Villing & Company Honored With Five “Addys” At Michiana Ad Club’s American Advertising Awards

Villing & Company, a full-service marketing communications agency in South Bend, was awarded five “ADDY” awards during the Michiana Ad Club’s (MAC) American Advertising Federation (AAF) Awards Program held February 22.

Villing & Company’s work for the South Bend Civic Theatre netted two gold ADDY’s – one for the 2008 season posters under the Advertising for the Arts category, the other for “The Compleat Wrks of Wm Shkspr (Abr.)” poster under the Poster Illustration category. Trio’s Restaurant and Jazz Club’s menus designed by the agency, won gold in the category of Sales Promotion. Their work for Oaklawn also earned a gold ADDY under the Direct Mail Campaign category.

In addition to four gold ADDY’s, Villing & Company was awarded with a silver ADDY under the Advertising Self-Promotion category for the company’s “Red Campaign”.

The AAF competition is a three-tiered, national competition recognizing excellence in advertising. It is hosted annually by the American Advertising Federation, and is the nation’s largest advertising competition. Entrants compete at the local level; winners advance to district and then national-level competition.

MAC is the area’s professional organization for advertising, marketing, communications, public relations and related professions.