2014 Romanian PR Award winners – unveiled

Romanian PR Award unveiled, during a Gala organized on November 27th, the winners of the 2014 edition of the competition, with Golin Romania scooping the PR Agency of the Year Award. The jury awarded, in total, 19 Golds, 40 Silvers and 12 excellence diplomas, but also special distinctions like PR In-house Team of the Year (which went to GSK Romania), PR Professional of the Year – Corneliu Cojocaru, counsel Communication Direction at Romanian National Bank, and Communicator of the Year – Ivan Patzaichin.

The jury handed also an  in memoriam Outstanding Award to Adela Rogojinaru, professor-doctor who contributed to the development of PR in Romania, to its positioning at academic level and for outstanding achievements in the benefit of the profession.

The full list of winners is available here.

Golin scooped Agency of the Year Award after it received in total 13 awards: 6 Golds and 7 Silvers.

Agency of the Year title is the strong ambition of all PR people. It is, it was and will be always our ambition. And the fact that, this year, Golin Romania managed the event (…) is due to the team: golinists, the best people from all existing, to our clients, who trust in our beautiful dream to be better together, to our friends and partners Lowe&Partners and Initiative. Agency of the Year title is the most beautiful recognition of the value of this wonderful team of passionate people. #GoAllin!

Hortensia Nastase,

Managing Partner, Golin Romania.

The Practice (officially MSLGroup The Practice) received at the same Gala a total of 15 awards (4 Gold, 10 Silver and 1 Excellence Diploma), but also the Innovator of the Year distinction for “Preparing today for the jobs of tomorrow” (client Samsung Electronics Romania).

We are extremely proud for each campain in part and for each award we won. We rejoiced last night as if we won for the first time, although we are for a long time the most awarded PR agency in Romania. 15 awards out of 20 nominations is an extraordinary result. We showed once aain that MSLGroup The Practice is a team with very creative and very passionate people. We thank to all our wonderful colleagues and clients!

Oana Bulexa,

Managing Director MSLGroup The Practice.

PR Innovator of the Year is more than a prize. It is a validation that any PR agency wants and we have it as an objective with every campaign at MSLGroup The Practice. With Samsung, we innovated many times over the time and we raised the standards in ITC and CSR communication (…)

Monica Jitariuc,

Managing Director MSLGroup The Practice.

Another winner at PR Award 2014 was the Romanian digital agency Digital Star, which scooped 3 accolades: Gold in Social Media, 2 Silvers and 2 nominations.