HCA wins twice at the 2013 RAD awards

HCA Hospitals won two major awards with their recruitment design and creative partner Pink Squid, at the prestigious RAD (Recruitment Advertising Design) awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House, London on January 31st.

Over 1000 HR professionals and agencies, who together produced outstanding recruitment campaigns through innovation, skill and effectiveness over the past year, attended the event.

The evening began for HCA Hospitals by winning “Best Recruitment Campaign Website” (‘Be recognised at the Portland’). HCA was competing with a range of well known companies including Aviva, Linklaters, Grant Thornton and LV. The judges said the HCA entry was: "A refreshing concept where you get all the same rich visuals and experience on tablet and desktop." The website was part of a larger advertising campaign which helped to recruit over 30 paediatric nurses, in so doing, reducing costs to the business.

In one of the most contested categories, HCA also won the award for the Best Employer Brand (“You’re in good hands”) beating the other short-listed organisations including Mars, Telefónica and EAT. The RAD Judges complimented the winning creative work describing the “strong methodology" in the collection of work which included the new Grapevine intranet, events marketing and advertising campaigns.

Sarah Beane Head of HR said, “I‘m absolutely delighted with both the quality of this work and the return on investment achieved. The HCA HR Team worked hard with our agency Pink Squid to establish HCA in the recruitment market and as we were up against some strong competition, it’s a real honor to win both awards. Thank you to everyone who worked with us.”

Jasy Loyal Executive Director/VP Legal & HR Services said, “These awards recognise the hard work and talent of the HR team and our agency and I would like to congratulate everyone who contributed to the winning entries.”