Cooksey Wins Seven MarCom Awards to Cap Off Successful Year of Industry-Leading Marketing and Communication Efforts
DALLAS – Feb. 11, 2025 –
North Texas-based strategic communications firm Cooksey Communications recently received two top-level Platinum Awards and three Gold Awards in the 2024 MarCom Awards, an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communication professionals.
These seven awards add to Cooksey’s legacy of award-winning work, underscoring the agency’s reputation for producing high-quality, creative and impactful client deliverables.
PLATINUM
- Ads (Design) – The Gatehouse: Cooksey designed an ad used in various digital and print campaigns to promote The Gatehouse’s resources for goal-oriented single-mom students completing their degrees in high-demand career fields.
- Annual Report (Government) – Anna Economic Development Corporation: Cooksey created a robust annual report, titled “Forging our Future,” to highlight the City of Anna’s accomplishments for the 2024 fiscal year.
GOLD
- Media Relations/Publicity (Online Placement) – Credit Union of Texas: Cooksey secured a feature article in CUToday.info, a leading source of news and resources for credit union decision-makers, showcasing the credit union’s SMART Branch program.
- Media Relations/Publicity (Newspaper Placement) – Hillwood: Cooksey secured an article in the Dallas Business Journal featuring Hillwood’s future development plans and its start of construction on an 800,000-square-foot, Dick’s Sporting Goods regional distribution center in Fort Worth.
- Media Relations/Publicity (Online Placement) – Irving Economic Development Partnership (Irving EDP): Cooksey placed an article in NBC 5 DFW showcasing the Irving EDP’s and City of Irving Mayor Rick Stopfer’s presentation of a key to the city to actor and filmmaker Kevin Costner,.
HONORABLE MENTION
- Media Relations/Publicity (Newspaper Placement) – Southern Land Company: Cooksey placed an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram highlighting Deco 969, Southern Land Company’s new 27-story apartment building, the first new residential high-rise in downtown Fort Worth in more than 30 years.
- Marketing/Promotion/Materials (Invitation) – The Real Estate Council (TREC): In honor of TREC’s 35th annual FightNight, one of North Texas’ largest philanthropic events, Cooksey created an email invitation with a dynamic animation that was sent to the most influential commercial real estate professionals and companies in the region.
The MarCom Awards is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. This international organization consists of thousands of creative professionals who help oversee awards and recognition programs, provide judges and set standards for excellence in the industry.
This year, about 16% of MarCom entries won Platinum, the top award, and around 21% won the Gold Award. Approximately 13% were Honorable Mention winners.
Cooksey Communications is a leading Texas-based strategic communications firm with three decades of essential expertise in four core practice areas: (1) Professional Services; (2) Public Sector; (3) Real Estate & Development; and (4) Sustainability. Cooksey was recognized as the 2024 Small Agency of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America’s Dallas chapter. For more information, visit www.CookseyPR.com.