Industry recognition for Team Akrete
Akrete is an award-winning PR firm. Some recent wins:
- Gold Stevie® from the International Business Awards: 2025 PR Agency of the Year – US and Canada
- PRWeek: Best Places To Work 2025
- PRNews: Top 120 Agency Elite 2026
- #3 PR Firm for Real Estate, Finance and Development*
- #11 Chicago PR Firm*
- Top 120 PR firm nationwide—ranked nationally for 10+ years*
*Source: O’Dwyer’s Rankings of Independent PR Firms
INDUSTRY RECOGNITION FOR AKRETE CLIENTS
Storytelling that wins awards is part of our core offering. We identify opportunities; help identify and vet proof points; and of course, draft the submittals. Some recent wins we helped our clients achieve include:
Gramercy Institute | 2026 Financial Marketing Strategy-Banking Award
Awarded to: KeyBank, for their cross-business line, multiple region, collaboratively-created Expansion Markets campaign.
Urban Land Institute | 2021 Health Leaders Network
Awarded to: Doug King, Project Management Advisors
Fast Company | The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies 2019
Awarded to: A confidential client
GlobeSt.com Women of Influence Awards
Team Akrete is an advocate for the women executives we promote and the MarCom executives who guide our work. We’ve helped achieved WOI designations for women leaders at BGO, Project Management Advisors, Unispace and many others. Additionally, Team Akrete’s own Michelle Pittman (2025), Nicole Stenclik (2024) and Margy Sweeney (2023) have been awarded this widely recognized achievement.
AMCP 2018 | Hermes Creative Awards, Platinum Award
Awarded to: Akrete working in collaboration with a confidential client
We’ve also helped clients win the Loyola University Chicago, Illinois Family Business of the Year (Golub and Company); a RealComm Digie Award (JLL); a Content Marketing Award for Best Overall Editorial: Digital (JLL); and many others.
