DALLAS (May 6, 2014) — DAC Patient Recruitment Services, an Imperial company and leader in patient recruitment and retention for global clinical trials, earned two international Hermes Creative Awards for writing and design this year, including a Gold Award and the highest Hermes honor – the Platinum Award.
The company's winning platinum entry was the DAC Creative Magazine, written and designed by the DAC creative services team. Available in electronic and print format, the portfolio publication features articles about DAC's creative infrastructure and team philosophy, as well as clinical trial advertising and brand samples categorized by clinical indication.
DAC's gold winner, the Q1 2014 edition of Imperial Insider, was lauded for the depth and breadth of its content, which included probing articles on healthcare reform, women in biotechnology and other topics of interest to the clinical trials industry. Imperial Insider is the quarterly newsletter of the Imperial Family of Companies and is a collaborative effort between the DAC creative services and Imperial marketing teams.
As Brandon Bissell, director of marketing at Imperial stated: "This is a win not only for DAC, but also for the Imperial Family of Companies as a whole. DAC's creative services team is a strong component of Imperial's overall marketing group and produces award-winning work as proven here."
Administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP), Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, as well as emerging technologies. There were 5,500 entries from 15 countries in this year's competition, with winners selected from five categories and 195 subcategories.
Vaughn Anthony, director of creative services at DAC, oversaw strategy and execution for the winning entries and shared the following: "We have an outstanding team of people with individual talents that come together to create excellence. We have nine awards to show for it, and I'm proud of the team's accomplishments."
Part of the Family
DAC Patient Recruitment Services is proud to be a part of the Imperial Family of Companies—a clinical research support organization also comprising ClinicaLingua Translation Services and Imperial Graphics. Together, these three vertically integrated brands focus on patient recruitment, translation services, and site material production, fulfillment and global distribution. Working in synergy with our sister companies, we provide start-to-finish clinical trial solutions with the power of three companies through the convenience of one contact and one contract. For more information, visit dacprs.com or call 800.451.0322.