Awards and Recognition
Two kinds of recognition matter to us. National TDM awards say a program worked. Advertising awards say the creative was good enough to make people notice. Below are both, with honest attribution: where an award went to a client program we support, we say so plainly.
ACT International Conference Awards
Media Beef is a proud member of the IE Commuter program team. In collaboration with our clients RCTC and SBCTA and our partner agency WSP, Media Beef has provided marketing, creative, and technical consulting for the IE Commuter program since the firm was founded.
2026 ACT National Award, Outstanding TDM Strategy
Awarded to IE Commuter, the RCTC and SBCTA commuter assistance program, as one of ten national awardees. Presented in Philadelphia on July 29, 2026 at the 40th Annual ACT International Conference, with RCTC and Media Beef team members on stage together for the ceremony. Back-to-back national wins in consecutive years put IE Commuter in rare company among the country's commuter programs.
2025 ACT TDM Industry Impact Award
Awarded to IE Commuter at the 39th Annual ACT International Conference in New Orleans on August 6, 2025, where the program took the top spot from the national finalist field. The award cited 8.6 million vehicle miles reduced program-wide, 7.5 percent vanpool growth, and more than 1,000 new incentive participants, for a program serving 4.6 million residents across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Why we lead with these two
Back-to-back national ACT awards, in consecutive years, for a program our team has worked on for more than a decade. Program awards are the most credible signal available to an agency vendor: they are judged on program outcomes.
2018 ACT National Recognition, Marketing and Outreach Excellence
IE Commuter received national recognition from the Association for Commuter Transportation for Marketing and Outreach Excellence. The recognition grew out of the campaign work Media Beef produced for the program in that era, anchored by the annual Rideshare Week campaigns: a distinct creative theme every year, each spotlighting a different commute mode, with pledge participation climbing every single year from FY16 through FY20. The same body of work earned 14 local advertising awards for creative design and the measurable participation increases behind it.
Seventeen Awards, 2016 to 2022
For public service and transportation campaign work, most of it produced for the IE Commuter program. Titles below are listed exactly as awarded, grouped by year.
2016 - six awards
A six-award year spanning illustration, brand system design, brochure and sales kit work, out-of-home, email, and digital display for public service transportation campaigns.
- Elements of Advertising: Illustration, Silver Award
- Public Service Collateral: Brand Elements, Silver Award
- Advertising & Promotion: Web Banner Ad, Silver Award
- Public Service Collateral: Brochure/Sales Kit, Silver Award
- Public Service Out-Of-Home: Poster, Bronze Award
- Advertising & Promotion: Email, Bronze Award
2017 - three awards
Recognition in the same three public service categories a year later, for brand elements, brochure and sales kit, and out-of-home poster work.
- Public Service Collateral: Brand Elements, Bronze Award
- Public Service Collateral: Brochure/Sales Kit, Bronze Award
- Public Service Out-Of-Home: Poster, Bronze Award
2018 - two awards
The first integrated media campaign win, recognizing a full public service campaign rather than a single execution, alongside print advertising.
- Public Service Campaign: Integrated Media, Silver Award
- Public Service: Print Advertising, Bronze Award
2019 - three awards
A three-category year covering specialty advertising, integrated media campaign, and online and interactive work, which is the same year the underlying pledge campaign posted its largest single-year gain.
- Direct Marketing: Specialty Advertising, Silver Award
- Public Service Campaign: Integrated Media, Bronze Award
- Public Service Campaign: Online/Interactive, Bronze Award
2020 - two awards
Integrated media and online and interactive recognition in the corporate social responsibility campaign category.
- Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign: Integrated Media, Silver Award
- Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign: Online/Interactive, Bronze Award
2022 - one award
A return to the integrated media campaign category, recognizing a full multi-channel corporate social responsibility campaign.
- Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign: Integrated Media, Silver Award
Rideshare Week campaigns, 2015 to present
The Rideshare Week campaign record alone accounts for 14 local advertising awards plus the 2018 national recognition from the Association for Commuter Transportation, all for the IE Commuter program. See the full Rideshare Week case study for the year-by-year pledge record.
Earlier recognition
Award-winning work predates the current firm. Media Beef, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 by the former managing partners of a prior agency, and recognition spans both eras.
The 2026 and 2025 ACT awards and the 2018 ACT recognition were awarded to the IE Commuter program operated by RCTC and SBCTA. Media Beef provides the program's marketing, creative, and technical consulting in collaboration with partner agency WSP, and produced work recognized in these awards. American Advertising Awards were awarded for creative work produced by Media Beef and its predecessor agency.
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