MarCom Recognizes ClearVision’s Creative Excellence with 13 Awards!

Contact: Alida Almonte
631.787.1764/aalmonte@cvoptical.com

Hauppauge, NY – November 2013 – Eyewear industry leader ClearVision Optical receives nine awards and four honorable mentions in this year’s MarCom Awards, an international competition that recognizes outstanding creative achievement by marketing and communication professionals.  MarCom is the oldest, largest and most respected competition in the creative industry. 

ClearVision stood out among 6,000 entries, receiving four prestigious Platinum Awards, MarCom’s top honor; five Gold Awards and four Honorable Mentions for its outstanding creative efforts.  ClearVision competed side-by-side with nationally recognized companies such as The Coca Cola Company, Booz Allen Hamilton, RED Interactive Agency, Bloomberg LP, The Livestrong Foundation, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Toyota Motor Sales USA Corp and others across the US and internationally.  Judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, judges looked for companies and individuals whose talents exceeded a high standard of excellence and whose work served as a benchmark for the industry.

The most notable win for ClearVision was its Virtual Cookie Exchange in the Communication/PR/Social Media Campaign category.  A new category for the national level competition, this win supports ClearVision’s continued focus on social and digital media and is considered a major success for the largest privately-owned eyewear company.

Winners were selected from over 200 categories in seven forms of media and communication efforts, including marketing, publications, marketing/promotion, public service/pro bono, creativity and electronic/interactive.  Winners ranged in size from Fortune 500 companies to media conglomerates and individual communicators. 

ClearVision’s Awards include:

2013 Platinum Award

• 2013 InSight Brand Brochure, Design (Print)/Brochure Interior
• 2013 InSight Brand Brochure, Brochure/Business to Business
• 2013 Sun Catalog, Brochure/Catalog
• Times Square Cover, Photo/ Design (Web)/Social Media Site

2013 Gold Award

• Virtual Cookie Exchange, Comm/PR/Social Media Campaign
• 2013 InSight Brand Brochure, Design (Print)/Brochure
• Kids Quiz In Store Poster, Marketing/Promotion/Materials/Poster
• QR Code Cover Photo, Design (Web)/Social Media Site
• The Spec Sheet, E-Communication/E-Newsletter 

In addition, ClearVision received Honorable Mentions for its 2013 InSight Brand Brochure, ClearVision Blog, Etch a Sketch Cover Photo and Hire Me MaybeViral Video.

To learn more about ClearVision Optical visit www.cvoptical.com.  Want to SOCIALize? Follow, Like or Visit ClearVision Optical on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube and Instagram.

InSight Brand Brochure

Kids In Store Poster

QR Code Facebook Cover Photo

Times Square Facebook Cover Photo

The Spec Sheet

About ClearVision Optical

Founded in 1949, ClearVision Optical is an award-winning leader in the optical industry, designing and distributing eyewear and sunwear for top brands, such as BCBGMAXAZRIA, Cole Haan, Ellen Tracy, IZOD, Marc Ecko Cut & Sew, Ocean Pacific, and Jessica McClintock.  ClearVision’s house brands include ClearVision Collection, Junction City, and Dilli Dalli pediatric eyewear. A privately held company, ClearVision is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York and has more than 250 associates throughout the U.S. ClearVision’s collections are distributed throughout North America and 20 countries around the globe.  To learn more about ClearVision Optical, visit www.cvoptical.com, like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/clearvisionoptical or follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/cvoptical.com to stay connected to the latest ClearVision news.

About MarCom Awards

Since 1995, this international competition has been recognizing outstanding creative achievement by marketing and communication professionals. MarCom Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several thousand creative professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence. 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. Over the past several years, AMCP has donated over $75,000 in grants to support the efforts of its members. That money was used for marketing materials for homeless shelters, orphanages, day camps, community theaters, art centers, programs for the elderly and for child care and educational endeavors for the underprivileged.  For more information, please visit: www.marcomawards.com.

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