Local advertising agency goes platinum

Manville, NJ – January 16, 2007 – Galvanek and Wahl LLC added three MarCom Creative Awards to its growing list of achievements in 2006, including a Platinum award for its work with BNY Mortgage Company.

The prestigious international award is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, an organization founded over ten years ago as a means to honor outstanding achievement and service to the communication profession. The Association is made up of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production and free-lance professionals.  Entrants each year include corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers.


The Association recognized G&W for their marketing efforts with Carri Lynn Interior Design, BNY Mortgage Company, and ALL-AHEAD, a non-profit housing counseling organization. The Platinum award G&W received was in recognition for the "Heroes" advertisement it designed for BNY Mortgage Company, a piece geared towards workers in the community. The winners range in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 50 companies. "It’s quite an honor for us to be ranked among the agencies that work with giants such as McDonald’s, Novartis, Audi, and Dunkin' Donuts," says Jessica Galvanek, partner and chief operating officer at G&W.  "We constantly strive to provide our clients with top-notch designs and materials, and we’re proud to have been selected for these awards.