{"id":155533,"date":"2025-02-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=155533"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:16:10","slug":"agency-partner-awards-finalists-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/agency-partner-awards-finalists-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our 2025 Agency Partner Awards Finalists!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Innovation, creativity, and community impact take center stage in our second-annual Agency Partner Awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s 160 submissions from more than 90 agencies around the world demonstrated best-in-class, WordPress-powered design and development, and the agency partners who built them drove truly impressive results for their clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of these sites built on WP Engine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wordpress-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">powerful platform<\/a> reflects the depth of talent within our global network of <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/agency-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agency partners<\/a>, and with so many agencies delivering exceptional projects, selecting the finalists was no easy task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the outstanding work recognized across five categories\u2014<a href=\"#inclusive\">Inclusive Design<\/a>, <a href=\"#performance\">Peak Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"#innovation\">Future-ready Innovation<\/a>, <a href=\"#business\">Business Transformation<\/a>, and <a href=\"#give-back\">Committed to Give Back<\/a>\u2014WP Engine will bestow three Agency of the Year Awards and three Emerging Agency Awards (for North America, EMEA, and ANZ regions) next week when the official winners are announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, check out these agencies that made it to the final round in each of our five design and development award categories, or <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/agency-partner-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here to learn more about WP Engine\u2019s Agency Partner Program<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-wistia-inc wp-block-embed-wistia-inc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finalists 2025 | Inclusive Design Video\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/x2u12ia0xj?dnt=1\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" msallowfullscreen width=\"960\" height=\"540\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"inclusive\">Inclusive Design Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Inclusive Design Award honors agencies building sites that are as functional as they are beautiful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sites nominated in this category had to meet or exceed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG2AAA-Conformance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AAA accessibility standards<\/a>, meet or exceed a <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/docs\/insights\/v5\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PageSpeed Insights<\/a> Accessibility score of 85, optimize both the frontend and backend for editor accessibility\u2014and look good doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Family Fund<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixd.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mixd<\/a>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The UK\u2019s largest grant-making charity for families raising children with severe disabilities and illnesses required a revamp of its website to improve accessibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talented technologists at Mixd agency built a new digital experience on WP Engine\u2019s platform that earned Family Fund a perfect 100\/100 Core Web Vitals Accessibility score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farmcredit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farm Credit<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdriver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social Driver<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When a nationwide network of customer-owned cooperatives migrated their existing site from Drupal to WordPress, the immediate benefits were astounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the help of agency professionals at Social Driver, the site became significantly more accessible\u2014earning the site a perfect Core Web Vitals Accessibility score\u2014and Farm Credit is seeing five times more traffic post-migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alderhey.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alder Hey Children&#8217;s Hospital<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixd.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mixd<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Europe\u2019s biggest and busiest children\u2019s hospitals, Alder Hey Children\u2019s Hospital, chose agency experts at Mixd to reimagine its digital presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new site boasts a perfect PageSpeed Insights Accessibility score and a fully interactive 3D map of the hospital that visiting children and their families can explore to become more familiar with the space before arriving for appointments or procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocgoodwill.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goodwill OC<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/500designs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">500 Designs<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodwill of Orange County needed a new site that would both encapsulate the importance of donating and expand accessibility for users with disabilities who were seeking employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The innovators at 500 Designs brought Goodwill OC\u2019s vision to life with a beautifully reinvigorated site design and a perfect 100\/100 PageSpeed Insights Accessibility score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciachef.