Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was named to the third annual PR News Agency Elite Top 100 list. The program spotlights “the nation’s most innovative PR and communications firms of the year.” (PR News)

PRovoke invited Adam to judge the North America SABRE Awards. The competition attracts more than 2,000 entries and recognizes “Superior Achievement in Branding, Reputation and Engagement.” Adam Ritchie Brand Direction is a 13-time SABRE honoree. (PRovoke)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was named to the second annual PR News Agency Elite Top 100 list. The editors said the firm continues to “expand the way public relations is practiced” and overall remarked how “flexibility and evolution” were qualities of the agencies recognized. Firms were scored across more than a dozen criteria to highlight “the standout agencies doing the most innovative work.” (PR News)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction won the Thought Leadership In PR category of the North American SABRE Awards, hosted by PRovoke. The category honors “activities designed to elevate awareness and understanding of PR” in a competition attracting more than 2,000 entries, which recognizes “Superior Achievement in Branding, Reputation and Engagement.”

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction won the Gold Award for Small Agency of the Year and the Silver Award for Best Thought Leadership Campaign in the Bulldog Reporter PR Awards. The competition was judged by a panel of journalists and recognizes "the most outstanding PR and communications campaigns, and the most extraordinary individual and agency contributions to the industry." (Bulldog Reporter)

PRovoke named Adam Ritchie Brand Direction a finalist in the Thought Leadership in PR category of the SABRE Awards North America. The competition attracted more than 2,000 entries and “recognizes Superior Achievement in Branding, Reputation and Engagement.”

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction won Best Agency Disruption in the Agency Spotlight portion of the Innovation SABRE Awards. The category recognizes a firm “disrupting the traditional ways of doing business and moving the industry toward the future.”

PR News included Adam on its list of “top talent and passionate professionals who day in and day out are making communications matter in the marketplace.” The jury said Adam “shifts from building some of the industry’s most experimental and lighthearted campaigns to managing serious reputational crises from minute to minute.” (PR News)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was shortlisted by PRovoke for Best Agency Disruption and Best Agency Thought Leadership in the Innovation & Insights SABRE Awards. This year's finalists “went beyond, pushed boundaries and proved innovation during unfathomably challenging times.”

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction won the Boutique Agency of the Year category in the PR News Platinum PR Awards. The firm was recognized for its invention-first approach to PR. The awards "mark excellence across people, teams and campaigns.” (PR News)

Adam Ritchie was named to PRovoke’s annual Innovator 25 list, featuring “remarkable innovators who are addressing the industry’s challenges with ingenuity and insight to make meaningful change.” The editors said this year's honorees are “taking risks and producing groundbreaking creative across emerging platforms.” (PRovoke)

Forbes and research partner Statista have named Adam Ritchie Brand Direction as one of America’s Best PR Agencies. More than 12,700 experts and 20,500 customers were surveyed and nominated more than 5,000 firms, which were then narrowed down and scored. The agencies who made the cut are helping clients “navigate their clients through an uncertain, volatile and noisy year.” (Forbes)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was named to the PR News Agency Elite Top 100 list. The editors said the firm is “expanding the way public relations is practiced” and overall remarked how “creative concepts and execution can be accomplished by teams of any size.” Firms were scored across more than a dozen criteria to highlight “the standout agencies doing the most innovative work.” (PR News)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was shortlisted five times in The Drum Marketing Awards US. The agency was recognized in four campaign categories — Consumer, Retail, Social Media Strategy and PR Strategy — and Adam was shortlisted for Marketer of the Year. The awards recognize campaigns and individuals who demonstrate “innovation, creativity and results.” Honorees were chosen by a judging panel of marketing executives from Disney, PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Mailchimp, Expedia, IBM, Apple, HP and BMW. (The Drum)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was shortlisted by PRovoke in the North American Agencies of the Year Awards. The jury recognized the agency’s industry leadership, range of capabilities and said, “Adam Ritchie's non-traditional take on PR sets the firm apart.” Honorees are chosen from “the best PR firms across the US and Canada.” (PRovoke)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was shortlisted by PRovoke in four separate campaign categories in the Innovation & Insights SABRE Awards: Best Earned Media with Influencers + Communities, Best Use of Integrated Social Media, Best Use of Photo Networks and Best in Crowdsourcing & Co-creating. This year's finalists, “went beyond, pushed boundaries and proved innovation.”

PR News shortlisted two Adam Ritchie Brand Direction campaigns in the Platinum PR Awards. The agency’s Life Alive campaign is up for Influencer Communications and its SUMR brands campaign is up for Visual Storytelling. The awards "celebrate the year's crowning achievements in communications and marketing, and benchmark the top campaigns." (PR News)

The agency won the Gold Award for Best Visual Storytelling Campaign and the Silver Award for Best Food & Beverage Campaign in the Bulldog Reporter PR Awards. The awards were judged by journalists from Forbes, USA Today and The Washington Post, and recognize "outstanding PR and communications campaigns." (Bulldog Reporter)

The PR trades have unanimously placed Adam Ritchie among the top public relations professionals in the country, with individual recognitions from The Holmes Report, The American Business Awards, PR News, PR Daily, Bulldog Reporter, PRWeek and more. (Bulldog Reporter) (Business Wire) (Newhouse Alumni News)

Adam Ritchie was named Marketing Professional of the Year in the PR Daily ACE Awards. The program recognizes individuals Achieving Communications Excellence who have "redefined the field with their groundbreaking work." The Marketing category is awarded to a professional who has "moved people to act, advocated for clients, marketed on multiple channels, increased audience engagement and turned casual consumers into brand loyalists." (PR Daily)