WeissComm Group CEO Jim Weiss Appointed Founding Board Member and Judge of First-Ever CLIO Healthcare Awards

WeissComm Group CEO Jim Weiss Appointed Founding Board Member and Judge of First-Ever CLIO Healthcare Awards

WeissComm Group CEO Jim Weiss Appointed Founding Board Member and Judge of First-Ever CLIO Healthcare Awards

New York and San Francisco, July 22, 2009 -- WeissComm Group today announced that its Chairman and CEO Jim Weiss, who was recently named an “Emerging Power Player” by PRWeek, has been appointed a founding advisory board member and judge of the inaugural CLIO Healthcare Awards. The awards honor creative excellence and innovation in advertising and communications in the healthcare industry.

About the CLIO Healthcare Awards and Entry Process
The CLIO Healthcare Awards are an extension of the CLIO Awards, one of the world’s most recognized awards competitions for advertising, design and interactive.  Healthcare accounts for more than one-third of the U.S. gross national product and has become one of the most visible sectors of advertising, promotion and creative design in the last few years, particularly on TV and online, but is regulated differently and more stringently than traditional advertising and promotion.  The CLIO Healthcare Awards will be executed using the same rigorous standards and commitment to excellence as the CLIO Awards, but levels the playing field to qualify and judge this particular and massive industry sector more fairly and appropriately.

Online entry submissions are being accepted until Aug. 7, 2009, for all work appearing between January 1 and June 30, 2009.  The CLIO Healthcare Awards recognize the differences in advertising between direct-to-professional and direct-to-consumer and cover the key areas of the healthcare industry, including pharmaceuticals, device and diagnostics, disease awareness, over-the-counter, and health services with an opportunity to submit for print, poster, billboard, direct mail, innovative, interactive, TV/cinema/digital, radio, strategic communications/public relations and integrated campaigns.  Full entry process details and qualifications can be found at www.cliohealthcare.com.

The CLIO Awards and CLIO Healthcare Awards are produced by Nielsen Business Media, a part of The Nielsen Company, a global information and media company.  For more information about the CLIO Healthcare Awards, go to www.CLIOHealthcare.com.  Follow the CLIO Healthcare Awards on your favorite social networks: Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

About WeissComm Group
WeissComm Group is an integrated media services company focused on the corporate and product marketing and communications needs of the world’s leading companies.  It is the parent company of WeissComm Partners, the largest independent communications agency focused exclusively on the healthcare industry; Invigorate Communications, an agency focused on helping companies build health-based brands; ODA, an innovative creative services agency that works with companies to cultivate unique brands that resonate and inspire; and Common Sense Media Group, a social media agency. 

Serving clients globally with full-service offices in San Francisco, New York, Austin, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and London, WeissComm Group’s seasoned professionals specialize in branding, design, digital and traditional marketing, corporate and product PR, social media, investor and advocacy relations, clinical trial recruitment and grassroots direct-to-patient communications campaigns.  For more information, please visit www.wcgglobal.com.

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