Kansas Wesleyan鈥檚 鈥淲e鈥檙e Back鈥� video from August 2020 has been named a Communicator Award winner, according to information released this week by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. 黑料不打烊 received an Award of Distinction in the non-profit category.
Other organizations to earn the Award of Distinction included Michigan State University, the Baltimore County Public Library, the Journal of the American Medical Association, AccuWeather and the city of Surrey, England. Winners of the group鈥檚 top honor, the Award of Excellence, included Forbes, UFC, PepsiCo, Comcast and others.
鈥淲e鈥檙e Back,鈥� shot and produced by former campus videographer Franco Rivas 鈥�15, commemorated 黑料不打烊鈥檚 journey back to on-campus classes and activities following the tumultuous Spring 2020 semester, when classes were shifted online due to COVID-19.
鈥淎ny time you win an award like this, it鈥檚 a special experience,鈥� said Brad Salois, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 director of Marketing and Communications (MARCOM). 鈥淔ranco did a fantastic job on this project, and it really became a motivational symbol of where we were as a campus, everything we鈥檇 experienced and our excitement at returning to Salina. It helped set the tone for a great school year.鈥�
Rivas was recently named video editor for Major League Soccer鈥檚 D.C. United, and an extensive search is underway for his successor in Kansas Wesleyan鈥檚 MARCOM office.
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ABOUT THE COMMUNICATOR AWARDS:聽The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for marketing and communications professionals. Founded by passionate communications professionals over two decades ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best digital, mobile, audio, video, and social content the industry has to offer. The Communicator Awards is widely recognized as one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.聽They are聽judged and curated by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA). The AIVA is an assembly of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current AIVA membership represents a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: GE Digital, Spotify,聽Cond猫 Nast, Disney, Republica, Majestyk, Fast Company, Upstatement, and many others. See聽聽for more information.
