Ron Sachs Communications earned five Gold ADDY® Awards and 20 Silver ADDYs, as well as a Best of Show for interactive and a Judges' Choice award for the FSU Women's Basketball site.

Ron Sachs Communications Wins 27 ADDY® Awards, Including "Best of Show" and "Judges' Choice"

FSU Women's Basketball Web Site Wins Top Honors

February 24, 2010

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ron Sachs Communications earned 27 ADDY® Awards, including two top prizes for the FSU Women's Basketball site, seminolehoops.com, at the American Advertising Federation-Tallahassee awards ceremony on Saturday.

"Our creative team strives to capture our clients' visions," said Ron Sachs, president and CEO of Ron Sachs Communications. "It's a great honor to have our work recognized among top peers within the advertising industry."

Ron Sachs Communications earned five Gold ADDY® Awards and 20 Silver ADDYs, as well as a Best of Show for interactive and a Judges' Choice award for the FSU Women's Basketball site.

The firm won 13 Gold and Silver ADDYs for its brand launch, marketing and advertising campaign for Hotel Duval -Tallahassee's first boutique hotel - and three ADDYs for the National Science Foundation's T3 program poster, origami invitation and Web site, t3girls.org. T3 is an initiative aimed at encouraging young women to pursue science, engineering and technology careers.

The firm's other winning work included a logo, Web site and video for EnergyFLA and a new branding/banners campaign for the Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority. Winning ADDYs for the firm were Creative Director Rosemary Oldendorf, Senior Designer Erin Pace, Executive Producer Charlie Belvin and Photographer David Barfield.

The ADDY® Awards is an international competition recognizing outstanding work in the advertising industry. The ADDY® Awards honor companies and individuals whose talents exceed 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. For more information visit www.ronsachs.com.

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Best of Show

1. Client: Florida State University Women's Basketball
Category: Interactive: Consumer HTML Web Site
Title: Athletics: This Is Not A Game

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Judges' Choice Award

2. Client: Florida State University Women's Basketball
Category: Photography Campaign
Title: Couture: A Way of Life

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Gold ADDY Awards

3. Client: Florida State University Women's Basketball
Category: Interactive: Consumer HTML Web Site
Title: Athletics: This Is Not A Game

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4. Client: Florida State University Women's Basketball
Category: Photography Campaign
Title: Couture: A Way of Life

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5. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Special Event Invitation
Title: Hotel Duval Grand Opening Invitation

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6. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Mixed Media Consumer Campaign
Title: Hotel Duval Grand Opening Campaign

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7. Client: Tallahassee Downtown Improvement Authority
Category: Out-of-Home Campaign
Title: Tallahassee Downtown Banners

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Silver ADDY Awards

8. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Consumer or Trade Publication, Fractional page, color
Title: Hotel Duval Advertisement: Green Serenity

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9. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Consumer or Trade Publication, Fractional page, color
Title: Hotel Duval Advertisement: Discover Hotel Duval

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10. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Newspaper Specialty Advertising Insert
Title: Hotel Duval Tabloid Insert

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11. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Full-page Color Newspaper Advertisement
Title: Shula's 347 Grill: Live Like A Legend

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12. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Out-of-Home, Site, Interior Static
Title: Shula's 347 Grill: Live Like A Legend

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13. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Poster
Title: Hotel Duval Job Fair Poster

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14. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Mixed Media Campaign
Title: Hotel Duval Job Fair Campaign

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15. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Television, Local TV Commercial
Title: Discover Hotel Duval

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16. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Interactive Banners
Title: Hotel Duval Job Fair Banner Advertisement

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17. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Interactive Banners
Title: Hotel Duval / Shula's 347 Grill: NYE: Live in HD Banner Advertisement

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18. Client: Hotel Duval
Category: Interactive E-Mails / E-Cards
Title: Hotel Duval HTML e-Newsletter: Color Your World

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19. Client: Florida State University Women's Basketball
Category: Photography Campaign
Title: Athletics: This Is Not A Game

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20. Client: National Science Foundation: T3
Category: Public Service, Poster
Title: T3: Pink Smoke Poster

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21. Client: National Science Foundation: T3
Category: Public Service, Interactive
Title: T3 Web Site

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22. Client: National Science Foundation: T3
Category: Public Service, Direct Mail
Title: T3 Origami Invitation

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23. Client: EnergyFLA
Category: Elements of Advertising, Logo
Title: EnergyFLA Logo

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24. Client: EnergyFLA
Category: Interactive Media, Website, Consumer HTML
Title: EnergyFLA Web Site

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25. Client: EnergyFLA
Category: Interactive Webisodes
Title: EnergyFLA Facts Webisode

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26. Client: Jones/Pace Family
Category: Collateral Material
Title: Pace Wedding Invitation

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27. Client: American Advertising Federation - Tallahassee
Category: Advertising Industry Self-Promotion, Ad Club Promotion
Title: Holiday Madness Invitation