Congratulations to Doublejay Productions

AAF-Knoxville Member Doublejay Productions recently took home major honors at the prestigeous South By Southwest Festival in Austin for its work on "That Evening Sun," a drama starring Hal Holbrook. The movie won the Audience Choice Award for Narrative Feature and Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast.

Congratulations to everyone at Doublejay for this remarkable work, and watch for "That Evening Sun" opening soon. You can read more at http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/telebuddy/archives/2009/03/locally_made_su.shtml

See what happens when the best marketing minds meet at once.

Join us March 11th for the first-ever joint meeting of the American Advertising Federation of Knoxville and the Knoxville American Marketing Association.

Our meeting will feature a panel discussion on marketing in this tough economy. Guest speakers include:

• Matt Fischer: Chief Creative Officer/Chief Operating Officer at WonderGroup
  (the advertising and branding guru)
  
  
• Mike Such: Owner of Junk Bee Gone
  (the entrepreneur and small business owner)
  
  
• Marshall Wilkins: Director of Marketing at Chick-fil-A
  (the in-house marketing and customer service expert)
  
  
• Mark Moon: Professor of Marketing at UT
  (the moderator)

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - Peerless Steak House

11:30-12:00 Networking - 12:00-1:00 Panel Discussion

$25 per person

Submit questions for the panel at edirector@aafknoxville.com or 865-742-4838.

RSVP by March 9th on the KAMA website or call 865-539-1300 and choose option #2.

2009 ADDYS RECAP

256 Gold, Silver and Bronze ADDYs awarded to 24 companies:

Bluegill Creative - Cassandra Design - Clarityworks - Colloredo & Associates - Designsensory - DrozDezign - Early & Associates - Environmental Systems Corporation - First Baptist Concord - Friends of Literacy - Hornsby Brand Design - Lamar Outdoor Advertising - Mediapulse - Merritt Music Productions - Orange Apple Branding Boutique - Pellissippi State Student Cordelia Norris - S.D. Professionals - Shelton Group - The Bingham Group - The Tombras Group - Tombras Interactive - TradeMark Advertising - University of Tennessee Knoxville Student Madhuri Jagadish - Virtual Interactive Center

BEST OF SHOW: The Tombras Group for "Low Impact Vacation 2.0" print campaign done for the Smoky Mountain Convention & Visitors Bureau

BEST OF PRINT: The Tombras Group for "Low Impact Vacation 2.0" print campaign done for the Smoky Mountain Convention & Visitors Bureau

BEST OF INTERACTIVE: Tombras Interactive for "Save More Souls" social networking site done for Zodiac Boats

BEST OF DIRECT: The Bingham Group for "Blue-Gray Invitation" done for the Olde Farm Golf Club

SPECIAL JUDGES AWARD: The Tombras Group for its "Grove Park Inn RFP Response"

ROBERT MCCABE SILVER MEDAL RECIPIENT: Lisa Duncan, Executive Director of the Dogwood Arts Festival

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: Tom Hembree, Senior VP of Marketing for K-VA-T Food Stores; Sam Littleton, Account Executive for WVLT-TV; Paul Scoonover, President of Asen Advertising & Marketing

PRESIDENT'S AWARD RECIPIENTS: AAF-Knoxville Membership Co-Chairs Wayne Bowman with BrainPosse and Marti Townsend with the News Sentinel

To see the ad congratulation winners, click here. To read the Knoxville News-Sentinel article on the Addy Ceremony, click here. And visit the AAF Knoxville Facebook page for photos.

Congratuations to all the winners!

Come to the Biggest Ad Party of the Year

It's the 44th Annual Knoxville ADDY Awards

Please join us as we honor and celebrate the creative produced in East Tennessee during 2008. It'll be the year’s largest gathering of advertising, marketing, creative, media, and production professionals.

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee

6-7pm: The Gallery
- Networking & Showcase of Creative Entries

7-9pm: Dinner & Show Featuring Entertainment by “Christabel and the Jons”
- Presentation of Robert McCabe National Silver Medal & Hall of Fame Inductions
- ADDY Winners Reel

Tickets: $65 Per Person | $600 for a Table of 10
- Table assignments from the front of the ballroom to the back are made on a first-paid-first-reserved basis. RSVP to Karen Taylor: edirector@aafknoxville.com or 865-742-4838.

ADDY Entrants

The following companies and individuals have entered the 44th Annual Knoxville ADDY Awards. Judging is tomorrow, Saturday, January 24, so keep your fingers crossed for everyone behind the great work from 2008 that has been submitted.

• Blue Media Boutique
• Bluegill Creative
• Cassandra Design
• Chaney Marketing Services
• Clarityworks
• Colloredo & Associates
• Designsensory
• DrozDezign
• Early & Associates
• Environmental Systems Corporation
• First Baptist Concord
• Friends of Literacy
• Hornsby Brand Design
• Lamar Outdoor Advertising
• Mediapulse
• Merritt Music Productions
• Orange Apple Branding Boutique
• Pellissippi State Student Cordelia Norris
• Phyllis Samples Creative
• PME Communications
• Rowland Productions
• S.D. Professionals
• Shelton Group
• TeamHealth
• The Bingham Group
• The Tombras Group
• TradeMark Advertising
• University of Tennessee Knoxville Student Madhuri Jagadish
• Virtual Interactive Center

ADDYs Are Getting Close

Entries Due January 22

Knoxville's biggest and best advertising competition is now taking entries. The 44th Annual ADDY Awards ceremony will held February 21 at the Crowne Plaza, with a gala event that celebrates the best advertising and communications work in the East Tennessee area.

You can now enter your work online by clicking here. Hard copies of your entries must be dropped off on January 22 at the Crowne Plaza on Summit Hill Drive. The online entry process is simple and quick, and you'll have your work ready for review by some of the best communications minds in the nation.

Watch for more ADDY updates in the upcoming days. This year promises to be bigger and better than ever! Check out www.aafknoxville.com and our Facebook page, too.

Knoxville's 40 Under 40

Congratulations to Travis Morin of Trademark Advertising for being named into Knoxville's 40 Under 40!

Thanks for representing Knoxville advertising so well, and good luck with the success of your agency.

Click here to read more.