WCH Marketing Receives International Awards for Center for Weight Loss Surgery Campaign

Wood County Hospital’s marketing department, in collaboration with Knox Marketing, has been honored with three awards for their outstanding work in 2019. The Silver Communicator Award, The Hermes Creative Award (all TV division), and The Silver Telly Award (local & regional TV division) are all international awards that have recognized Wood County Hospital’s “Reveal the New You” campaign for the Center for Weight Loss Surgery which highlights the transformation of three of the center’s patients and their significant success through the program.

The Communicator Award is the leading international creative awards program honoring creative excellence for communication professionals. Founded over two decades ago, this Award is an annual competition honoring the best advertising, corporate communications, public relations and identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. This award receives over 6,000 entries. The Wood County Hospital marketing department and Knox Marketing have previously won The Communicator award in 2017 and 2018.

Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media. The Hermes Awards receive over 6,000 annual entries from throughout the United States and numerous other countries. Each year, competition judges evaluate the creative industry’s best publications, branding collateral, websites, videos, and advertising, marketing and communication programs.

The Telly Award honors excellence in local, regional and cable television commercials. WCH was selected as a Telly Award Winner out of 12,000+ entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. The winners represent work from some of the most respected advertising agencies, television stations, production companies and publishers from around the world. The Telly Awards recognizes work the has been created on the behalf of a client, for a specific brand and/or company or self-directed as a creative endeavor. The marketing department also won this award in 2017.

“These awards are truly a reflection of the collaborative efforts of the marketing staff and the Center for Weight Loss Surgery staff.  Significant time and energy went into this campaign and the leadership from Sara Meyer and Dr. Pete Lalor was certainly a contributing factor to the overall success of the campaign,” stated Cristy Walton, vice president of development.  “Thank you to everyone who assisted with not only this campaign, but all of our ongoing efforts. Your willingness to assist us in showcasing the outstanding work we do at WCH is very much appreciated.”

To view the Reveal the New You commercial, visithttps://youtu.be/a2y4P61eFZ0