Creative Associates

CREATIVE ASSOCIATES WINS SEVEN MARCOM 2007 AWARDS
International award competition honors veteran agency for its outstanding creative achievements

RALEIGH, N.C., NOVEMBER 27, 2007— Creative Associates (CA) (www.creativeassociates.com), a Raleigh-based brand and integrated marketing agency, announced today it has been honored with seven MarCom Awards as part of the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals 2007 international awards competition, one of the largest of its kind in the world within the fields of marketing and communications. The AMCP administers and judges the competition, which honors outstanding creative achievement across seven forms of media and communications—marketing, publications, marketing/promotion, public service/pro bono, creativity and electronic/interactive.

Creative Associates earned two Platinum awards, the highest achievement for creative excellence, in the categories of brochure/viewbook and CD-based Multimedia. CA’s design of a viewbook for 5401 North, a 250-acre new urban community being developed in Northeast Raleigh, has already been used to promote the development. CA also designed a multimedia CD for Nortel’s Ethernet Switching portfolio that was targeted for Nortel’s sales force and features a flash introduction that leads viewers to an interactive sales resource area.

Additionally, CA picked up four Gold awards, which honor creative works that exceed the high standards of the industry norm. The gold awards honored CA’s design of a corporate brochure for Gentris, a company focused on genetics and individualized medicine, a self-promotion holiday mailer and illustration, and a logo identity for the Pretty in Pink Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to provide uninsured and underinsured women with breast cancer treatment. An honorable mention was also given for a web site design for Body and Soul Studios in Raleigh.

"Every year we look for companies who set the benchmark for quality, creativity and resourcefulness within the industry and this year is no exception. With over 5,000 entries from throughout the United States and several foreign countries, we are pleased to recognize Creative Associates in seven categories for their outstanding creative work," said Ed Dalheim, Director, MarCom 2007 Awards.

Creative Associates was also recognized in October 2007 as one of the top twenty-five graphic design firms in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area by the Triangle Business Journal.

“We challenge ourselves daily to push the bounds of creativity and innovative thinking for our clients and this recognition of our work is extremely rewarding for our team,” said Ed Collevecchio, CEO and president of Creative Associates.

About Creative Associates

Creative Associates is a Raleigh-based brand and integrated marketing agency that offers a full spectrum of services from graphic design, brand development, advertising and publication relations to website design, Flash animation and video production. Since 1993, CA’s award- winning creative has helped clients across a diverse spectrum of industries achieve their communications goals and generate higher returns on investment. For more information, visit www.creativeassociates.com.