2021 SMPS Marketing Communications Awards
Posted by Communications Committee on May. 19, 2021 / Event Recap, SMPS CT, Press Releases / Subscribe 0
Innovation, creativity, and dedication were celebrated on Wednesday, May 12th as SMPS CT honored local A/E/C professional service firms and marketers at their bi-annual Marketing Communications Golden Gala Awards Ceremony. The virtual event recognized excellence in marketing communications by professional services firms and dedicated SMPS marketers for their exemplary marketing projects, campaigns, and materials.
Cathy DeFrances-Vittorio, Director of Business Development for Fuss & O’Neill, and Keith Claytor, Owner and Photographer of TimeFrozen Photography, served as emcees. BL Companies won in the Crisis Management and Communication category and the Best Internal Newsletter category. BVH Integrated Services took the Video category, the Corporate Identity/Rebranding category went to Elements, and Flow Tech, Inc. won the Special Event category. Lane Construction Corporation was honored in the Judges’ Choice and Social Media – Basic categories. Best Website went to QA+M Architects. The People’s Choice Award was a tie between BL Companies’ The Owners’ Manual Newsletter and Flow Tech, Inc.’s You can BARLEY tell it’s work! The 6th Annual Flowtoberfest.
The event also recognized three marketing and business development professionals with professional achievement awards. SMPS’s most prestigious award, the James Bancroft Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented to Bernice Rios Bako, FSMPS, SMPS President-Elect. A member of SMPS for over 25 years, Bernice has held several positions within the organization, most notably as president of SMPS CT when the chapter was awarded the 2002 National Striving for Excellence Grand Prize. As Director of Marketing, Global Development for Turner Construction Company (Turner), Bernice develops and implements enterprise-wide marketing activities; manages marketing efforts for multiple market segments; oversees training and organizational development, and is managing the reorganization and branding refresh for SourceBlue, a Turner subsidiary.
This year’s Grace Waldvogel Member of the Year award honored Carly Olson for going above and beyond for the Chapter as the 2020-2021 co-chair of SMPS CT’s Education Committee. As a Marketing Specialist for Lane Construction Corporation, Carly leads the company’s strategy in corporate branding and advertising, event coordination, and internal and external communication campaigns.
The Trail Blazer Award was presented to Julia DeFrances. Julia is chapter Treasurer, and a member of the newly created Education Committee. A Marketing Coordinator at BL Companies, Julia combines a love of creating with a passion for writing by developing communications collateral, proposals, and award submissions.
The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) was created in 1973 by a small group of professional services firm leaders who recognized the need to sharpen skills, pool resources, and work together to create business opportunities. Today, SMPS, nationally, represents a dynamic network of 7,000+ marketing and business development professionals from architectural, engineering, planning, interior design, construction, and specialty consulting firms located throughout the United States and Canada. The Society and its 60 chapters benefit from the support of 3,250 design and building firms, encompassing 80% of the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms and Top 400 Contractors.
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Photography by Lisa Pavano, SMPS CT Member & Volunteer
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