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Culinary Institute of America<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/vitaldesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vital Design<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>They say you eat first with your eyes, and if that\u2019s the case, visitors to the new Culinary Institute of America site are certainly feeling full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative professionals at Vital Design crafted delicious visuals and updated more than 200 pages to improve PageSpeed Insights Accessibility scores on both mobile and desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-wistia-inc wp-block-embed-wistia-inc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finalists 2025 | Peak Performance Video\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/zqttlo0rbp?dnt=1\" allow=\"autoplay; 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Play<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocean Outdoor is a specialist media company that asks companies to see beyond the smartphone and take digital advertising out into the world, turning spaces into places that bring a brand closer to its audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They tapped the experts at Plug &amp; Play to help reimagine their own digital presence, which has since achieved a PageSpeed Insights Performance score of 96 on mobile and 98 on desktop, even while organizing hundreds of thousands of large high-resolution media files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victaulic.com\/vtc_resource_type\/literature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Victaulic<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/crowdfavorite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crowd Favorite<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Victaulic delivers advanced technologies and engineering services to address complex piping challenges faced by residential and commercial engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complexity and multitude of services provided by Victaulic\u2014and its immense digital content library\u2014was no problem for the digital architects at Crowd Favorite, who optimized the massive database on WP Engine\u2019s platform to make finding information simple and speedy for users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-wistia-inc wp-block-embed-wistia-inc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finalists 2025 | Future-Ready Innovation Video\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/o45ztgqybk?dnt=1\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" name=\"wistia_embed\" msallowfullscreen width=\"960\" height=\"540\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"innovation\">Future-ready Innovation Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Future-ready Innovation Award acknowledges innovative agencies using AI, headless architecture, and other cutting-edge WordPress technologies to set a new standard for modern web development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each agency entry had to include before-and-after examples showing how the applied technology translated into operational efficiency, scalability, or cost savings for the client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newhomeco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Home Company<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpromote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wpromote<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Home Company is passionate about building homes with the latest ideas and innovations in mind to create a truly personalized, curated home-buying experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its new website, built by the experts at Wpromote, uses headless technology to provide buyers with real-time, regional pricing data on homes, leading to a huge spike in user satisfaction and a more than 20% increase in engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farber.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farber Debt Solutions<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artscience.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art &amp; Science<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Farber Debt Solutions Farber has helped more than 100,000 Canadians successfully get out of debt throughout its 43 years of financial counseling and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative experts at Art &amp; Science tapped into the power of headless to transform Farber\u2019s digital presence, leading to a more than 150% increase in organic leads from the new site!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciworldwide.com\/real-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACI Worldwide<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/vitaldesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vital Design<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Secure digital payment processing is a complicated but necessary component of modern commerce. ACI Worldwide processes billions of transactions per day, equating to trillions of U.S. dollars, through its suite of electronic payment software solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When ACI Worldwide needed a new website to better illustrate the advanced, cutting-edge technology it provides, agency experts at Vital Design utilized WP Engine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/headless-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Headless WordPress Platform<\/a> to improve scalability and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hateithere.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Hate It Here<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/refact.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Refact<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Burnout isn\u2019t a buzzword\u2014it\u2019s a very real issue experienced by up to <a href=\"https:\/\/hubstaff.com\/blog\/burnout-statistics-workplace\/#:~:text=76%25%20of%20employees%20experience%20burnout,to%20visit%20the%20emergency%20room.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three-quarters of professionals<\/a> at some point in their lives. I Hate It Here is a site that acts as equal parts a safe space and an advice column for HR professionals experiencing burnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A project for <a href=\"https:\/\/workweek.com\/\">Workweek<\/a> created by agency professionals at Refact, the site is an exercise in community building, providing a place to vent as well as actionable insights for changing company cultures through its associated newsletter and podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleveland Institute of Art<\/a> site by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundertech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thunder::tech<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Showcasing a maximalist, media-rich design, and a clean, sophisticated bottom navigation, thunder::tech has seamlessly interwoven artistic flair and simple, intuitive UX design for the Cleveland Institute of Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The private, nonprofit college of art and design, which has been a training ground for students for more than 140 years, now has a striking, modern digital face to attract emerging artists to enroll.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-wistia-inc wp-block-embed-wistia-inc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finalists 2025 | Business Transformation Video\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/fipylha9a5?dnt=1\" allow=\"autoplay; 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