For Immediate Release
Contact:
Hillary Angel
Wilkin Guge Marketing
(909) 390-1239 x104
hangel@wilkinguge.com
The Wilkin Group, Inc. Wins Best of Show at
Inland Empire ADDY Awards
CLAREMONT, CA—The Wilkin Group, Inc. won Best of Show at the 2002 Inland Empire ADDY® Awards. The agency won top honors over all Inland Empire advertising agencies for its self-promotional piece Branding Blocks. In addition, the agency won a Gold ADDY® Award, five Silver ADDY® Awards and four Awards of Merit. The Wilkin Group, Inc., located in Claremont, CA, is a full-service strategic marketing, advertising and public relations agency specializing in integrated marketing communications and branding.
The Wilkin Group, Inc. received the prestigious Best of Show award, as well as a Gold ADDY® Award, for Branding Blocks, a hand-made, self-promotional piece consisting of a lacquered wooden box filled with nine individually-designed blocks, each denoting a different element of branding as offered by the agency. As a Gold ADDY® Award winner, Branding Blocks will be forwarded to the American Advertising Federation District 15 ADDY® Awards Competition.
Silver ADDY® Awards were presented to the agency for Pace Lithographers, Inc. team cards and corporate brochure; Pitassi Architects, Inc. corporate logo; and the agency’s Brainstorm newsletter and 2001 holiday card. The agency received Awards of Merit for Empire Lakes Golf Course consumer ad; General Dynamics Real Estate corporate brochure; Inland Empire Health Plan direct response campaign; and Pace Lithographers, Inc. Think newsletter.
"We are very honored to have been selected to receive the overall Best of Show award, and are pleased to have received the Gold, Silver and Award of Merit awards. We wish to thank our clients for the opportunity to create effective and memorable advertising for them," stated Andrew Wilkin, owner and creative director.
Presented by the American Advertising Federation, The Inland Empire ADDY® Awards honors excellence in the areas of print, new media, and radio/TV advertising. The 2002 ADDY® Awards, presented by the Inland Empire Ad Club, was held at the Mission Inn in Riverside on Friday, March 22, 2002. A complete list of the entries and winners at the event can be found at www.ieadclub.com.
For companies looking to strengthen their market position and brand, The Wilkin Group, Inc. works as a strategic partner to help define and reach sales and marketing goals. The agency’s specialties include corporate communications such as advertising campaigns, company brochures and catalogs, product sales, direct mail, promotional literature, package design and web development. Clients include Inland Empire Health Plan; Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc.; Empire Lakes Golf Course; California State University, San Bernardino; Pace Lithographers, Inc.; Mt. San Antonio College; and University of La Verne College of Law.
For more information about The Wilkin Group, Inc., visit www.wilkingroup.com or contact them at 141 Spring Street, Claremont, CA 91711, (909) 625-2225.
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