"We have the most creative team of individuals, whose hard work and collaborative efforts shine through in every piece of work we produce."

Ron Sachs Communications Wins 18 ADDY® Awards, Including Best of Shows

March 04, 2009

(TALLAHASSEE, FL.) - Ron Sachs Communications, a Tallahassee-based integrated communications firm, won five Gold and 10 Silver ADDY® Awards - plus two Best of Show awards and the Franceschi Award for top honors in public service - for advertising excellence in the 2009 competition.

"We have the most creative team of individuals, whose hard work and collaborative efforts shine through in every piece of work we produce," said Ron Sachs, president and CEO of Ron Sachs Communications. "I am pleased to congratulate the graphic design and production team for these high honors."

The Best of Show Awards were awarded in the categories of Collateral Material for a brochure/sales kit for the "Explore Adoption" marketing kit, and for Broadcast Interactive for the "Explore Adoption" Web site, both created for Governor Charlie Crist's campaign to encourage public adoptions in Florida in partnership with Core Message. Designer Erin Jones, Chief Operating Officer Michelle Ubben, Art Director Christy Jennings-Miqueli, Assistant Art Director Rosemary Oldendorf, and Web Programmer David Barfield collaborated on the projects.

The "Explore Adoption" campaign and design work also won five Gold ADDY® Awards, plus the Franceschi Public Service Award for the marketing kit.

Sachs was awarded the top honor of the night, the prestigious Silver Medal Award, given annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of advertising and who has been active in furthering the industry's standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern.

"I don't know of any other profession that probably gives as much back to its community as does the communications professionals - advertising and public relations - and it's because very few people can do what we can do, to try to make the complicated into the simple and to motivate people to act," Sachs said during his acceptance speech.

Contributors to the 10 Silver ADDY® Award-winning projects include Art Director Christy Jennings-Miqueli, Assistant Art Director Rosemary Oldendorf, Designer Erin Jones, Executive Producer Charlie Belvin, Web Programmer David Barfield and Chief Operating Officer, Michelle Ubben.

The ADDY® Awards 2009 competition is an international competition recognizing outstanding work in the communications field. The judges are industry professionals, honoring companies and individuals whose talent exceeds normal high standards and whose excellent work serves as a benchmark for the industry.

With offices in Tallahassee and Orlando, Ron Sachs Communications is Florida's top issues and corporate marketing firm and the leading independent producer of public purpose television programming and public initiatives. As one of Florida's fastest growing communications firms, Ron Sachs Communications offers integrated public relations services including media relations, video and multi-media production, public affairs support, advertising and design development, public education initiatives and marketing.