National PR Firm Wins Prestigious Award for Creative Excellence in Client Work
ORLANDO, FL–(Marketwired – May 28, 2013) – Uproar PR, a full service public relations and social media firm, today announces that it has been named a recipient of two 2013 Hermes Creative Awards from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. Uproar received a gold award for its public relations campaign for national staffing agency Kavaliro and honorable mention for its pro bono campaign with Make-A-Wish® Central and Northern Florida.
Receiving more than 5,000 entries for the 2013 competition, AMCP selected winners based on outstanding work in the industry while promoting the philanthropic nature of marketing and communication professionals.
“We are truly honored to have received such noteworthy recognition from our peers for the second year in a row,” said Partner and Co-Founder Mike Harris. “Attaining these awards is a testament to the high impact results we deliver every day for our clients.”
Uproar focused Kavaliro’s public relations campaign on a strategic media relations push to present the company as the national thought leader on employment. The firm succeeded in capturing the attention of national media channels including Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc., The New York Times, Entrepreneur and CNN Money.
“Uproar continues to go above and beyond expectations,” said Bill Peppler, Managing Partner at Kavaliro. “We value our relationship as a true partnership in every sense of the word. The entire Uproar team simply does phenomenal work.”
In addition to its work with Kavaliro, the firm was also recognized for its successful pro bono efforts with the Northern and Central Florida chapter of Make-A-Wish®. Uproar successfully brought awareness and funding opportunities to the chapter by garnering media coverage in top tier TV and print outlets in all of the organization’s key local markets.
Uproar exceeded expectations and client goals for both campaigns, earning the agency distinguished honors from the AMCP community.
