The El Camino College Office of Marketing & Communications recently won national and state awards for outstanding achievement in design and communications. Entries for these prominent awards are judged by a panel of industry leaders in advertising, public relations, marketing, design, and other related areas. The National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) gave silver Paragon awards to El Camino College's general information brochure and Compton College's High School News. Bronze awards were given to ECC's President's News and High School News. The Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO) awarded a second-place Pro Award to El Camino College's general information brochure and a third-place Pro Award to ECC's President's News.

NCMPR is the only organization of its kind that represents marketing and public relations professionals at community and technical colleges. NCMPR has more than 1,550 members from more than 650 colleges across the United States, Canada and other countries. CCPRO is a professional development and service organization that provides counsel and assistance relating to the advancement of community colleges statewide. In the All-Pro Awards competition, hundreds of entries from California community colleges were judged by industry leaders in publishing, printing, graphics, writing, web and social networking, and photography.