Slack Spotlight Awards

Slack Spotlight Award “Slack Impact” Winner, OpenAI

Made for people, built for productivity

Slack is where productivity meets possibility. The 3rd Annual Slack Spotlight Awards honor the organizations and individuals reimagining modern work through automation, knowledge sharing and connectivity while embracing ways to move work forward faster.

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Unlocking Productivity Award

With Slack as their productivity platform, Paramount Global has fueled efficiency and found new ways of working across their organization.

Celebrating excellence at work

Slack is home to all kinds of teams doing all kinds of work. The teams at these companies go above and beyond by using Slack to tap into efficiency, engagement and excellence across lines of business.

Excellence in Automation

Northwestern Mutual harnesses the power of Slack to automate work, save time and uplevel efficiency across departments.

Excellence in Sales

By automating campaign lifecycles in Slack, Spotify Advertising increased delivery rates, improved launch punctuality and championed channel-based communication.

Excellence in Customer Service

Marriott Digital Services leverages Slack and Salesforce to streamline high-quality support, quickly triage inquiries and deliver timely, accurate answers fast.

“With Salesforce and Slack, we’ve been able to automate and scale mission-critical processes for our Spotify Advertising team to onboard new brands quickly and build deeper relationships with existing customers.”

Daniel WalshGlobal Head of Business Strategy and Operations, Spotify AdvertisingRead story

Embracing a new way of work

From nonprofits to massive financial institutions, Slack invites teams to rethink what’s possible with productivity to stay at the cutting edge of performance and innovation.

Slack For Good Award

The National Weather Service pivoted its crucial messaging service to Slack to deliver the most relevant information, reports and data in real time.

Slack at Scale Award

Shipt uses Slack to connect its workforce and provide the retail industry with a differentiated shopping and delivery experience.

Slack Impact Award

OpenAI is using Slack to accelerate growth and form stronger customer relationships.

Slack Spotlight Award “Slack for Good” Winner, National Weather Service

“After using NWSChat 2.0 powered by Slack during our flash-flood emergency event, I never want to go back to the legacy NWS Chat platform. Slack is super intuitive and allows for a multitude of information sharing.”

Melissa SizemoreEmergency Management Officer, Jefferson County, AlabamaRead story

Recognizing outstanding individuals

We’re all about teamwork here at Slack. These awards celebrate the individuals who have embraced digital transformation and go the extra mile for their teams, companies, partners, customers and beyond.

Moving businesses forward, from the UK to South Korea

Around the world, start-ups and traditional enterprises alike rely on Slack. The Global Unlocking Productivity Awards recognize those fueling productivity through automation, knowledge sharing and connection.

ASEAN

Cebu Pacific Airlines has earned ASEAN’s Unlocking Productivity Award for using Slack to up their productivity while connecting their people, processes and systems all in one place.

South Korea

For their innovative approach to automating tasks, and managing high-touch service ops with Slack as their productivity platform, SK C&C wins South Korea’s Unlocking Productivity Award.

Japan

Kokuyo Corporation is receiving the Unlocking Productivity Award for Japan for implementing Slack to double the speed at which they complete projects.

Germany

Optimizing internal processes, collaborating through workflows, and serving 48 million passengers by tapping into Slack: FREE NOW wins Germany’s Unlocking Productivity Award.

About the Slack Spotlight Awards

The Slack Spotlight Awards showcase best-in-class customers for the transformative work they’re doing in Slack. In the awards’ third year, our global teams nominated the most innovative customer success stories to be scored by the Slack Awards Executive Committee.

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01/16

Employee Experience Award

Iconic retailer Nike received the Employee Experience Award for its sustained focus on digital transformation and employee experience.

02/16

UK Public Sector award

HM Revenue and Customs uses Slack to help design, implement and deliver digital services to businesses and citizens to apply for financial support during the pandemic.

03/16

UK award

Gymshark uses Slack to shift communications out of siloed inboxes and into channels, creating a digital HQ that allows employees to focus on the work that matters most.

04/16

France award

One of the leading e-health companies in Europe, Doctolib help make the healthcare system more human, efficient and connected.

05/16

Australia award

Afterpay use Slack to facilitate seamless communication and increase productivity, with both internally and with external partners together in one place.

06/16

Germany award

ABOUT YOU offers users a more inspiring, convenient and personalized digital shopping experience as a result of collaborating in Slack.

