Westwood Takes First Place in Zweig Marketing Awards

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westwood Professional Services, Inc., (Westwood) a leading national multi-disciplined surveying and engineering firm, was awarded first place in Zweig Group’s 2017 Marketing Excellence Social Media category.

Surveying and engineering firms aren’t typically known for creative marketing, but Westwood’s in-house team is working to raise the bar. Clare McDonough, Westwood’s Brand Communications director says, “In all aspects of our business, Westwood is open to innovation. Not all of our ideas fly, but many do, which keeps us creating. In the end, our goal is to provide value to our clients and the company with unique and measurable communication strategies that support business objectives. The Zweig Marketing Excellence awards acknowledge the creative efforts of all involved and we are very happy to be recognized this year.”

Westwood’s 1^st Place, “Me-Me” social media campaign ran a series of image macros highlighting its employees and their work with the words, “This is my office. I love my job.” The campaign’s primary objective was to attract top talent to the firm by creating awareness of Westwood’s various services, markets, and office locations, while demonstrating diversity and a positive workplace environment.

Westwood also placed 3^rd in the Holiday and 5^th in the Integrated Marketing categories. Zweig Group reported a record-breaking number of submittals to the marketing excellence awards this year. This is the second time Westwood received three Marketing Excellence awards from Zweig Group since 2015.

About Westwood Professional Services, Inc. (Westwood)
Westwood is a leading national surveying and engineering services provider for commercial and residential development, wind and solar energy, electric transmission, and oil and gas pipeline projects. Westwood was established in 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has grown to serve clients across the nation from multiple U.S. offices. Westwood’s Corporate Fact Sheet.

National Awards
Westwood ranked in the top 10 on the Zweig Group’s Hot Firm list and top 30 Best Firms to Work For three years in a row. Westwood is also recognized as one of the top ten national survey firms by Point of Beginning (POB) Magazine’s Top 100 list.