The Brava Awards gala was held on November 7th and Michelle Marks was honored as a 2017 recipient of a New York Brava Award, given by SmartCEO magazine. We republished the Q&A with SmartCEO on the skills & savvy she’s leveraged over 17 years to make our company a success! Learn what makes Michelle, and IOP, tick.
We’re thrilled to announce two IOP-designed websites have been recognized in the 2017 WebAwards with the Standard of Excellence WebAward. EcoSpaces Education won in the Education and Nonprofit categories. Stanley Black & Decker won in the B2B and Manufacturing categories. Learn more about the WebAwards here.
Our clients had another great year at the 2017 International ARC Awards, recognizing the best annual reports for 2016. Dominion Energy, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Navigators Group and United Technologies were all recognized. Memorial Sloan Kettering was honored with a Grand award, for best nonprofit annual report in the show. Another terrific year!
IOP clients earn top honors at the 2016 Vision Awards, including 9 of the 65 top Annual Reports in the Americas, with 6 Reports honored as the best worldwide. Sponsored by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP), the awards honor the best in corporate reports—in print and online—from around the world. IOP digital and print reports for Nielsen, Stanley Black & Decker, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Navigators Group, and United Technologies all won top honors.
United Technologies won Bronze in the 2017 International Questar Video Awards for the CEO video we created for the 2016 Annual Report. Watch the video here.
Today the Sam Simon Charitable Giving Foundation launched its website and new brand. The Foundation, funded by Sam’s estate, will further Sam’s legacy by making grants that seek to improve the lives of people and animals. IOP was thrilled to partner with the team on the visual branding and website as they prepared to publicly launch the Foundation. IOP will continue to support the Foundation in their branding and web needs.
Stanley Black & Decker launched a new corporate website showcasing the company’s purpose and timed to their investor day. Targeted for an audience of media, investors, potential employees and other key stakeholders, the site is a highly visual take on the digital industrial company. Ideas On Purpose was tapped to lead the visual design and content creation for the site. Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team we crafted a dynamic, flexible system to support the company in a time of rapid growth. Be sure to take a look.
Performance in Motion is a goal-driven Physical Therapy and Performance Training company based in Chicago. They focus on elite and recreational athletes, helping them feel, move, and perform at their best. Working as creative and strategic partners, we oversaw the visual brand and website design.
Our own Michelle Marks was honored as a 2017 recipient of a New York Brava Award, given by SmartCEO magazine. The Brava Awards program celebrates high-impact female business leaders. Winners combine their irrepressible entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for giving back to the community, and are exemplary leaders of both their companies and their communities. Each year, an independent committee of local business leaders selects winners based on company growth, community impact and mentoring.
2016 digital annual reports and year in reviews are coming online. See Stanley Black & Decker, a combined financial and sustainability report. United Technologies video-enhanced digital report expands on the printed report. Hubbell launched a digital report as a compliment to their print book as well. And more are to come!
NYU Langone has launched the digital home for its marquee Research Report. This marks the initial foray into digital reporting for the institution. This report is one of nearly a dozen IOP is working on. Visit the site.
The International ARC Awards announced the winners of the ARC 100 — the world’s top annual reports for 2015. We are proud to be included twice, for Nielsen and Pfizer. See the winners gallery here.