Awards and recognition
Check out the highlights of our trophy case
Content marketing 101: Don’t toot your own horn.
But we’re so proud of our team and our clients that we created this page as the exception. Take a peek at some of the industry recognition our team has received lately:
Reputation Ink Named Finalist for 2026 PRWeek Outstanding Boutique Agency Award
Recognizing firms that demonstrate excellence in strategic thinking, client impact, creativity and business performance.
Daily Business Review’s 2025 ‘Best Of’ Survey
Reputation Ink was recognized by the Daily Business Review as the 2nd place winner in the 2025 Best Of survey in the “Public Relations Firm” category.
Reputation Ink Named to University of Florida’s 2025 Gator100 List
Reputation Ink has once again been recognized as one of the fastest-growing Gator-led businesses, earning a spot for the second year in a row on the University of Florida’s 2025 Gator100 list.
2024 Award of Excellence for Superior Construction annual report project
Reputation Ink was awarded a 2024 Award of Excellence by the Communicator Awards in the “Annual Report — Corporation or Business” category for producing client Superior Construction’s 2022 annual report.
Jacksonville Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Companies in Northeast Florida
Reputation Ink was named one of Northeast Florida’s 2024 Fastest Growing Companies in the Jacksonville Business Journal for the second year in a row.
Lawdragon 100 Global Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting
For the third consecutive year, Reputation Ink Principal and President Michelle Calcote King was named to Lawdragon’s 100 Global Leaders in Legal Strategy & Consulting in 2025.
University of Florida’s 2024 Gator100 List
Reputation Ink was named to the University of Florida’s 2024 Gator100 list, which recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned by Gator alums.
Silver ADDY award for 2023 holiday video
Reputation Ink was awarded a silver ADDY by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) for its creative video on the pitfalls of artificial intelligence. The three-minute clip, “When the bots take over your video,” playfully explores what can happen when businesses use AI without strategy or human oversight.
Gold in 2022 Bulldog PR Awards
Reputation Ink has been awarded Gold in the Best PR podcast category by Bulldog PR Awards. “Spill the Ink” is hosted by the agency’s principal and president, Michelle Calcote King. Launched in January 2021, the podcast features experts on thought leadership and brand visibility for professional services firms.
2022 Award of Excellence by the Communicator Awards
Reputation Ink, a B2B professional services public relations and content marketing agency, was awarded a 2022 Award of Excellence by the Communicator Awards in the “Podcast Series” category for its Spill the Ink podcast.
Gold ADDY award for 2021 holiday video
Reputation Ink was awarded a gold ADDY by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) for its video, “2021: That’s a Wrap.”
2021 IABC Southern Region Silver Quill Award
Reputation Ink was awarded a 2021 IABC Southern Region Silver Quill Award for its work with client McMillan Pazdan Smith, a regional, studio-based architecture, planning and interior design firm.
Silver ADDY award for 2020 holiday video
Reputation Ink was awarded a silver ADDY by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) for its video, “Rep Ink’s 2020 Nice List.” The video was also awarded gold in the AAF’s District 4 American Advertising Awards show, and is a finalist for Best-in-Category.
Reputation Ink’s work with client Stellar wins Zweig Marketing Excellence Award
Reputation Ink is proud to be a 2020 Marketing Excellence Award winner in the category of Integrated Marketing with client Stellar.
Reputation Ink’s INKsights newsletter receives Gold in 2020 Bulldog PR Awards
Reputation Ink, a marketing and public relations agency focused on law firms and other professional services firms, has been awarded Gold in the Best Blog Related Campaign category by Bulldog PR Awards.
Reputation Ink named PR Daily’s 2020 Digital Marketing & Social Media Award finalist
Reputation Ink, a marketing and public relations agency focused on law firms and other professional services firms, has been named one of PR Daily’s 2020 Digital Marketing & Social Media Awards finalists for its email newsletter, INKsights.
Reputation Ink awarded 2020 Communicator Award for email newsletter
Reputation Ink’s INKsights newsletter focuses on bringing valuable insights and learnings to a B2B audience, specifically in-house legal marketers. The INKsights newsletter features our agency’s latest blog post, as well as curated and original resources. It offers insights into the challenges facing our clients and how our team’s expertise can help.
Reputation Ink wins silver ADDY award for holiday marketing campaign
Content marketing and public relations agency Reputation Ink was awarded a silver ADDY by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) for its video, “PR tips for the 2019 holiday season.”
Reputation Ink and Client Lightfoot, Franklin & White Recognized by PR Daily for Thought Leadership Campaign
Reputation Ink, a business-to-business marketing and public relations agency for complex industries, is proud to be recognized by PR Daily’s 2019 Media Relations Awards for work done with client Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC. The agency’s submission “Leveraging a Lawyer’s Impeachment Experience to Secure National Media Coverage” won an honorable mention in the thought leadership campaign category.
