NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Private Club Marketing, Inc., receives Communicator Award of Excellence in the 18th Annual Communicator Awards for "Santa Lucia Preserve Magazine". Private Club Marketing's publishing arm, Club and Resort Publishing (CRP), conceptualized, designed and published the custom magazine, which includes feature articles by noted golf and travel writer, Brian McCallen. Private Club Marketing worked with the Santa Lucia Preserve Golf Club, Hacienda Club and Land Company to develop the magazine to be exclusive to the Members and private residents of the 20,000 acre Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel, CA. With over 6,000 entries from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals.

Santa Lucia Preserve Magazine was created by Private Club Marketing's CEO and Creative Director, Zack Bates. Bates, who has a background in developing award-winning branding campaigns for private golf and country clubs including Shady Canyon Golf Club, The Vintage Club and Mayacama Golf Club, designed the custom magazine to further show the unique offerings of the private 20,000 acre community and club.

The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 200+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current IAVA membership represents a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: Condè Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, HBO, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Victoria's Secret, Wired, Yahoo!, and many others. See www.iavisarts.org for more information.

About Private Club Marketing, Inc.
Private Club Marketing is an international marketing and communications company, headquartered in Orange County, California. Private Club Marketing provides communication, branding, advertising, specialized agencies and marketing services (SAMS) to national and multinational private clubs and luxury resorts. Its traditional advertising services principally involve the creation of collateral for memberships, guest reservations and development of property brands. It also includes strategic planning involving analysis of a product, service, or brand compared to its competitors through market research, sociological and psychological studies and creative insight.

Private Club Marketing's core mission is to improve the consumer experience by offering lifestyle expertise that inspires opportunity, influences choice, and celebrates affluent and accomplished people, and the businesses that serve them. Every one of its clients' projects are tailored specifically to their property's objectives. Beginning the process by conducting a needs assessment, the strategic and creative goals, Private Club Marketing's talented and experienced team of consultants, designers, photographers, writers and editors work with the properties management team throughout every stage of the project, from concept to completion. To learn more about Private Club Marketing please visit: www.privateclubmarketing.com and www.clubandresortpublishing.com

About the Communicator Awards
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program recognizing big ideas in marketing and communications. Founded nearly two decades ago, The Communicator Awards receives over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. As we enter our 18th season, we're also introducing expanded online and mobile categories, making this year's awards bigger and better than ever.

The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from acclaimed media, communications, advertising, creative and marketing firms. IAVA members include executives from organizations such as Airtype Studio, Big Spaceship, Conde Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, Lockheed Martin, MTV Networks, Pitney Bowes, rabble+rouser, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Time, Inc, Victoria's Secret, Wired, and Yahoo! To learn more about the IAVA please visit www.iavisarts.org.

Media Contact:
Gretchen Kearney
Private Club Marketing, Inc.
703.980.9181
gretchen@privateclubmarketing.com