February 8, 2013
Marketing and Media earns service industry ad awards
Purdue's Office of Marketing and Media claimed eight awards in the 10th annual Service Industry Advertising Awards.
The awards program is a national contest that recognizes the creative and communications achievements of the service industry in 2012. The contest allows service agencies, such as education corporations and energy providers to showcase their advertising efforts, without being dominated by consumer and packaged goods submissions. Purdue competed against other universities, advertising agencies, and other agencies such as banks and hospitals. Overall, Purdue earned three gold awards, two silver, one bronze, one merit and one Best in Show.
More than 2,000 submissions were entered in November 2012 and evaluated by a national panel of judges. Entries were judged on execution, creativity, quality, consumer appeal, and how well the advertisement captures an audience's attention. Entries fell into eight groups and 26 categories, and only nine submissions were named Best in Show.
The list of Purdue's Service Industry Advertising Awards is as follows.
Gold Awards:
* Life 360 Magazine -- publication category
* Neil Armstrong -- total public relations category
* State Fair -- newspaper advertising category
Silver Awards:
* Dream Makers -- magazine advertising category
* 5 Students Who -- website category
Bronze Awards:
* Admissions Search Strip Fan -- direct mail category
Merit Awards:
* Science Graduate -- brochure category
Best of Show Awards:
* State Fair -- newspaper advertising category