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AAF-Akron Wins Four National Awards

AAF-Akron Wins Four National Awards

AAF-Akron is pleased to announce that two of its members, along with the chapter itself, won national awards at ADMERICA, AAF's national conference, held June 2–5, 2022 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN. Jeff (JD) Dumire at the Salute the Achievers...

Congrats to our District 5 Winners!

Congrats to our District 5 Winners!

Two AAF-Akron Members Win District ADDYs AAF-Akron is pleased to announce that two of its members won ADDYs at the Fifth District American Advertising Awards competition, held virtually in mid March. In the category of Film & Video – Cinematography, Pritt...

2022 American Advertising Award Winners

2022 American Advertising Award Winners

AKRON, OH (February 18, 2022) – The Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF-Akron) held its 77th annual American Advertising Awards celebration on Friday, February 18, at The Akron Civic Theatre. The hybrid celebration was emceed by AAF-Akron...

Your Marketing Is A Joke

Your Marketing Is A Joke

Everyone loves a good joke. Jokes can lift people’s spirits and make them laugh, releasing endorphins and dopamine into the body, which makes people happy. And as we all know, happy people just don't shoot their husbands, they just don’t (Legally Blonde, 2001)....

Pritt Entertainment Group takes home 15 ADDY awards

Pritt Entertainment Group takes home 15 ADDY awards

Downtown Akron-based creative agency Pritt Entertainment Group (PEG) took home 15 ADDY Awards from the American Advertising Federation at the 2020 Akron-Canton American Advertising Awards, held on February 21, at the historic Akron Civic Theatre. The 15 awards are both an agency record for PEG and the most awarded to any Akron-area agency at this year’s show.

How I Became A New Targeted Audience Member

How I Became A New Targeted Audience Member

Post by Ryan Rimmele | TRIAD I recently made a big life decision: I got a dog. I also bought a house a few months prior but no one cares about that. Now that I’ve had a dog for a few weeks I’m now an expert in both veterinary care and parenting so I’ll be...

University of Akron Graduate wins National ADDY

University of Akron Graduate wins National ADDY

AAF-Akron is pleased to announce that Moukdala Phengmany, a recent graduate of The University of Akron Myers School of Art and AAF-Akron student member, was recognized with a National Silver Student ADDY® at the American Advertising Awards

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