#Addys2016

Just a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the Pittsburgh Advertising Awards (The Addys) with the Pittsburgh Advertising Federation as a student volunteer. As a volunteer I got to participate in judging weekend back in January. While there I set up all of the print work for the judges to review and saw which pieces won and which agencies received awards. While I dedicated almost an entire weekend of my time, it was definitely worth it and the opportunity to network with Ad Fed professionals in such a personal setting was payment enough.

As an award show volunteer, I helped with registration and handed out the awards. Brunnerworks, one of the region's biggest agencies, always walks away with the most prizes and this year was no different. Other big winners included MARC USA, Garrison Hughes and Wall-to-Wall Studios. Below are some of the print campaigns that were winners.

This year I am interning for one of the agencies that won big, MARC USA. It was exciting to see/feel the energy the agency had the next day when everybody found out the awards they had won. The above ad designed for the Roberto Clemente Museum won a gold Addy for the Agency as well as a Judges' Award of Excellence, along with this spot for Rite Aid. 

Here are a few other pictures and a link to the Post Gazette Article.