Reputation Ink and client Stellar receive Honorable Mention in 2019 PR Daily awards for content marketing work
Reputation Ink, a business-to-business marketing and public relations agency built for complex industries, obtained an honorable mention in PR Daily’s 2019 Digital Marketing and Social Media Awards. The agency was recognized for its work on Food for Thought, an industry blog developed with client Stellar.
Reputation Ink client Lightfoot, Franklin & White wins Communicator Award of Excellence for new website
Reputation Ink, a business-to-business marketing and public relations agency for complex industries, is proud to announce client Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC’s Communicator Award of Excellence for their website. The website won the highest level of recognition in the annual awards from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts.
Reputation Ink’s video work wins 2019 Communicator Award of Distinction for client Stellar
Reputation Ink, a business-to-business marketing and public relations agency built for complex industries, has won a Communicator Award of Distinction from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts in the “online video” category for work completed on behalf of client Stellar.
Reputation Ink’s video work for client Stellar wins two 2018 Construction Marketing STAR Awards
For the second year in a row, Reputation Ink and its client Stellar have been recognized by the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) annual STAR Awards for marketing excellence in the construction industry. The CMA STAR awards recognize excellence in 16 marketing categories and 80 sub-categories each year. In 2018, Reputation Ink and Stellar received two STAR Awards for video work.
Communicator Award of Distinction, Branded Content — Series, Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts
Reputation Ink received a 2018 Communicator Award of Distinction from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts in the “Online Video: Branded Content — Series” category.
Communicator Award of Distinction, Collateral — Marketing/Promotion, Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts
Reputation Ink received a 2018 Communicator Award of Distinction from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts in the “Design & Print: Collateral — Marketing/Promotion” category.
STAR Award for Marketing Excellence in the Construction Industry, Construction Marketing Association (CMA)
Reputation Ink and its client Stellar have been recognized by the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) annual STAR Awards for marketing excellence in the construction industry.
Your Honor Award, Media Strategy, Legal Marketing Association Southeast Region (LMASE)
Reputation Ink, along with our client Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC, a litigation law firm, received a Your Honor Award from the Legal Marketing Association Southeast Region (LMASE) for a PR campaign that garnered national media attention and generated new business for the firm. LMASE awarded Lightfoot first place in the “media strategy” category at the organization’s annual conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Merit Award, Recruitment and Retention Category, Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)
Reputation Ink, along with our client Stellar, a fully integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction and mechanical services worldwide, won a merit award in the recruitment and retention category from the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS). SMPS is the premier architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) marketing and business development association.
Gold ADDY, American Advertising Federation, Jax Chapter
We ventured into new territory in 2016 by creating our first-ever video holiday card, “F*ck 2016: Marketer’s Plea to Santa.” The video — complete with adult language, cultural references and marketing jargon — features a child on the night before Christmas writing his wishes after a rather tough year. Not only was it a huge hit with clients, prospects and friends of the agency, but the Jax Chapter of the American Advertising Federation recognized the video with a gold ADDY award. The Reputation Ink team wrote the script, directed, filmed and produced the video in-house.
Best Website for Generating Business and Leads, BizTech Award, Jacksonville Business Journal
Along with our client, Stellar, we took home the Jacksonville Business Journal’s 2015 BizTech award for “BestWebsite for Generating Business and Leads.” The honor recognizes Food for Thought, Stellar’s educational blog focused exclusively on the design and construction of food processing facilities.
First Place, Social Media Category, Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)
Reputation Ink, and our client Stellar, a fully integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction and mechanical services worldwide, won first place in the social media category in the 38th annual Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) Marketing Communications Awards competition for the thought-leadership blog, Food for Thought.
Marketing Excellence in Consulting, Stellar Group
As our first and longest-standing client, we have had the pleasure to help Stellar grow tremendously over the last five years. We were floored and honored when the client actually created an award to thank us for all of our hard (and effective) work—it’s the first and only time the client has recognized a vendor for outstanding service. We are so proud of this award for “Marketing Excellence in Consulting.”
Silver and Gold ADDYs, American Advertising Federation, Jax Chapter and District 4
At Rep Ink, we like to have fun and let our personality shine through. The holidays are our favorite time to flex our creativity, sending out fun cards to clients, prospects and friends of the agency. In 2015, our “Crimes Against Content: The content marketing & PR party game,” which put a content spin on the notorious Cards Against Humanity game, was our biggest effort yet. Not only did the card win a Silver ADDY Award from the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, it also went on to win a Gold ADDY at the district-level competition in the agency self-promotion category.