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Silver service

6th Oct 2009

theblueballroom wins two Silver Awards in the Communication Excellence Awards 2009. 

Roche Life, the employee magazine for Roche UK, and The Link, the e-zine for DHL’s European HQ in Brussels, both earned Silver Awards for Communication Excellence in a competition organised by the South Region of Communicators in Business (CiB).

In the capable hands of our Senior Account Manager and award-winning editor, Wendy Gerbert, Roche Life goes from strength to strength. “We’re thrilled to have won a CiB award for Roche Life,” said Wendy. “I like to think that the healthy working relationship we have with the Corporate Affairs team at Roche goes a long way towards ensuring the magazine’s success, and contributed to our award win. Quite simply, it’s a pleasure to work with them on every issue.”

The Roche Life entry scored highly for having well-defined communication objectives. And the judges were particularly impressed by the approach to evaluating the publication. 

Kevin McDougall, our online specialist who manages The Link, said: “We’re delighted with the award for the e-zine. Everything featured in The Link is absolutely relevant for its audience, and this is helped by the great rapport we’ve built with the client and contributors. If I could sum up the client in one word it would be ‘Brilliant’!”

The Link impressed the judging panel with its clear aims and understanding of audience needs, and its truly engaging design.

Both publications are produced by our talented in-house creative services team. According to Lyn Illsley, Creative Services Manager: “It’s all about creating the perfect blend of being as creative as possible with really knowing and designing for specific audiences.”

Now short listed in the Best Internal Magazine and Best E-zine categories respectively, the final awards will be announced at a prize-giving celebration on Thursday 22 October at the AXA Centre in Bristol.
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