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THE 18th ANNUAL COMMUNICATOR AWARDS ANNOUNCES 2012 WINNERS

EXCELLENCE AND DISTINCTION WINNERS NAMED www.communicatorawards.com New York, NY (April 30, 2012) - The winners of The 2012 Communicator Awards have been announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts today. With thousands of entries received from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals. Please visit www.communicatorawards.com to view the full winners list. The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 550+ 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. Current IAVA membership represents a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: Cond Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, HBO, Keller Crescent, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sothebys Institute of Art, Tribal DDB, Victorias Secret, Wired, Yahoo!, and many others. See www.iavisarts.org for more information. The pool of entries we received for this years Communicator Awards serves as a true testament to the innovative ideas and capabilities of communications and marketing professionals around the world. Each year our entrants continue to amaze by reinventing the ways we communicate and market in an ever-changing industry noted Linda Day, executive director of the IAVA. She added, On behalf of the entire Academy, we congratulate this years Communicator Award Entrants and Winners for their passion and dedication. We are humbled to be given the opportunity to recognize such amazing work. For more information about the Communicator Awards, please visit www.communicatorawards.com, email the Communicator Awards at info@communicatorawards.com or call us at (212) 675-3555. 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 Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and

identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. This years Communicator Awards received thousands of entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. Please visit www.communicatorawards.com for more information. The Communicator 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.iavisarts.org for a full member list and more information.

About the Communicator Awards: The Communicator Awards is the leading international creative awards program honoring creative excellence for communication professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. The 2012 Communicator Awards received over 6000 entries from ad agencies, interactive agencies, production rms, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, design rms, and public relations rms. Who is behind the Communicator: The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA). The IAVA is an invitation-only member-based organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current membership represents a Whos Who of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing rms including: Time,Inc., rabble+rouser, Lockheed Martin, Pitney Bowes, Airtype Studio, and many others. See www.iavisarts.org for more information.

Judging and Awarding: Entries are judged to evaluate distinction in creative work. In determining Excellence and Distinction. Winners, entries are judged on their merits against a standard of excellence based on the 18-year history of The Communicator Awards, considering the category entered. A category may have multiple winners, or may have none.

Testimonials:

Oxygen is a brand dedicated to finding new and innovative ways of engaging our young, female audience. Social media often fuels these experiences so it's an honor to have received an award designed to recognize new ideas and initiatives in digital marketing. Jennifer Kavanagh, SVP Digital Media Oxygen Samsung Mobile is honored and humbled to have had our creative materials recognized as a Communicator Award Winner. We know that creative communications plays a pivotal role in any product's success, and producing materials that strike a chord with audiences is an important goal for Samsung Mobile. We look forward to many more years of celebrated entries with the Communicator Awards. Paul Golden, Vice President of Strategic Markeitng Samsung Telecommunications America Con Edison has received several Communicator Awards over time, and we are delighted that our company's efforts are celebrated among those of so many stellar entrants. The Awards affirm the value of professional communicators to the success of any business. Judith Mason, Manager - Corporate Advertising Con Edison

Estamos sumamente orgullosos primero, de haber sido nominados a este prestigioso certamen en el mundo del mercadeo y la publicidad y segundo, por haber sido galardonados con dos premios a la distincin en las reas de publicidad impresa y mercadeo/promocin. El ao pasado obtuvimos premios a nivel de excelencia y distincin por varios proyectos multimedios sobre turismo sostenible en la Republica Dominicana y este ao repetimos la formula de xito realizando trabajos dirigidos hacia la conservacin de los ecosistemas con diseos preparados para la cumbre anual de la Sociedad Mesoamericana de Biologa y Conservacin. Esperamos seguir brindando proyectos de calidad y poder continuar con nuestra misin de llevar nuestro mensaje de educacin ambiental, ecoturismo y la promocin de la conservacin global. We are deeply honored, first of all, for having been nominated to such world renowned award competition in the areas of advertising and marketing, and second, for being awarded with two Communicators Awards of Distinction in print advertising and marketing/promotion. We were awarded last year with several Excellence and Distinction awards for various multimedia projects about sustainable tourism in the Dominican Republic, and this year we repeated our recipe for success with design projects focusing on the conservation of our ecosystems for the annual meeting of the Sociedad Mesoamericana de Biologa y Conservacin . We hope to keep creating quality products and to keep promoting our mission of providing conservation leadership to global partners. Carlos Mercado, Multimedia Specialist International Cooperation, IITF US Forest Service