hfa Earns Global Creative Recognition
Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. (hfa), a full-service marketing communications agency in Akron, Ohio, is chosen as the winner of eight Telly Awards for TV commercials and a video.
Akron, OH (PRWEB) August 29, 2006 -- The largest and most prestigious awards of its kind, Telly Awards chose Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. (hfa), a full-service marketing communications agency in Akron, Ohio, as the winner of eight awards for TV commercials and a video. Among those vying for Telly Awards were the most prestigious agencies, production companies, in-house creative departments and TV stations in the world. The Telly Awards received a record 13,379 entries from all 50 states and around the world.
For 27 years, the Telly Awards has recognized the finest in creative work. As one of the most sought-after awards by industry leaders worldwide, Telly Awards honor outstanding local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions.
Entries are awarded as silver or bronze winners based on the combined scoring of the judges. Silver winners are awarded a Silver Telly statuette, the highest honor. Bronze winners are awarded a Bronze Telly statuette. hfa successfully took home five silver and three bronze awards for its innovative work for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom. These awards include:
| | - Goodyear: Generic Dealer – Silver – Regional TV/Automotive
- Goodyear: Assurance® featuring TripleTred Technology® – Silver – Non-broadcast/Automotive
- Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom: Water Tower – Silver – Animation
- Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom: Water Tower – Silver – Regional TV/Amusement
- Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom: Fire Hydrant – Silver – Regional TV/Amusement
- Goodyear: Anniversary Tire Sale – Bronze – Regional TV/Automotive
- Goodyear: Blimp Tire Sale – Bronze – Regional TV/Automotive
- Goodyear: Eagle featuring ResponsEdge Technology™ – Bronze – Non-broadcast/Automotive
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“We team with our clients to produce work that achieves our clients’ business goals, and that is the greatest reward,” said Nick Betro, vice president/executive creative director of hfa.
“It’s also a great honor to be in the company of the most esteemed agencies, production companies, TV and cable networks and stations, and corporations in the world. Telly Awards judges evaluate entries against a high standard of merit, and we are very pleased and gratified to be recognized for the hfa team’s distinctive creative work,” Betro said.
Each Telly statuette is handmade by the craftspersons at RS Owens, the same firm that produces the Oscar® and Emmy® awards.
About hfa
Established in 1940, Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. has served a broad range of retail, consumer, industrial and business-to-business clients on a local, regional, national and international basis. A few of its clients are The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the world’s largest tire company; Carter Lumber and its more than 200 stores; Tremco, North America’s premier provider of roofing restoration and repair services and materials; and Nexa Autocolor (of North America), a world-leading automotive refinishes company serving more than 150 countries.
hfa’s capabilities include marketing; research; strategic planning; print, broadcast, outdoor and specialty advertising; media planning/buying; public relations; interactive strategy development; Internet design and implementation through Buzzwerks, hfa’s interactive division; sales promotion; direct response; broadcast and video production; and point-of-sale and collateral materials, such as brochures and catalogs. Web sites for hfa and Buzzwerks are www.teamhfa.com and www.thebuzzwerks.com.
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