Strategic
America Wins World’s Largest Advertising Competition
Gold ADDY® Award Recognizes SA Design of Boy Scout Annual
Report.
(DES MOINES, June 8, 2009) – Thousands of marketing firms
around the world enter the American Advertising Federation’s ADDY® Awards each year. Only a select few, the best
of the best, rise from local competitions,
through regional
judging to the national
stage. Strategic America (SA), a Des Moines-based integrated marketing
firm, has done just that – and won the American Advertising Federation’s top
award.
SA’s 2007
Annual Report for the Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts was named a winner in
the world’s largest advertising competition, the ADDY®
Awards on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
After winning at both local and regional levels, this pro-bono piece was judged
by some of the biggest names in advertising and competed against international
firms for the honor.
“Winning a Gold ADDY® Award is a
testament of what great talent we have in Des Moines,” says Bruce
Ganzer, SA Creative Director. “SA was one of only four in the highly
competitive Annual Reports category to receive the honor of a Gold ADDY® Award.”
The ADDY® Awards are the
advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, recognizing
and rewarding creative excellence in the art of advertising. Every year,
approximately 60,000 entries are submitted to compete.
“I couldn’t be more proud of our
team’s strategic approach and artful execution of the Boy Scout’s annual report,”
says Mike Schreurs, SA’s CEO. “Having served in this industry for almost 30
years, an award of this caliber remains as exciting as ever and proves national
peer recognition of our outstanding work.”
Strategic America was founded in 1980 and employs 85
communications professionals. SA represents more than 40 diverse national,
regional and local clients, focusing on business-to-business, dealer, retail, consumer
and insurance/financial services marketing. Strategic America is a well-regarded member of the American Association
of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), Public
Relations Society of America (PRSA) and Worldcom Public Relations Group.
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For more information:
Michael Schreurs, CEO
Strategic America
515.453.2000