Julie Colehour, left, and Molly Brumley
C+C continued its domination of the local Totem Awards competition, even as it was being named Outstanding Small Agency in the country at PRWeek magazine’s 2018 awards gala in New York City, considered “the Oscars of the PR industry.”
The Seattle-based public relations firm once again left the field in the dust at the PRSA Totem awards on March 22, with 14 Totems and 7 Certificates of Excellence, for a total of 21 awards, plus Best of Show—its fourth such honor in the past five yers and sixth in the past nine. The closest competitor for overall honors was Allstate Northwest Corporate Relations. Quinn Thomas, a relative newcomer to Seattle, was third with five awards.
A total of 23 entrants received 53 Totems and 22 Certificates in the 75 categories. Some 93 total entries were received, which was 30 more than the prior year, according to a spokesperson for the event.
C+C’s Best of Show Award was for its Great American Eclipse Flight Promotion for Alaska Airlines.Tacoma-based JayRay was given the President’s Choice Award for its Live Like The Mountain Is Out campaign for South Sound Together.
In other recognitions by the Puget Sound Chapter of PRSA, Delaney Berreth of Pacific Science Center was named Outstanding Young Professional and Janelle Guthrie was named Public Relations Professional of the Year.
On March 16, C+C principal Julie Colehour, at left in photo, and Molly Brumley were at the posh Cipriani Wall Street hotel in New York City to receive the Outstanding Small Agency Award, as well as an award for Best Promotional Event, also for its work on the Great American Eclipse Flight Promotion.
Said Julie: “We are super proud to have received these recognitions from PRSA and PRWeek. We couldn’t have done it without our amazing clients and awesome teams in Seattle, Boston and Portland. It proves you really can do well by doing good.”
C+C, formerly Colehour+Cohen, with grown to a staff of 70 in its three offices. Julie and Bryan Cohen co-founded the agency in 2005 with the mantra: “Do Good Work” (except on those days when it’s superseded by the more vivid “Your Mother Doesn’t Work Here, Clean Up Your Mess”).
—LC