Messenger RNA (mRNA)-lipid nanoparticle (LNP) vaccination has garnered much excitement following its success in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this, the technology seldom focuses on the potential to manipulate and enhance the immune system response beyond the delivery of antigen mRNA. Current mRNA-LNP vaccines do not fully exploit the ability of specialized immune cells, known as professional antigen-presenting cells, which harness an unparalleled ability to initiate adaptive immune responses. We have used a cre reporter mouse strain to track the expression of mRNA-LNPs by such antigen presenting cells, notably the dendritic cell subsets, at both the site of injection (muscle) and secondary lymphoid organs. With this information, we have then designed novel mRNA-LNPs that encode in conjunction with an antigen of choice, immunogenic mRNAs such as dendritic cell cytokines or transcription factors. The inclusion of these immunogenic mRNAs is designed to boost vaccine immunogenicity through an expected increased abundance and activation of antigen-presenting cells that is driven by dendritic cell biology. The resulting T-cell priming and specific cytotoxicity are enhanced even with the delivery of low dose of antigen mRNA. Vaccination with these immunogenic mRNA-LNPs is also protective in OVA expressing murine models of Eμ-myc driven B Cell lymphoma and Listeria monocytogenes infection. Furthermore, this can be achieved without the precision cell-targeting that other immune cell-focused approaches require. These vaccines will uniquely exploit dendritic cell biology to attempt to overcome current obstacles in mRNA vaccination, such as waning immunity and the development of effective cancer immunotherapies, and highlight a platform for testing an array of genes that could potentially improve mRNA-LNP based therapeutic outcomes for and beyond vaccination.