Penton's REP. and National Real Estate Investor Win Gold in the American Graphic Design Awards

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Penton's Wealth Management and Real Estate Group today announced it has been honored with five American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design USA, a design competition open to everyone in the graphic arts community—graphic design firms, advertising agencies, in-house designers and publishers. The awards celebrate excellent design in all media, including print, packaging, online, broadcast and logos. 

"We are very pleased to have received these prestigious awards from Graphic Design USA," said Warren Bimblick, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Penton.

For nearly 40 years, REP. has been the most trusted publication for wealth management professionals—serving financial advisors and financial planners with award-winning coverage of industry trends, investment ideas, news about the firms, and the latest products and innovations.

Group Art Director Sean Barrow won awards for his designs of REP.'s June 2013 cover on the annual Compensation Survey, June 2013, the November 2013 cover illustrating the risks of a solo practice and the April 2014 cover of United Capital's Joe Duran.

National Real Estate Investor is the leading authority on trends in the commercial real estate markets, providing top-level executives with in-depth analysis of important developments in the industry.  Group Design Director Kathy McGilvery won awards for her designs of NREI's January/February 2014 cover illustrating the Money Issue and the May/June 2014 cover about retail properties gaining favor with investors.

About the GDUSA Awards Competitions
The American Graphic Design Awards is a five-decade-old design competition open to everyone in the graphic arts community — graphic design firms, advertising agencies, in-house designers and publishers — and celebrates excellent design in all media, including print, packaging, online, broadcast and logos. The American Package Design Awards annual competition celebrates well-designed graphics, of course, but more importantly the power of design to advance the brand promise and to forge an emotional link with the buyer. For more information about GDUSA competitions, please visit www.gdusa.com. 

About Penton

Penton drives performance for more than sixteen million professionals each and every day. They rely on us to deliver: Insights, information & workflow tools to inform critical business decisions; networking & community to engage them with industry peers & partners; and data & marketing services to advance their business performance & deliver ROI. They look to Penton to power the possibilities.

Penton is a growth company with a track-record of strong performance and success and is backed by its co-owners: MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP.

For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.

Contact:
Kate Spellman
SVP, Marketing
Penton
212 204 4351
[email protected]

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