Kevin Makes Sense Media wins Gold Hermes Award for D.C. Prime video campaign

Kevin Makes Sense Media earned a 2026 Gold Hermes Award for a video campaign created for Northern Virginia restaurant D.C. Prime. The win highlights a strategic integrated campaign tied to the restaurant’s newsletter and online video series, and the competition drew more than 6,000 entries from 31 countries.

Why it matters: - The Gold Hermes Award gives Kevin Makes Sense Media third-party recognition for work tied to a real marketing outcome: growing D.C. Prime’s newsletter subscriber base. - The award signals that a Virginia Beach production agency’s client work stood out in a large international field.

What happened: - Hermes Creative Awards named Kevin Makes Sense Media a 2026 Gold Hermes Award winner. - The winning entry was created for D.C. Prime, a Northern Virginia restaurant near Washington, D.C., in Ashburn, Virginia. - The video promoted D.C. Prime’s digital newsletter, "The Prime Insider," and the online video series "Rick’s Picks" hosted by owner Rick Crowe. - The entry won in the "Strategic & Integrated Campaigns" category.

The details: - Hermes Creative Awards said the 2026 competition drew more than 6,000 entries. - Submissions came from the United States, Canada and 29 other countries. - Entrants included corporate marketing and communications departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers. - Kevin Makes Sense Media President and CEO Kevin Neff said the team was proud of the work and especially pleased with the results it generated for D.C. Prime’s subscriber growth. - Hermes Creative Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, or AMCP. - AMCP describes itself as an international organization of thousands of creative professionals. - A complete list of Platinum and Gold winners is available on the Hermes Creative Awards website.

Between the lines: - The award frames the campaign as both creative and commercially effective, not just visually polished. - The competition’s scale makes the win more meaningful than a small-field industry honor. - The recognition also adds outside validation for Kevin Makes Sense Media’s positioning as a full-service video production and branding firm.

What's next: - Kevin Makes Sense Media will likely use the award to strengthen its credibility with future clients across local, regional and national markets. - D.C. Prime can point to the honor as proof that its newsletter and video strategy produced award-winning marketing work.

The bottom line: - The award gives Kevin Makes Sense Media a notable international credential and links the agency’s creative work to measurable marketing impact.