GetCre8ive Wins International Communication Award

Pasig City, Philippines, April 20, 2011 --(PR.com)-- GetCre8ive, the Philippine delegate of Getty Images, is a winner of the prestigious 2011 Gold Quill Award for excellence in business communication, presented by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). GetCre8ive captured an Award of Merit in the Special Events category for Cre8ion - the Partnership Launch of Getty Images and GetCre8ive.

For more than 35 years, IABC’s annual Gold Quill Awards program has honored the best of the best in business communication, offering professional communicators an opportunity to have their work evaluated by expert judges. The winners represent excellence in organizational communication and their work plans serve as best practices for professional communicators across communication disciplines.

This year’s competition was sponsored by Towers Watson and received nearly 900 entries from 26 countries. Of these, 100 were selected to receive awards - 34 Awards of Excellence, 65 Awards of Merit and one Student Award. The winners will be honored at the Gold Quill Awards gala dinner on 13 June at the IABC 2011 World Conference in San Diego, California.

“The Gold Quill Awards is one of the few opportunities for communicators to have their work recognised at a global level,” says Melissa Dark, ABC, chair of the 2011 Gold Quill Awards. “The awards recognize work done in the many and varied facets of the business communication profession, but in all areas it is primarily concerned with demonstrating how the communicator has added value to their business through strategic, innovatively-executed and thoroughly measured communication activity. As in previous years, this year we had entries from all across the world, in four different languages from communicators all keen to see their work evaluated against the gold standard of IABC’s awards program. Those who have won can be justly proud of having their work recognized at this international level.”

GetCre8ive Marketing Consultant Malaya Del Rosario said, “The notification for winners came a month ahead of our first year anniversary, which only makes that celebration sweeter. But at GetCre8ive, we work with excellent communicators, creative and advertising organizations and marketing experts everyday and I believe it is only a matter of time before more Filipino communicators bring home their own Gold Quills.”

On behalf of Getty Images, Hong Kong-based Senior Sales Director Rupert Harrow cheered GetCre8ive saying, “To be recognised by the Gold Quill Awards is an honour and terrific recognition of the hard work put in by the GetCreative team on behalf of Getty Images in the Philippines. This award not only illustrates we have the right partners in GetCreative, but also that the Philippines is fast becoming a creative hub in the region.”

The Gold Quill Award entries went through two rigorous rounds of judging by top senior communicators from around the world. The final selection was made by the Gold Quill Awards Blue Ribbon Panel of judges in March. To win the Gold Quill Award, GetCre8ive Corporation competed with peers from 26 countries including: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the U.S.

Visit the Gold Quill Awards web site to see the complete list of this year’s award winners. A select number of award-winning entries will be on display at the IABC 2011 World Conference.

The Gold Quill Award-winning case studies will be published in IABC’s Discovery.

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