FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Rebecca Amesbury,
Vice President
Telephone:
954-566-4647
Fax: 954-252-2445
sKILLSTORM RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS 2010 AMERICAN INHOUSE
DESIGN AWARD
Fort Lauderdale,
Florida (May 5, 2010) – SkillStorm
today announced that the company has been selected as a winner in the 2010
American Inhouse Design Awards, an annual award
program sponsored by Graphic Design USA,
a leading graphic design magazine. For
over 50 years, this award program has honored the outstanding graphic design
and marketing efforts of inhouse communication and
marketing departments across the nation.
Over 4,000 entries were received in 24 different categories for this
year’s award program. Of these, only a highly selective 15% were recognized
with certificates of excellence.
“We are thrilled to have received this award,”
said SkillStorm Vice President of Marketing and
Communication Rebecca Amesbury. “I’m so
proud of our accomplishments as a team. We always try to keep our work fun, fresh
and out-of-the box. Having our entry recognized
by Graphic Design USA means our designs are definitely attention-grabbing and
anything but standard.”
SkillStorm
is a winner in the Sales Promotions/ Sales Kits category. The company’s winning entry was created by
the SkillStorm Corporate Marketing department as a sales
tool to target a specific potential client for SkillStorm. The eye-catching entry, a custom-made booklet,
is printed on linen paper and is saddle stitched. The entire piece was created inhouse, from start to finish including the concept,
copywriting, design, illustration, printing and scoring/ binding.
SkillStorm
has received many highly regarded national and state awards. Most recently, SkillStorm
was recognized as a finalist for the San
Diego Business Journal 2010 Best Places to Work Award and the Helios HR
2010 Apollo Award. In 2009, the company
was named Orlando Business Journal’s
Outstanding Small Business for the second year in a row. SkillStorm was also
named 2009 Business of the Year and one of the 2009 Best Places to Work by the South Florida Business Journal, the
second year in a row the company has received this honor. SkillStorm has also
received the San Diego Better Business Bureau (BBB) 2008 Torch Award for
Marketplace Ethics, ranked #2 on Charlotte
Business Journal’s Largest Contingency Executive Search Firms List for 2008
and ranked # 2 on San Diego Daily
Transcript’s Staffing Firms List for 2008.
Other accolades include being named one of the 2007 Best Places to Work
in Central Florida by the Orlando
Business Journal, being awarded the 2006 Governor’s Entrepreneurship Award in Florida’s
Mega Market, winning South Florida
Business Journal's 2006 Technology Award in the Professional Services
Category and
ranking as the 13th Fastest Growing New Company in America in 2006
on Entrepreneur Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Hot 100 List.
About SkillStorm
SkillStorm
provides diversified technical services to various organizations
nationwide. The company specializes in Information
Technology, Engineering and Project Management consulting, outsourcing and
staff augmentation solutions. SkillStorm has an impressive client list, which includes
many elite Fortune 500 companies.
SkillStorm
has 14 offices throughout the United States, with corporate headquarters
located in San Diego, California.
For
more information on SkillStorm, please visit us on the
Web at www.SkillStorm.com
or visit our blog at www.SkillStorm.com/blog.
About Graphic Design
USA
Since
1963 Graphic Design USA has been a leading publication for graphic designers and
other creative professionals. Graphic
Design USA is a monthly news and information magazine for and about the
professional design community including graphic design firms, corporate inhouse departments, advertising agencies and multimedia
development firms. With Graphic Design
USA magazine you can find information on graphic design news, trends, people,
ideas and products from the design community.
For more information, visit www.gdusa.com.
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