Dallas, May 1, 2012 – The Hermes Creative Awards announced the winners list for the 2012 Hermes Awards today, naming Bryant Zamberlan Group, LLC (“BZ”) the recipient of two honors: a 2012 Platinum Hermes Creative Award for Integrated Communications Planning and Branding, and a Gold Hermes Creative Award for Graphic Design and Document Development. BZ’s award-winning entries included a communications audit, outreach plan, and rebranded print and Web materials for an Austin, Texas-based association, and a full-color Annual Report prepared for the Desert Pacific Healthcare Network of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“It is always an honor to have the work of the BZ team recognized with an industry award,” noted Benjamin Bryant, President/CEO and founding partner. “BZ promises our clients products and service as good or better than can those offered by our larger competitors. When the quality and effectiveness of our work—particularly work in such core areas as communications strategy, branding, and graphic design—is recognized by industry peers and experts, it is both humbling and validating for our incredibly hard-working team. It means we’re successfully following through on that promise.”

About the Hermes Creative Awards
The Hermes Creative Awards are an international awards competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media. Hermes Creative Awards recognizes outstanding work in the industry. The 2012 competition included nearly 5,000 entries from throughout the United States, Canada and several other countries. Entries came from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers.

The Hermes Creative Awards are administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The international organization consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production and free-lance professionals. AMCP oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and rewards outstanding achievement and service to the profession. As part of its mission, AMCP fosters and supports the efforts of creative professionals who contribute their unique talents to public service and charitable organizations. Hermes entrants are not charged entry fees to enter work they produced pro bono. In addition, the efforts of generous marketing and communication professionals are acknowledged through grants and special recognition.

AMCP judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. Winners were selected from 179 categories grouped under advertising, publications, marketing/branding, integrated marketing, public relations/communications, electronic media and pro bono. About 15% of the entries won the Platinum Award- the organization’s top honor. Nineteen percent won the Gold Award. A full list of Platinum and Gold Winners can be found on the Hermes Creative Awards website.

About Bryant Zamberlan Group, LLC
Bryant Zamberlan Group, LLC (BZ) is a privately held, minority-owned small business serving federal and state government, as well as private industry and academia. A certified disadvantaged minority business enterprise, BZ is recognized by the SBA as a HUBZone-certified small business concern.

BZ offers a full complement of strategic communications and marketing products and services—each custom tailored to client requirements and delivered for a fair price at the highest quality. Services for government and industry include communications planning and strategy; meeting and event planning and management; organizational branding and identity; creative design and publications; Web, social media, and digital communications; and organizational and management consulting. BZ also offers a range of related IT and administrative support.

More information on Bryant Zamberlan Group, LLC is located at www.thebzgroup.com.

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