A night worth celebrating. (From left to right) Julia Auerbach, Andreas Winiarski, Markus Oettig, David Zahn, Karolin Hewelt, Simon Ueberheide, Felix Sievers and Lisa Teicher

The evening started off with a champagne toast and ended with some silverware for RCKT. Communication’s Manager Markus Oettig was honoured April 16 with the #30u30 prize from the 2015 PR Report Awards, given annually to top up-and-coming public relations professionals in Germany.

Those nominated for the award first traveled to Sky Deutschland in Munich in February for workshops and presentations, as seen in the video below. Markus is featured at the 1:57 mark.

The award show, which was preceded by a three-course dinner, is a highlight on every German PR agency’s calendar. Many opted to attend in black tie, adding a bit of exclusivity to the sold-out gala.

RCKT. was nominated for a handful of other awards, including PR Team of the Year and PR Professional of the Year (Andreas Winiarski).

Markus, together with his partner on the project Julia Auerbach, received the award for their work on #SchnellerePferde (Translation: faster horses), an awareness campaign designed to stress the need for Germany to embrace (and most importantly not to fear) digitalization.

RCKT. was out in full force at Kraftwerk in anticipation of the win. This included the entire leadership team of Andreas, Nils Seger, Lisa Teicher and Karolin Hewelt. Both Karolin and Andreas served as judges. Karolin and Lisa are also past recipients of the #30u30 award.

For those who weren’t there and couldn’t log onto Wini’s Meerkat feed, the night is best relived over social media. Here are a few of our favourites from the Rocketers and friends of the agency in attendance.