Red Dot wins eight awards including a Judges’ Choice at the 2014 American Advertising Awards

Red Dot, went for the Gold and brought it home. Not Olympic gold, but ADDY Gold.

Presented during the 2014 American Advertising Awards, hosted by the American Advertising Federation of Des Moines, Red Dot took home four (4) Gold ADDY awards, three (3) Silver ADDY awards and the Judges’ Choice award for Excellence in B-to-B Communications with its ROI and Ampersand Advertising Campaign for Ruan Transportation Management Systems.

The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting more than 50,000 entries every year in local American Advertising competitions. The mission of the American Advertising Awards competition is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. Competition entries are judged based on creativity, originality and creative strategy.

Over the past six years of participating in the American Advertising Awards competition, Red Dot has earned four (4) Judges’ Choice, five (5) Best of Class, 29 Gold and 45 Silver ADDY awards at the local level as well as one (1) Gold and five (5) Silver awards at the District level.

“It’s all in the people – our clients and our team,” says Todd Schatzberg, principal of Red Dot. “Each of our client partners enable us to do what we love every day – build creative, integrated campaigns that connect the dots between businesses and customers.”

Judges’ Choice

Ruan Transportation Management Systems — “Advertising Campaign,” Excellence in B-to-B Communications

Gold Awards

Ruan Transportation Management Systems — “Corporate Brochure,” Collateral category
Downtown Community Alliance — “Downtown Des Moines ‘Hand’ T-shirt,” Direct Marketing category
Ruan Transportation Management Systems — “‘Ampersand’ Single Ad Campaign,” Consumer or Trade Publication category
Ruan Transportation Management Systems — “Advertising Campaign,” Consumer or Trade Publication category

Silver Awards

CoOportunity Health — “Educational Video,” Digital category
Energyficient — “Website,” Digital Advertising category
Ruan Transportation Management Systems — “‘ROI’ Single Ad Campaign,” Consumer or Trade Publication category

Conducted annually, the local American Advertising Awards is the first of a three-tier, national competition. As a winner in its local competition, Red Dot is now eligible to compete at the District level. District winners are then eligible for the ultimate competition, the National ADDY, presented in June every year by the American Advertising Federation.

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