Visix Creative Services Wins Two Hermes Awards and Four Communicator Awards

Creative team for digital signage software company receives honors for interactive wayfinding designs.

2013-05-06

ATLANTA, GA, May 06, 2013 (Press-News.org) Visix, Inc. is honored to receive four Communicator Awards and two Hermes Creative Awards for their interactive wayfinding and multimedia designs for digital signage. The awards were announced this week and bring the total number of awards and honors for the Visix Creative Services team to 32.

Dwayne Johnson, Designer for Visix Creative Services, received Communicator Silver Awards of Distinction for his Harvard University, San Diego Miramar College and University of Iowa interactive wayfinding designs. He also received a Communicator Silver Award of Distinction and a Platinum Hermes Creative Award for his virtual aquarium design for Jeff Gordon Children's Hospital. Robert Brown, Visix Creative Content Artist, received a Gold Hermes Creative Award for his interactive multimedia design for the College of Saint Rose.

"It's exciting for us to be recognized for our ongoing efforts to grow our creative offerings and satisfy customers' needs," says Jill Perardi, Creative Services Project Manager. "Our team creates every interactive project from scratch, folding in both technical and design elements with a goal of exceeding the client's expectations every time. Our project load has increased 300% in the last six months, so we're thrilled that the work is being honored by creative experts. It's an additional incentive for our busy design team."

The 2013 Communicator Awards received over 6000 entries from ad agencies, interactive agencies, production, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, designers, and public relations. The annual competition honors the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. The 2013 Communicator Awards received over 6000 entries from ad agencies, interactive agencies, production, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, designers, and public relations.

The Hermes Awards competition has grown to one of the largest of its kind in the world. A look at the winners shows a range in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies. The competition is so well thought of in the industry that national public relations organizations, local ad clubs, and local business communicator chapters are entrants.

"We are both excited and amazed by the quality of work received for the 19th Annual Communicator Awards. This year's class of entries is a true reflection of the progressive and innovative nature of marketing and communications," noted Linda Day, executive director of the International Academy of the Visual Arts. She added, "On behalf of the entire Academy I want to applaud this year's Communicator Awards entrants and winners for their dedication to perfecting their craft as they continue to push the envelope of creativity."

Examples of Visix designs can be viewed at http://www.visix.com/digital-signage-design-gallery.html. Clients interested in purchasing Creative Services should contact salesteam@visix.com.

About The Communicator Awards
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for communication professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago. The Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms. Please visit www.communicatorawards.com for more information.

About the Hermes Awards
Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies. The Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production, web and freelance professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence. Please visit www.hermesawards.com for more information.

Visix, Inc. designs, develops and supports a suite of browser-based digital signage products that allows users to create, manage and schedule organizational communications from anywhere and to deliver messages and media to virtually any endpoint. The company offers digital signage software, meeting room signs, and applications for targeted messaging to desktops and portable devices.

Learn more about Visix digital signage products and services at www.visix.com.

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