Triple Victory for GlobalLogic at the Romanian Employer Branding Awards 2026 Gala: Two Golds and a Silver

 
We are thrilled to announce that GlobalLogic Romania has achieved a triple victory at the 5th edition of the Employer Branding Awards 2026 Gala, taking home two Gold Awards for “Wellbeing Initiative of the Year” and “Best Use of Employee Generated Content in an Employer Branding Campaign,” alongside the Silver Award for “Employer Brand of the Year for Large Companies.”

At this milestone 5th edition of the competition celebrating excellence in employer branding across Romania and the Republic of Moldova, GlobalLogic’s initiatives stood out among a highly competitive field. This major recognition highlights the success of our integrated strategy to elevate brand awareness, foster employee engagement, and showcase the authentic voices of our engineers.

Celebrating Our Award-Winning Initiatives

🏆 Gold Award: Wellbeing Initiative of the Year – Moving Challenge

Born in Cluj-Napoca in 2018 as an employee initiative, the Moving Challenge has evolved into a landmark regional and now global program that seamlessly connects physical health, mental wellbeing, sustainability, and social impact. Over its 6-month run in 2025, the program brought together more than 1,000 colleagues across 8 European countries, encouraging daily outdoor movement tracked through an internal app. The collective team effort resulted in over 856,000 kilometers completed, saving 174+ tons of CO2 emissions and unlocking a $20,000 donation to local NGOs (Magic Association and Preventis Association) chosen through employee voting.

🏆 Gold Award: Best Use of Employee Generated Content in an Employer Branding Campaign – “The Sign You Were Waiting For”

Designed to address our recruitment needs while building national awareness, “The Sign You Were Waiting For” campaign put our real employees at the heart of our story. Moving away from typical corporate campaigns, we brought our engineers directly onto the streets through playful, street-level visuals – from newspapers with hiring headlines to photo shoots in urban landmarks. The campaign integrated long-form employee stories on our blog (Behind the Impact: Special Edition), raw video interviews, an internal gamification contest, and targeted multi-channel promotion.

🥈 Silver Award: Employer Brand of the Year for Large Companies – GlobalLogic Romania

Following the 2024 brand transition from Fortech to GlobalLogic, our team launched an all-encompassing strategy anchored in GlobalLogic’s global EVP. This recognition reflects our holistic approach over the past year – combining impactful external campaigns, community tech partnerships, CSR investments (such as the €80,000 modernization of the Cluj-Napoca Blood Transfusion Center), and internal communication. The impact speaks for itself: according to Catalyst Solutions’ national study, GlobalLogic’s brand awareness in Romania grew from 27% in 2024 to an impressive 83% in 2026.

“Winning three major awards at the 5th edition of the Employer Branding Awards is a deeply humbling and inspiring moment for all of us at GlobalLogic Romania. These trophies belong to our incredible team members, who are the true heart and soul of everything we do – whether they were sharing their authentic stories in our employer branding campaign, logging tracks in the Moving Challenge to contribute to meaningful social causes, or building a better work environment every single day. Transitioning a beloved local brand with 20 years of history to a global digital engineering powerhouse was a journey that required courage, creativity, and trust. Tripling our brand awareness to 83% and being recognized as a top employer in Romania proves that staying true to our human-centric values resonates both internally and externally.”  –  Ana Cojuhari, Marketing Manager at GlobalLogic Romania

About GlobalLogic
GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company (www.globallogic.com), is a leader in digital engineering. The company helps brands around the world design and build innovative products, platforms, and digital experiences tailored to the modern world. By integrating experience design, complex engineering, and data expertise, it helps clients imagine what is possible and accelerate their transition to the digital businesses of the future.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic operates design studios and engineering centers worldwide, extending its expertise to clients in the automotive, communications, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, semiconductors, and technology industries. GlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group company operating under Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), contributing to a sustainable society with a higher quality of life by driving innovation through data and technology, such as Social Innovation Business.

About The Employer Branding Awards
The Employer Branding Awards recognize projects, campaigns, and individuals that have supported the development of employer branding within companies operating in the local market. Over 155 nominations were submitted across all 18 categories in this year’s edition of the competition, which were judged by a panel of 122 jury members – comprising leading HR specialists, employer branding experts, and industry consultants. Each entry was evaluated by between 10 and 31 jury members.

Over the past five years, we have submitted our most impactful GlobalLogic (previously Fortech) projects to the Employer Branding Awards, and had the pleasure of receiving several awards in recognition of our efforts:

• Gold for “Best New Employer Brand” and Gold for “Best Employer Brand Video” in 2024.
• Bronze for the “Employer Brand of the Year for Large Companies” and Silver for “Best Employer Brand Video” in 2023.
• Bronze for the “Employer Brand of the Year for Large Companies” and Bronze for “Best Employer Brand Video” in 2022.