NEW YORK, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night, at the Business Marketing Association's 2015 Global ACE Awards Ceremony, Gigante Vaz Partners took home top honors in two hotly contested categories.

GVP won First Place for online advertising with their "BE HERE NOW" campaign for real estate leader, Mack-Cali. And they also won first place for Brand Identity/Brand Design with their "FUEL CELL" identity system for EFI, the world leader in color technologies.

GVP beat out hundreds of entries from the top global and local agencies in the US for these honors. With these awards, Gigante Vaz Partners and its clients join a long list of the world's top B2B companies, including GE, IBM, and many more.

"We are extremely proud to be recognized by our peers with these awards for creative excellence. They're proof that fantastic things happen when you build relationships with brave and collaborative client partners." said Paul Gigante, CEO, Chief Creative Officer, Gigante Vaz Partners

VISIT www.gigantevaz.com TO SEE THE AWARD-WINNING WORK.

The Awards:
FIRST PLACE – ONLINE ADVERTISING
GVP's "BE HERE NOW" ad campaign for Harborside, a 4+ million-square-foot commercial and residential property in Jersey City, New Jersey, took first place for the Online Advertising Category. In addition, the Harborside website – www.harborsidejc.com – and the Harborside video, each won runner up awards. Harborside is a property of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, a longtime GVP client.

"GVP's total re-brand and re-launch of Harborside dramatically ignited interest in both our highest profile property and the burgeoning art and cultural scene in Jersey City. Their first place 2015 ACE Award win for Harborside is well-deserved recognition of a huge success," said Mitchell E. Hersh, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation.

FIRST PLACE – BRAND IDENTITY/BRAND DESIGN
GVP's "FUEL CELL" Brand Identity System for EFI was awarded first place in the Brand Identity/Brand Design category, and received a runner up award for the Collateral Systems Overview category.

"GVP's work not only impressed the panel of ACE Awards judges, it helped EFI exceed its marketing objectives and drive new customer demand in what was the highest-revenue year ever for our company." said Frank Tueckmantel, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, EFI.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Paul Gigante, CEO, Chief Creative Officer, Gigante Vaz Partners
Phone: 646-670-8456. Email: paul@gigantevaz.com
Web Site: www.gigantevaz.com

ABOUT GIGANTE VAZ PARTNERS
Gigante Vaz Partners is a 26-year old full service branding, advertising and digital agency located in the Flatiron section of New York City. GVP services include brand strategy, brand identity, brand design, all forms of creative development across the spectrum of advertising and branding, full service media planning, buying and tracking, social media services, web design and web development.

ABOUT MACK-CALI
Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (www.mack-cali.com) is a fully integrated, self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) providing management, leasing, development, construction and other tenant-related services for its class A real estate portfolio.
Mack-Cali owns or has interests in 284 properties, consisting of 263 office and office/flex properties totaling approximately 30.9 million square feet and 21 multi-family rental properties containing approximately 6,100 residential units, all located in the Northeast. The properties enable the Company to provide a full complement of real estate opportunities to its diverse base of commercial and residential tenants.

ABOUT EFI
EFI™ (www.efi.com) is a worldwide provider of products, technology and services leading the transformation of analog to digital imaging. Based in Silicon Valley, with offices around the globe, the company's powerful integrated product portfolio includes digital front-end servers; superwide, wide-format, label and ceramic inkjet presses and inks; production workflow, web to print, and business automation software; and office, enterprise and mobile cloud solutions. These products allow users to produce, communicate and share information in an easy and effective way, and enable businesses to increase their profits, productivity, and efficiency.

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