Orange Coast College's marketing and public relations department won 13 Medallion Awards at the National Council of Marketing and Public Relations District 6 annual conference and awards ceremony on Nov. 8 in Palm Springs.
Medallion Awards recognize outstanding communication achievement at community and technical colleges throughout the U.S. OCC is part of the NCMPR's District 6, including Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, and areas around Guam.
Coast was recognized with three gold, eight silver, and two bronze awards for creative work produced during the 2022-2023 academic year. OCC’s gold awards included the sailing schedule, the Dennis Kelly Aquarium 50th Anniversary event campaign, and the Friends of the Library outdoor signage display. The College also nabbed silver awards for the 75th Anniversary website, video, logo, and printed advertisement, the OCC academic planner, the OCC Instagram social media page, the Tiny Campus Tour video, and the OCC Library book return outdoor signage. OCC took home two bronze awards in the “Booklet” and “Logo Wear” categories.
Juan Gutierrez, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, served as one of the presenters for the conference, leading a workshop on anniversary branding.
"Each year, we gather at NCMPR’s district 6 conference to join our peers from community colleges across the Western United States and engage in collaborative learning and recognition of successful marketing and public relations campaigns and projects,” said Director of Marketing and Public Relations Juan Gutierrez. "OCC's marketing team is consistently recognized as one of the best in community college marketing and PR for their publications, video, graphic design, and photography efforts, and this year was no exception."