07/16

Japan award

KADOKAWA Connected, Inc. adopted Slack as part of its digital transformation initiative across KADOKAWA Group organizations.

08/16

Excellence in Automation award

Online retailer Veepee uses Slack automation to provide a better flash sale experience to 72 million members and 7,000 brand partners in 13 countries.

09/16

Excellence in sales award

An expert at transforming machine data into accessible information, Splunk, Inc. leverages Slack to close deals faster and get usable data into the hands of more customers.

10/16

Excellence in customer service award

Direct-to-consumer company Oscar Health uses Slack to pioneer virtual health services and offer its members the ultimate customer concierge experience.

11/16

Education in Japan award

A fully accredited online school, N High School has been using Slack to innovate in the digital learning space and successfully serve its student population since 2016.

12/16

Education in US award

Ranked as US News & World Report’s most innovative school five times, Arizona State University uses Slack to redefine education and power the modern learning experience.

13/16

Visionary award

As the executive vice president and CTO for ViacomCBS, Phil Wiser received the Visionary Award for using Slack to support the evolution of ViacomCBS’s global business.

14/16

Employee culture award

Global head of internal communications for Wayfair, Kristin Geyer used Slack to keep teammates connected and engaged in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.

15/16

Admin of the year

Rocket Software’s director of global end user experience, Andy Woodnutt, brings innovative Slack programs to life at the global software company.

16/16

Slack champion of the year

Dell’s Karl Owen was an essential part of helping employees adopt and unlock the value of Slack—because change is easier with the support of a trusted colleague.

01/15

Digital HQ Excellence Award

IBM uses Slack as its digital HQ to automate the future of work while staying on the cutting edge of innovation in the IT service industry.

02/15

France award

To support its fast-moving trajectory, ManoMano uses Slack as its digital HQ to collaborate, build a remote culture and connect with external partners.

03/15

Japan award

Credit Saison leverages Slack to embrace its digital HQ, strengthen collaboration and stay on the cutting edge of the financial services industry.

04/15

Korea award

With Slack as its digital HQ, LOTTE ON embraces flexibility and collaborates efficiently to drive innovation in retail.

05/15

India award

Using Slack as their digital HQ, Zomato’s 3,700-plus+ employees are on a mission to revolutionize food ordering and delivery in India.

06/15

Australia award

Canva uses Slack as its digital HQ to stay agile, build internal alignment and drive its record-breaking business forward in the hybrid workplace.

07/15

Germany award

With Slack as its digital HQ, trivago supports its hybrid work model, empowering employees with seamless integrations and dynamic communication.

08/15

UK award

Global technology business Ocado Group leverages its digital HQ in Slack to facilitate intuitive workflows among its people, systems, partners and customers.

09/15

Future of work award

Expedia Group partners with Slack to build a digital-first culture that amplifies the diverse voices of its employees.

10/15

Slack for good award

To continue to serve young adults in need during the pandemic and beyond, Year Up quickly pivoted its staff to a digital HQ offering virtual programs.

11/15

Innovation in slack award

Capital One uses Slack to drive automation and promote a culture of innovation that is key to their mission of reimagining the banking industry.

12/15

Slack at scale award

TELUS uses Slack to build a high-performance culture that empowers thousands of global employees to deliver world-leading communications.

13/15

Visionary award

Team America Relief’s technology lead, Ian Porter, used Slack to help hundreds of Afghan refugees find safe passage out of harm’s way.

14/15

Admin of the year award

As Procore’s VP of global partnerships and alliances, Kris Lengieza championed Slack across his organization to drive business results.

15/15

Slack champion of the year

Senior engineering manager for internal IT, Sara Hopper, helped her team unlock the value of Slack Enterprise to scale Etsy’s customer experience organization.

Unlocking Productivity Award

Excellence in Automation

Excellence in Sales

Excellence in Customer Service

Slack For Good Award

Slack at Scale Award

Slack Impact Award

ASEAN

South Korea

Japan

Germany

Employee Experience Award

UK Public Sector award

UK award

France award

Australia award

Germany award

Japan award

Excellence in Automation award

Excellence in sales award

Excellence in customer service award

Education in Japan award

Education in US award

Visionary award

Employee culture award

Admin of the year

Slack champion of the year

Digital HQ Excellence Award

France award

Japan award

Korea award

India award

Australia award

Germany award

UK award

Future of work award

Slack for good award

Innovation in slack award

Slack at scale award

Visionary award

Admin of the year award

Slack champion of the year

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