communications
Finastra
Josh Golden
Chief Marketing Officer
Quad
Karen Kerr
VP, Group Communications
RS GROUP
Kate Walton
Director of Marketing & Sales
Navy Mutual
Katharina Auer
Head of Internal, Service, HSE, SD, Suppliers & Partners Communications; Communications Business Solutions
Hitachi Energy Ltd
Kati Suurmunne
VP, Brand & Communications
Fortum Oyj
Kerry Penny
SVP, Global Head of Brand & Content
Valtech
Kimberly Warne
SVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Wesco International
Luis Soto
SVP, Strategy & Growth
First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union
Maria Winn
Chief Marketing Officer
Mitie
Matthew DiGirolamo
Chief Corporate Affairs & Engagement Officer, North America
L'Oreal Groupe
Melissa Reeves
EVP, Global Head of Brand & Client Experience
PIMCO
Nancy Fullerton
Sr Director, Global Communications
CoorsTek
Natalie Ho
VP, Global Marketing
RGA (Reinsurance Group of America)
Peter Mikeal
VP of Marketing, North America
Globant
Sara Hassett
Head of Brand, Marketing & Communications, Industrial & Energy Technology
Baker Hughes
Stephanie Meyer
Chief Marketing Officer
HSA Bank, Division of Webster Bank
Tanya Brees
Comms & Marketing Leader
Tarnya Dunning
Executive - Communications
Telstra
Tory Pachis
SVP, Marketing & Communications
Amica Insurance
Veronica Apostolico
VP, Internal Communication & Employee Engagement
Smith+Nephew
VJ Bala
Chief of Staff, Global Marketing
ResMed
Previous Marketing & Communications Awards Entrants:
Adam Solarz
VP, Brand & Content Marketing
CoreLogic
Amie Tyson
Director, Creative Studio & Brand
Cochlear
Antonio Boadas
VP, Communications
GE Appliances, a Haier Company
Bill Warren
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Stony Brook University
Carrie Ruddy
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Trane Technologies
Clairy Moraitou
Group Head of Customer, Market & Brand Insights
Zurich Insurance Company
David Bradfield
VP, Integrated Marketing & Communication
Definity
David MacGregor
Director, Internal Communications & Engagement
Woolworths Group
Erin Newkirk
Chief Brand & Marketing Officer
Caribou Coffee
Greg Boosin
EVP, B2B & Product Marketing
Mastercard
Jesse Humphrey
VP, Marketing
Diversified
Jo Alexander
Head of Strategic Communications
ANZ
Joe Cook
Sr Director, Strategy & Operations, Global Communication
Cargill
Karen Kerr
VP, Group Communications
RS GROUP
Karenann Bannister
VP, Marketing
Centurion Asset Management Inc.
Kate Walton
Director of Marketing & Sales
Navy Mutual
Katharina Auer
Head of Internal, Service, HSE, SD, Suppliers & Partners Communications; Communications Business Solutions
Hitachi Energy Ltd
Kati Suurmunne
VP, Brand & Communications
Fortum Oyj
Leslie Walstrom
Global Head of Marketing
Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Luis Soto
SVP, Strategy & Growth
First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union
Matthew DiGirolamo
Chief Corporate Affairs & Engagement Officer, North America
L'Oreal Groupe
Michael Feigenbaum
SVP, Global Brand Experience
American Nurses Association
Nancy Fullerton
Sr Director, Global Communications
CoorsTek
Natalie Ho
VP, Global Marketing
RGA (Reinsurance Group of America)
Paul Catherwood
VP, Global Communications
Capital Group
Paul Humphries
VP, Consumer Experience
Kellogg's Europe
Reija Sihlman
Head of Marketing & Communications
Tietoevry Create
Stacey Ullrich
Vice President,
Exelon
Steve Ertel
Vice Chancellor for Communications & Marketing
Vanderbilt University
Sunshine Farzan
Global Head of Marketing & Communications
Standard Chartered Bank
Tanya Brees
Comms & Marketing Leader
Tarnya Dunning
Executive - Communications
Telstra
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