2026 AMA Cincinnati Pinnacle Award Winners

UFO Performance Marketing leverages testing and data-driven strategy to optimize customer engagement and drive measurable growth. We help brands scale smarter through performance media, experimentation, and insight. We believe in making marketing more human by fostering real conversations, shared learning, and bold ideas that move people and businesses forward.

5 Whys Marketing delivers strategic growth leadership for scaling and complex organizations, building AI-era visibility that drives market position and profitable revenue. Starting at the root of the opportunity, we align strategy and execution to create structured authority, scalable digital ecosystems, and disciplined demand generation that delivers sustainable advantage.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is a trusted and well-known medical system serving Northern Kentucky, Southeastern Indiana, and Greater Cincinnati. Together with the more than 800 doctors and advanced practice providers of St. Elizabeth Physicians, we are improving healthcare for our community.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is a trusted and well-known medical system serving Northern Kentucky, Southeastern Indiana and Greater Cincinnati. Together with the more than 800 doctors and advanced practice providers of St. Elizabeth Physicians, we are improving healthcare for our community.

Bethany House empowers homeless and at-risk families with solutions to achieve housing stability and long-term self-sufficiency by addressing the full spectrum of housing insecurity:

• Homelessness Prevention
• Emergency Shelter
• Support Services
• Housing

We envision a community where all families have a place to call home, and no one spends a night without shelter.

Raymond Storage Concepts (RSC) delivers tailored material handling solutions for warehouses and distribution centers across Ohio, Kentucky, southeast Indiana, and West Virginia. From forklifts and automation to racking, telematics, loading docks, and service, we help operations boost productivity, streamline processes, and reduce costs—transforming the way your products move.

Dooley helps brands find their rhythm on social. Many brands are either stuck moving too slowly with big creative ideas or moving fast without a clear plan. Dooley bridges that gap through an award-winning approach that combines strategy, creative, media, and creator partnerships into one complete social system. They work with brands like Marzetti, Joico, Gold Star, Fischer Homes, The Christ Hospital and The Cincy Region to show up consistently and meaningfully, pairing big ideas with the daily execution and optimization needed to drive real impact.

Dooley helps brands find their rhythm on social. Many brands are either stuck moving too slowly with big creative ideas or moving fast without a clear plan. Dooley bridges that gap through an award-winning approach that combines strategy, creative, media, and creator partnerships into one complete social system. They work with brands like Marzetti, Joico, Gold Star, Fischer Homes, The Christ Hospital, and The Cincy Region to show up consistently and meaningfully, pairing big ideas with the daily execution and optimization needed to drive real impact

A catalyst for innovative work, The Marketer Collaborative reimagines space as a shared engine for ideas—where proximity fuels possibility. More than coworking, it’s an ecosystem designed to turn isolation into inspiration, blending ambition, creativity, and community into the kind of collisions where meaningful work begins, evolves, and grows.

We are a marketing, branding, and creative agency in Cincinnati. Much like you would build a cocktail recipe using different ingredients, we like to take a similar approach to marketing. Every business is different. So if you need your marketing shaken, not stirred – Martini Marketing is the place for you.

UFO Performance Marketing leverages testing and data-driven strategy to optimize customer engagement and drive measurable growth. We help brands scale smarter through performance media, experimentation, and insight. We believe in making marketing more human by fostering real conversations, shared learning, and bold ideas that move people and businesses forward.

HyperDrive is a performance-oriented team of digital marketers dedicated to helping clients achieve growth. We work to acquire new customers, engage existing audiences, and drive revenue. By leveraging our expertise in marketing automation, data, and technology, we empower clients to serve their customers better.

The Underground Agency at Haile College of Business at Northern Kentucky University is an experiential marketing lab where students work on real client projects, build professional skills, make real impact, and even dare to collaborate with creative minds at School of Media and Communication. Founded & led by Dr. David Raska, The Agency blends strategy, creativity, and purpose—preparing students to become the next generation of marketers while serving the region, all within a college classroom.

