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Awards & Recognition

WKQ Media has won five awards for work with progressive campaigns and advocacy organizations, alongside partners including Basis Technologies, INTRVL and Moira Studio, with further recognition as a finalist at the Reed and MediaPost OMMA Awards.

Awards won

  • AdExchanger Awards · 2025

    Best Data-Driven TV Campaign

    “MI Supreme Court Rocks,” with Basis Technologies and Engage Michigan. Connected TV built to reach voters who reliably turn out but leave the bottom of the ballot blank.

    Announced by Basis Technologies

  • Reed Awards · 2026

    Best Use of CTV Targeting — Democratic

    Credited to WKQ Media, INTRVL and Make the Road Action, with creative from Moira Studio. The New Jersey Latino voter program.

    2026 Reed Award winners, Campaigns & Elections

  • CampaignTech Awards · 2025 · Gold

    Innovation in Digital Advertising

    Credited to INTRVL and WKQ Media, with Basis Technologies and Make the Road Action. The New Jersey program’s audience modelling and measurement design.

    2025 CampaignTech winners, Campaigns & Elections

  • Reed Awards · 2025

    Best Use of a Social Platform — Democratic

    Michigan US Senate — Elissa Slotkin, with For Michigan Action Fund. The campus turnout program that ran against the statewide tide.

    2025 Reed Award winners, Campaigns & Elections

  • CampaignTech Awards · 2024 · Gold

    Pioneering Use of Digital

    Credited to Engage Michigan, WKQ Media and Basis Technologies. The Michigan Supreme Court ballot roll-off campaign.

    2024 CampaignTech winners, Campaigns & Elections · Basis Technologies

Finalist recognition

Reed Awards, Campaigns & Elections

  • Media Buying Firm of the Year
  • Best New Firm
  • Best Online Video for Public Affairs or Issue Advocacy — State/Local, with Engage Michigan
  • Best Use of Online Targeting, for the New Jersey program

MediaPost OMMA Awards, 2025

  • Online Marketing Excellence — Politics, for “MI Supreme Court Rocks,” with Engage Michigan and Basis Technologies — announced by Basis