hfa Earns Six International Davey Awards

Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. (hfa), a full-service marketing communications firm based in Akron, Ohio, has recently added six International Davey Awards to its 2006 honors.

Akron, OH (PRWEB) December 24, 2006 -- Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. (hfa), a full-service marketing communications firm based in Akron, Ohio, has recently added six International Davey Awards to its 2006 honors.

More than 3,500 worldwide entries were submitted for the prestigious recognition, and winners were chosen by the International Academy of Visual Arts, an invitation-only body composed of top-tier marketing industry professionals.

Each year, Davey Awards are bestowed upon relatively smaller firms that have big ideas.

"Great work is about fresh ideas and exceptional execution, not the biggest budgets," said Nick Betro, vice president/executive creative director at hfa.

hfa was presented the awards for its work on Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom TV and radio commercials, VeritasTM and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Web sites and an American Cancer Society Cuyahoga Division Cattle Baron's Ball invitation and logo.

"We feel honored and humbled to have been recognized with this distinguished award," Betro said. "It's a recognition that verifies creative minds are the most important asset a marketing communications agency can have."

hfa has been frequently honored for its achievements. In addition to the six Davey Awards, in 2006 the marketing firm received eight international Telly Awards, three New York City Business Marketing Association ACE Awards and two Web Marketing Association Internet Advertising Awards.

The Davey Award statuette is created by Encore Awards, the designer of the Golden Globe® and other notable memorabilia.

To view the award-winning pieces and download high-res visuals (300 dpi), please go to
http://www.teamhfa.com/pr/InternationalDaveyAwards2006.

About the Davey Awards
The Davey Awards exclusively honor the "Davids" of creativity, the finest small firms, agencies and companies in the world. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock -- the sort of thing small firms do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the "Creative Davids" who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than big budgets. The Davey Awards is the leading awards competition specifically for smaller firms, where firms compete with their peers to win the recognition they deserve. Please visit www.daveyawards.com for more information.

The Davey Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising and marketing firms. Please visit www.iavisarts.org for a full member list and more information.

About hfa
Established in 1940, Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. has served a broad range of retail, consumer, industrial and business-to-business clients on a local, regional, national and international basis. A few of its clients are The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the world's largest tire company; Carter Lumber and its more than 200 stores; Tremco, North America's premier provider of roofing restoration and repair services and materials and Nexa Autocolor (of North America), a world-leading automotive refinishes company serving more than 150 countries.

hfa's capabilities include marketing; research; strategic planning; print, broadcast, outdoor and specialty advertising; media planning/buying; public relations; interactive strategy development; Internet design and implementation through BuzzwerksTM , hfa's interactive division; sales promotion; direct response; broadcast and video production; and point-of-sale and collateral materials, such as brochures and catalogs. Web sites for hfa and BuzzwerksTM are www.teamhfa.com and www.thebuzzwerks.com.

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