Tampa Agency Dunn&Co. Wins Big at the 2016 Fourth District American Advertising Federation Awards
Tampa, Fla. (PRWEB) May 04, 2016 -- Dunn&Co, a leading full-service advertising agency and production company, today announced it won 24 total ADDY awards at the recent AAF Fourth District 2016 ADDY® Awards, held April 30 in Tampa. The American Advertising Federation Fourth District represents all of Florida and the Caribbean. The awards included a Best of Show award in the Television category for Dunn&Co.’s “Bucket Challenge” TV commercial for client Tampa Bay Rowdies. Of its 23 core awards (which led all agencies in the competition), seven were awarded Gold in their respective categories.
The award-winning work was created for a variety of media, including TV broadcast, radio broadcast, packaging, digital/web, outdoor, video, illustration and several multimedia campaigns. The ADDYs recognized the agency’s work on behalf of clients: Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Hexa watches, Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea, CSCU, St. Petersburg Distillery and Ralph’s Mob.
“Having won so many awards at the Tampa ceremony is exciting, and moreover being recognized as the most awarded agency in all of Florida and the Caribbean with 23 core ADDY awards is a special honor,” said Dunn&Co. President and CCO Troy Dunn. “Our clients know we approach their brands with an eye for exceptional creativity, and having set this bar pretty high many years ago has helped us continue to push ourselves on their behalves.”
The AAF ADDY Awards is the nation’s largest advertising competition with more than 60,000 entries annually. The ADDY Awards is the only creative awards program administered by the advertising industry, for the industry. The AAF 4th District comprises 21 local federations throughout Florida and the Caribbean.
Dunn&Co.’s winning pieces will now move on to compete on the national stage of the American Advertising Federation Awards in Anaheim later this year.
About Dunn&Co.
Dunn&Co. (http://www.dunn-co.com) is a full-service advertising and marketing communications firm housed in a century-old former cigar factory near Tampa’s historic Ybor City. Dunn&Co. provides award-winning creative solutions for clients worldwide, including GE Healthcare, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ahold USA, Baxter Healthcare, Monin, Tijuana Flats, Civco, Sabal Trust Company, St. Petersburg Distillery, Majestic apparel, Hexa watches, Sempermed USA, ATG, and The United Way. Dunn&Co. also provides pro-bono services to the ALS Association Florida Chapter to help fight Lou Gehrig’s disease.
About the ADDYs
Attracting nearly 60,000 entries each year nationwide, the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) ADDY Awards have become the largest and most comprehensive advertising competition. The ADDY Awards originated in the 4th District in 1960 and became a three-tiered national competition in 1968.
Sponsored by the AAF, the awards honor excellence in advertising and cultivate the highest creative standards in the industry. Each year, the competition begins with contests in the nation’s more than 200 AAF member clubs, where entries must be submitted and judged to be eligible for the ADDY process. Local winners proceed to 15 regional competitions, and those winners advance to the national finals.
Proceeds from the ADDY Awards program on all levels of competition go back into the industry through the work of the AAF and its members, especially in the areas of advertising education and public service advertising.
Megan Shames, Dunn&Co., http://www.dunn-co.com, +1 (813) 350-7990, [email protected]
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