Boutique PR Firm Tier One Partners Receives Honors from International Academy of Visual Arts and New England Publicity Club

Tier One Partners, LLC, a full-service public relations agency that offers "all senior talent, all the time," today announced it was the recipient of awards from the Publicity Club of New England and the International Academy of Visual Arts. The agency received gold, silver and bronze Bell Ringer awards in recognition of its work for Globoforce, Kaz and Virgin HealthMiles. Additionally, Tier One received a Communicator award on behalf of its work for Virgin HealthMiles.

"These awards are proof points that our model focused on providing all-senior PR talent delivers more creative, strategic work that supports our clients' business goals," said Kim Miller, managing partner at Tier One Partners. "Our practitioners each have more than 15 years of experience providing top-shelf service to clients across a broad spectrum of industries, and we're proud to be honored for the outstanding results we've helped them achieve this past year."
Tier One's award-winning campaigns include:

• A Gold Bell Ringer Award in the Bylined Article Category: Globoforce, "Redefining & Owning a New Breed of Employee Recognition." Tier One secured a CEO-authored byline in Forbes that helped redefine and educate senior management on the new role of strategic employee engagement.
• A Silver Bell Ringer Award in the Magazine Feature or Commentary Placement Category: Kaz, "Repositioning Grandma's Space Heater as a Safe, Energy-Saving Appliance." The Tier One team secured a feature in Family Circle magazine positioning Honeywell portable heaters as essential household appliances.
• A Communicator Award and a Bronze Bell Ringer Award in the Product Service Publicity, Business-to-Business Category: Virgin HealthMiles, "It Pays to be Healthy: Linking Virgin HealthMiles to the Healthcare Reform Debate."

The Bell Ringer and Communicator awards come on the heels of another recent industry honor: a SABRE Award, sponsored by The Holmes Report, in recognition of Tier One's work for Virgin HealthMiles.