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October, 2007 - NIA wins 8 awards in two international design competitions

Today, the Hermes Creative Awards and the Communicator Awards Print Competition both named winners in their prestigious international competitions, and NIA Creative was honored with a total of 8 awards between each program:

Hermes Creative Awards:

Platinum - Genentech Mechanism of Action Animation; Category: Video/Medical

Platinum - Quorum Website; Category: Microsite

Gold - NuGEN Corporate Branding; Category: Company Branding

Gold - NIA Creative Print Portfolio; Category: Design/Other

Honorable Mention - Sun Infrastructure Desktop Demo; Category: CD-ROM

Communicator Awards - Print Competition:

Honorable Mention - FrontRange ITSM Brochure; Category: Product Promotion

Honorable Mention - Kaiser Healthy Living Poster; Category: Poster

Honorable Mention - Antec Print Ad; Category: Magazine Ad

Creative Director Chris Finetti notes, “We are so proud of the work we do…Too often, we overlook entering competitions like these because we get so busy with projects and deadlines. In fact, we haven’t submitted entries to any awards competitions in 2 years. But seeing the results we received today, we remember how gratifying it is to receive industry recognition from our peers and look forward to future opportunities to see how we stack up.”

To see a full list of all awards won by NIA Creative, visit our Awards Page.

About The Hermes Creative Awards:

The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concepting, writing and design of traditional materials and programs as well as emerging technologies. Entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies, web based innovators and freelancers. The Hermes Creative Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals – an organization consisting of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production, web and free-lance professionals.

About the Communicator Awards:

The Communicator Awards is a leading international awards program recognizing creative excellence in the communication field. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards holds annual competitions for audio in October, video in November, and print media in February. The Communicator Awards provides winners and their clients the recognition they deserve and gives communications and creative professionals proof and validation that their work is outstanding and highly regarded by their peers.

About NIA Creative:

NIA Creative was founded in 1996 and has grown to become a trusted go-to marketing partner for healthcare and technology companies and public sector/non-profit organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and U.S. In 2005, NIA launched its healthcare division, NIA Creative Health, to better meet the needs of device, pharma, diagnostics and consumer health firms. NIA is unique in that both traditional agency and full-scale production services are available in-house. Services include advertising and branding, web development, video production, animation, interactive media development and tradeshow/event marketing. Clients include Baxter BioScience, Biogen Idec, Cadence Design, Carl Zeiss Meditec, City of San Jose, Clarity Medical Systems, eHealthInsurance.com, Genentech, HA Logistics, Kaiser Permanente, Marin County Department of Health & Human Services, NuGEN Technologies, SellPoint, Tensilica, Themis, Workday and Zhone Technologies. For more information, visit www.niacreative.com and www.niacreativehealth.com.