Ripple Effects Interactive Wins More ADDY Awards

Ripple Effects Interactive, one of the nations most prominent interactive marketing agencies and Pittsburghs largest, took home two awards last week at the annual ADDY competition. The two awards come at the heels of three ADDYs the agency won at Philadelphias competition two weeks ago.

PITTSBURGH. PA (PRWEB) March 15, 2004 ---Ripple Effects Interactive, one of the nations most prominent interactive marketing agencies and Pittsburghs largest, took home two awards last week at the annual ADDY competition. The two awards come at the heels of three ADDYs the agency won at Philadelphias competition two weeks ago.

The competition, which recognizes the Pittsburgh advertising industrys best campaigns, announced its winners at the Heinz Field Club on March 5. In total, Ripple Effects Interactive won an ADDY for the design of American Eagle Outfitters Holiday Style Guide, and a certificate of merit for the design of Mealtime.org, a Web site for the Canned Food Alliance promoting the nutritional and convenience benefits of canned food.

The awards marked the second time in the past two weeks that Ripple Effects Interactive has been recognized not just for their Web design excellence, but also their capabilities in print design. Two weeks ago, at the Philadelphia ADDY competition, Ripple Effects Interactive won awards for its design of a print brochure, and a banner ad and Web site for American Eagle Outfitters and AARP, respectively.

More and more, our clients have come to us for our design expertise across both interactive and print mediums," said Louis Malafarina, chief executive officer at Ripple Effects Interactive. Of course, communications in each require different strategies and we are very pleased to be recognized for our teams great work in both."

The ADDY Awards Competition is a national competition conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation, and is the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition for creative excellence.

Ripple Effects Interactive is a premier interactive agency -- the only Pittsburgh interactive agency ranked among the nations top 50 by Ad Age and MEDIA magazines -- that partners with clients to create innovative online marketing campaigns. The agency offers a full range of services - from strategic marketing communications and website design to online marketing and application development. Located in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with representation in Washington, D.C., Ripple Effects Interactive features a team of more than 40 interactive specialists. Since 1998 the agency has worked with government, education and large corporate clients, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, AARP, GlaxoSmithKline, Carnegie Mellon University, Johnson & Johnson and Coca-Cola. Ripple Effects Interactive has built a reputation for high-quality work, winning more than 90 industry awards in the past three years alone, including the prestigious ID Magazine Gold Award for Web Site Design, as well as the London International Advertising Awards. For more background, visit www.RippleEffectsInteractive.com.

###