Pearl Awards

The Content Council has been celebrating excellence in content marketing since 2004, making The Pearl Awards the longest running and most prestigious content marketing awards program in the United States. Content Marketers - small and large; B2B and B2C; representing clients in a wide range of industries; and producing programs across multiple channels – have had the honor of winning a Pearl Award over the last 15 years. 

2018 Pearl Awards Winners

Check out the 2018 Pearl Awards Winners!

Click here to see photos of the winners at the event!

2018 Pearl Awards Shortlist

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Individual Awards

The Content Council is excited to announce:

Justine Drake, Content Director, John Brown South Africa as the 2018 Content Director of the Year.
Adam Cholewa, Creative Director, St Joseph Communications as the 2018 Creative Director of the Year.

Event Details

We had our annual Pearl Awards and Winter Conference on Friday, December 7, 2018 at Hearst Tower. For more details and to relive the event, please click here.

Categories

• Best Cover
• Best New Program Launch
• Best Overall Content Program
• Best Print Experience B2B 
• Best Print Experience B2C 
• Best Use of Email
• Best Use of Influencer Marketing
• Best Use of Native Advertising
• Best Use of Photography
• Best Use of Social Media 
• Best Use of Video
• Best Website
• Most Effective: Automotive
• Most Effective: Financial Services
• Most Effective: Food & Beverage
• Most Effective: Healthcare / Pharma
• Most Effective: Non-profit / Association / Gov't
• Most Effective: Retail, Fashion & Beauty
• Most Effective: Travel and Leisure
• Most Innovative Content Solution

Individual Awards

• Caldwell Award
• Rising Star
• Content Director of the Year
• Creative Director of the Year
• Brand of the Year
• Innovator of the Year

Thank You to our Judges

• Kim Amadeo, Imprint
• Ian Baer, Rauxa
• Suzanne Bohle, Council of State Restaurant Associations
• Robert Bohle PhD, Department of Communication, University of North Florida
• Jennifer Braunschweiger, MM.LaFleur
• Cam Brown, Kingfish Media
• Danielle Dardashti, dash.
• Linda Descano, Havas
• Lori Greene, LPG Enteprises
• Andrew Hanelly, Revmade
• Keith Kawasaki, iostudio
• Greg Leeds, The Foundry @ Meredith Corp
• Duncan Milne, Imprint
• Amanda Mohs, Integro Insurance Brokers
• Marie Ostrosky, Grey Salt Culinary
• Ryan Petersen, CDW
• Urszula Radzinska, Aude
• Susan Schulz, The New York Academy of Sciences
• Katie Sehl, Contributing Writer and Editor, Bookmark
• Andy Seibert, Imprint
• Juliet Stott, Contributing Editor, Content Magazine 
• Elizabeth Sullivan, ZS Associates
• Beth Tomkiw, Trusted Media Brands
• Paul Tsigrikes, The Washington Post
• Sheryl Victor-Levy, Museum of the City of New York
• John von Brachel, Bank of America
• Jeff Westhoven, Carbone Smolan Agency
• Natalie Widdowson, T Rowe Price
• Kairen Wu, Lindt

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