The Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) at the University of Guelph has won a gold award and an honourable mention in the 2016 Hermes Creative Awards competition.

OVC earned a gold award in the marketing materials category for its “Friends Together for Longer” fundraising campaign for Pet Trust. It also won an honourable mention for its Instagram site.

The Hermes Creative Awards program is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional and emerging media. The program is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, an international organization consisting of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production and freelance professionals.

More than 6,000 entries were submitted for the 2016 competition. This is the first time OVC has submitted material to the Hermes Creative Awards.