Awards & Recognition
Awards & Recognition Programs That Inspire Performance
Named awards. Perpetual trophies. Milestone recognition. Behind every great award is a story that deserves to be told — a founder who risked it all, a champion who earned it, a career that changed a company. We design the piece that carries that story forward.
Why it matters
Recognition is the difference between staying and leaving
Anyone can hand out a plaque. We design recognition pieces that connect achievement to emotion, command a place on every shelf, and reinforce your culture every time someone looks at them.
68%
of employees say they’d leave a job where they don’t feel appreciated
31%
lower voluntary turnover at companies with strong recognition programs
9x
more likely to feel a sense of belonging when recognized meaningfully each week
The data is clear: how you recognize people shapes how they feel about your organization. But the quality of that recognition matters just as much as the frequency.
A generic award sends a generic message. A custom award tells someone their contribution was singular, irreplaceable, and worth honoring properly.
Custom awards for every kind of moment
From boardrooms to center court — we design, produce, and deliver recognition pieces that honor achievement and elevate your brand.
ASI Best Places to Work 2025
Trusted by 500+ brands including NFL, American Airlines & Cook Children’s
25+ years of creative excellence
Custom Trophies & Perpetual Awards
One-of-a-kind pieces designed to become iconic, championship trophies, annual gala centerpieces, and named awards that define an event for generations.
Corporate Event & Gala Awards
From concept to keynote stage. We design awards that match the prestige of your event and the magnitude of the accomplishment they represent.
Sports & Championship Trophies
From ATP championships to company tournaments, we design trophies that players, teams, and fans remember long after the final score.
Employee Recognition Awards
Service milestones, President’s Club, top performer, retirement, awards your people will proudly display on their desk, not bury in a drawer.
Deal Toys & Transaction Commemoratives
Celebrate closed deals, IPOs, mergers, and milestones with custom pieces your team will keep on their desk for years.
Donor & Client Recognition
Honor the partners, donors, and clients who make your mission possible. Custom pieces that strengthen relationships and reflect the value of the partnership.
Crystal, Glass & Acrylic Awards
Timeless materials for timeless achievements. We design crystal, glass, and acrylic awards that catch the light and hold the memory, from executive desk pieces to full-scale event trophies.
Branded Packaging & Presentation
The unboxing matters. Custom packaging and presentation cases that turn the moment of receiving an award into an experience.
Awards Program Design & Consulting
Not sure where to start? We help organizations build recognition programs from the ground up, selecting materials, establishing tiers, and creating a cohesive awards identity.
Why Us
Why brands choose BLP for awards
Creativity that drives recognition, engagement, and real results for your business
Story-first design
Every award starts with your brand DNA, your values, your culture, your legacy. Whether we design something from scratch or curate the perfect piece, the result will be the perfect union of quality, beauty, and value.
The entire awards industry, curated for you
We know every vendor, every material, every option available — so you don’t have to. From fully custom one-of-a-kind trophies to premium in-stock awards, we bring you the right piece for the moment and the budget. No guesswork. No settling.
Program management that scales
Engraving data, recipient lists, annual updates, naming conventions, title changes, awards programs are operationally complex and unforgiving. We manage every detail year over year so nothing falls through the cracks and every award ships perfect.
Any material, any scale
Crystal, glass, acrylic, metal, wood, stone, mixed media, from a single executive piece to 500 gala awards. We match the material to the moment and the budget to the vision.
One team, start to finish
Design, sourcing, production, data management, packaging, and shipping. One dedicated partner who knows your program inside and out, not a new rep every time you reorder.
how it works
Great awards don’t happen by accident
No guesswork. No generic options. Just a proven process built around your brand, your moment, and your people.
Here’s how we turn your vision into recognition worth keeping:
Discover
We learn the story behind the award — who it honors, what it represents, and why it matters. We dig into your brand standards, your event, your budget, and your timeline so every decision that follows is rooted in purpose, not assumption.
Curate & Create
Whether we’re designing a one-of-a-kind trophy from scratch or sourcing the perfect piece from across the industry, this is where options take shape. We present concepts, renderings, and curated selections tailored to your brand DNA — not a generic catalog dump.
Perfect the details
Engraving copy, recipient data, materials, finishes, packaging — we manage it all. Every proof is reviewed, every name is checked, every piece is inspected before it leaves our hands. Because when someone’s legacy is on the line, there’s no room for ‘close enough.
Deliver the moment
Custom packaging. On-time delivery. White-glove coordination if your event calls for it. We don’t just ship awards, we make sure the moment of presentation is as memorable as the achievement it celebrates.
FEATURED PROJECT
Dallas Open: The Lamar Hunt Family Trophy
ATP Dallas Open Men’s Indoor Champions’ Trophy
Business Need: The Lamar Hunt Family Trophy sits alongside the AFC Championship trophy and the U.S. Open Cup as one of three major awards bearing the Hunt name. BLP designed and produced it from scratch in collaboration with the Hunt Family and the Dallas Open — a one-of-a-kind perpetual championship trophy featuring Dallas’s iconic Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge.
It’s been presented to ATP champions since 2023, and the tournament was upgraded to an ATP 500 event in 2025. Three years. Three champions. One BLP trophy.
BLP Services: Design, 3D Rendering, Sourcing, Production, Quality Assurance, Logistics Coordination
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Build my awards lookbook
Tell us about your event, your brand, and the moment you’re trying to create — and our team will curate a personalized lookbook of award options built specifically for you. Custom concepts. Curated selections. Real recommendations tailored to your budget and timeline.
No catalog browsing. No guesswork. Just the right options for your moment.
Testimonials
Trusted by brands that demand excellence
Real results. Real relationships. Straight from the brands we’re proud to call partners.
“Bob Lilly Promotions has a talent for finding promotional products that are both cost-effective and memorable. Our target audience frequently responds with ‘wow, this is the best giveaway item I’ve ever received’ – which says it all.”
Nikki Baulisch
Deca Dental Group
“BLP has been an excellent partner. We were excited to find a company that has the technical resources to integrate with our CRM and the operational capabilities to handle the entire process.”
Robert Rardin
Marketing Director
“BLP is our go-to resource for all of our branded promotional products and premium incentives. They offer great creativity and help us navigate problem spots in the execution of our programs before they become problems!”
Hannah Fauveau
AdvoCare Senior Project Manager
“Bob Lilly Promotions did an amazing job of pulling together the engagement package for us. It really got the MBA Bootcamp off to a great start!”
Aaron Kastner
Dallas Cowboys Football Club Sponsorship Team
“The Bob Lilly Promotions Team is a fantastic partner. They executed perfectly for us on every aspect of our sponsorship promotions.”
Christina Juarez
Field Marketing Manager, Brown-Foreman
“BLP has been an excellent partner. We were excited to find a company that has the technical resources to integrate with our CRM and the operational capabilities to handle the entire process.”
Robert Rardin
Marketing Director
“Bob Lilly Promotions supported my startup energy company from beginning to end. They really had amazing insight into building our brand, logo and message and then translated that into a full marketing approach delivering web design, tradeshow marketing materials and collateral, promotional give-aways and one page leave behinds.”
John Varnell
Executive Vice President
“After two subpar promo vendors, Bob Lilly Promotions has been a breath of fresh air! Their superior quality with consideration to our startup budget has been a 10 in my book! Megan has been a huge help on product recommendations, logo enhancements and so much more! Cannot say enough great things, you won’t be disappointed.”
Maggie Harris
Ready to create something worth keeping?
Most projects start with a simple conversation — tell us about your event, your people, and the moment you want to create. We’ll handle the rest.