Cooksey Earns Six MarCom Awards in International Creative Competition

Cooksey Communications recently received four Platinum and two Gold honors in the 2017 MarCom Awards, an international creative competition.

The six, prestigious awards highlight Cooksey’s diverse and successful experience in strategic communications, creative design, media relations, special events and more:

  • Platinum Winner – Strategic Plan Design – DFW International Airport Strategic Plan 2016-2020. Cooksey designed and completed a strategic plan for DFW International Airport with a focus on customer experience, business performance, employee engagement, operational excellence, community engagement, safety and security, and the future.
  • Platinum Winner – Television Placement – Exclusive Tour: Modern Meets Creative at Frisco Station. Cooksey secured a two-minute segment on NBC 5 (KXAS-TV) about progress on the Frisco Station development, a mixed-use, master community that could bring 14,000 jobs to Collin County.
  • Platinum Winner – Magazine Placement – City of Enid’s Approach to Protect Future Water Supply. In partnership with Freese and Nichols, Inc., Cooksey drafted and placed an article in Southwest Water Works Journal about the Kaw Lake project, which will provide the City of Enid with a reliable water supply for the next 50 years and beyond.
  • Platinum Winner – Special Event – Dallas High School Media Hard Hat Tour. In partnership with the Dallas office of the global architecture and design firm, Perkins+Will, Cooksey planned an exclusive media tour of the landmark downtown Dallas High School, which will house the firm’s more than 180 professionals in late 2017.
  • Gold Winner – Logo – Drive Like Your Family Lives Here. Cooksey designed the logo for the City of Mesquite’s “Drive Like Your Family Lives Here” public education program, which was developed to help improve traffic safety.
  • Gold Winner – Print Advertising – Magazine Beach Ad for EltaMD. Cooksey created a two-page ad to showcase EltaMD’s sun protection products in Princess Cruises

MarCom Awards honor excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals. Since its inception in 2004, MarCom has evolved into one of the largest, most-respected creative competitions in the world. Each year, about 6,000 print and digital entries are submitted from dozens of countries.

MarCom is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization, founded in 1995, consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, digital and web professionals. AMCP administers recognition programs, provides judges, and rewards outstanding achievement and service to the community. In the past few years alone, AMCP has contributed more than $250,000 to charitable causes.

Cooksey Earns Six MarCom Awards in International Creative Competition

Cooksey Communications recently received three Platinum and three Gold honors in the 2018 MarCom Awards, an international creative competition, in recognition of the agency’s outstanding client work over the past year.

PLATINUM AWARDS

  • Strategic Communications (Media Relations/Publicity)
    CRYSTAL LAGOONS® – BALMORAL
    Cooksey secured more than 100 print, broadcast and digital stories for the August grand opening near Houston of the first man-made, crystalline lagoon in Texas. This resulted in reaching an audience of more than 1.7 million and a return on investment exceeding a quarter of a million dollars.
  • Strategic Communications (Media Relations/Publicity)
    FRISCO STATION “INNOVATION” MEDIA COVERAGE 
    Cooksey was instrumental in several media stories centered around innovation at Frisco Station, an exciting 242-acre, new-urban destination in the heart of Frisco designed to enhance the well-being of all who visit, live and work. This included extensive media coverage about the project’s 5G Evolution wireless technology, Uber Elevate urban aviation ride-sharing and drive.ai turnkey mobility solutions.
  • Print Media (Print Creativity)
    RICHARDSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP (REDP) POCKET FOLDER

    The firm designed a visually dramatic, tri-fold pocket folder to showcase the Richardson community’s exceptional, business-friendly attributes and global reputation for high-tech innovation, and to support the REDP’s proactive economic development efforts across the U.S. and internationally over the coming years.

 GOLD AWARDS

  • Strategic Communications  (Communications/Public Relations)
    UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY
    Cooksey assisted the organization with its annual campaign launch and announcement of the honorary campaign chair, baseball Hall of Famer Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez. The public relations, media outreach and social media efforts helped to kick off the organization’s annual fundraising season.
  • Strategic Communications  (Media Relations/Publicity)
    SKANSKA

    Cooksey’s work ensured that advanced technology being utilized in various projects by Skanska, a worldwide construction and development company, was featured in a San Antonio Business Journal article titled “Construction’s High-Tech Future in San Antonio.”
  • Print Media  (Publications)
    EltaMD “DID YOU KNOW?” BROCHURE

    Cooksey’s creative department designed a 24-page product brochure to educate consumers about protecting their skin against premature aging and skin cancer. EltaMD is a leading physician‐dispensed sun care brand with a unique positioning around broad‐spectrum, everyday use, physician‐dispensed sunscreen.

MarCom is one of the largest and most prestigious creative competitions in the world. MarCom is sponsored and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals (AMCP), a 24-year-old international organization consisting of several thousand creative professionals.

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