Desert Rose Design Wins Two 2009 Communicator Awards


Communicator Awards

Elmhurst, IL (June 1, 2009) The International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA) recently announced that Desert Rose Design has won two 2009 Communicator Awards of Distinction for their outstanding and highly regarded work on the 2008 Mario Make Me a Model microsite for Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas and the Mayhem Promotions website.

Founded by communication professionals, The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for Communications Professionals. This award gives communications and creative professionals proof and validation that their work is exceptional.

The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the IAVA, a 450+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.

“The quality, creativity and execution of this year’s work is a true testament to the talents and abilities of communications professionals from around the world,” said Linda Day, director of the IAVA. “The entries received reflect an increasingly diversified industry and the work once again sets the bar extremely high. On behalf of the entire Academy, we are honored to have once again judged the 15th Annual Communicator Awards and we are proud to honor the outstanding communications professionals who continue to push a high standard of excellence.”

This year’s Communicator Awards received over 9,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes. It provides an equal chance of winning to all entrants regardless of company or agency size and project budget.

The Award of Excellence is given to those entries whose ability to communicate puts them among the best in the field. The Award of Distinction is presented for projects that exceed industry standards in quality and achievement. Desert Rose Design is thrilled to have won two Awards of Distinction. “Mario, Make Me a Model, a local model search program for Mario Tricoci, and Mayhem Promotions, a mixed martial arts events company, are the kind of projects that make us get up in the morning,” said Kathy Steele, Vice President of Desert Rose Design. “We were able to bring these two unique concepts to life, and we are thrilled about the recognition each brand has received since their launch. Receiving this award simply adds to our excitement for each of these projects.”

Desert Rose Design is a hybrid marketing and communications firm based in Elmhurst, Illinois. They are a WBENC certified woman owned business that specializes in combining graphic design talent with multimedia and custom software applications. They provide a combination of traditional and new media marketing tactics, including corporate branding, capabilities collateral, print advertising, catalogs & publications, web design & development, custom software development, web-enabled applications, Internet marketing and interactive media.

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