UC Blue Ash College combines the academic excellence and resources of the University of Cincinnati with low tuition, small class sizes, and the individual attention that helps students thrive. The college is nationally recognized for supporting student success and features a park-like, 135-acre campus located in Blue Ash, Ohio

Now, you will find out who we are from students’ perspective: The Underground Agency at Haile College of Business at Northern Kentucky University is where we, students, quickly find out that “I’ll just do enough for the grade” is not a strategy, free-riders are a real thing, TikTok is not a full marketing education, and deadlines do, in fact, have consequences. But somehow, through the chaos, we build real skills, work on real client projects, and come out looking way more professional than we probably should.

UFO Performance Marketing leverages testing and data-driven strategy to optimize customer engagement and drive measurable growth. We help brands scale smarter through performance media, experimentation, and insight. We believe in making marketing more human by fostering real conversations, shared learning, and bold ideas that move people and businesses forward.

Raymond Storage Concepts (RSC) delivers tailored material handling solutions for warehouses and distribution centers across Ohio, Kentucky, southeast Indiana and West Virginia. From forklifts and automation to racking, telematics, loading docks and service, we help operations boost productivity, streamline processes and reduce costs—transforming the way your products move.

RESLV is a full-service creative agency that helps brands uncover and amplify their stories through strategy-driven content. From brand storytelling and campaign videos to digital advertising, content distribution, thought leadership, and full-scale production, we create purposeful, data-informed content that moves audiences, strengthens brands, and drives measurable business results.

Vehr is an award-winning agency with a multi-disciplinary team of thinkers, creators, and advisors who collaborate with brands of all sizes on strategy, planning, and positioning; internal and external communications; media relations; content development; design; social media engagement; community relations; special events and sponsorships; and issues management and crisis communications.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is a trusted and well-known medical system serving Northern Kentucky, Southeastern Indiana and Greater Cincinnati. Together with the more than 800 doctors and advanced practice providers of St. Elizabeth Physicians, we are improving healthcare for our community.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a museum of conscience, an education center and a convener of dialogue. Through exhibits, programming, events and community engagement, the Freedom Center builds on the principles of the Underground Railroad to pursue inclusive freedom and promote social justice for all.

Xavier Element is a student-run, student-led digital marketing consulting agency at Xavier University that connects clients with passionate & driven students who solve business challenges with a unique Gen Z perspective.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a museum of conscience, an education center and a convener of dialogue. Through exhibits, programming, events and community engagement, the Freedom Center builds on the principles of the Underground Railroad to pursue inclusive freedom and promote social justice for all.

RESLV is a full-service creative agency that helps brands uncover and amplify their stories through strategy-driven content. From brand storytelling and campaign videos to digital advertising, content distribution, thought leadership, and full-scale production, we create purposeful, data-informed content that moves audiences, strengthens brands, and drives measurable business results.

Health Carousel is a healthcare staffing company dedicated to improving lives and making healthcare work better. We connect travel and international nurses and allied professionals with meaningful career opportunities while supporting hospitals with quality talent, programs, and a full circle of support that empowers professionals to grow, thrive, and succeed.

HyperDrive is a performance-oriented team of digital marketers dedicated to helping clients achieve growth. We work to acquire new customers, engage existing audiences, and drive revenue. By leveraging our expertise in marketing automation, data, and technology, we empower clients to better serve their customers.

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is a trusted and well-known medical system serving Northern Kentucky, Southeastern Indiana and Greater Cincinnati. Together with the more than 800 doctors and advanced practice providers of St. Elizabeth Physicians, we are improving healthcare for our community.

Brandience is a full‑service advertising agency built for multi‑location brands. With a retail‑driven mindset, we help healthcare, restaurant, retail, and franchise brands bring agility, clarity to strategy, and precision to local execution. Grounded in consumer insight and human‑centered AI, we blend brand, audience, science, and experience to deliver scalable growth.