Dallas Ad Agency RBA ( now The Uptown Agency) Wins Big at the 2018 AIVA Communicator Awards

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Shacoria Wilson is a Marketing Assistant at The Uptown Agency. She likes coffee, writing, and all things pink.

May 9 2018

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Dallas, Texas — May 9, 2018 — Dallas ad agency RocketBrand ( now The Uptown Agency) is proud to announce it has been honored four times out of four total submissions in the 2018 AIVA Communicator Awards. With entries received from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals.

RocketBrand ( now The Uptown Agency) took home one Award of Excellence for it’s complete branding work for Novē at Knox, with client Southern Land Company. 

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RocketBrand (now The Uptown Agency) also took home three Awards of Distinction for the following work:

RBA (now The Uptown Agency) 2018 AIVA Communicator Awards

The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), a 600+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media. Current AIVA membership represents a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including: PureMatter, Condè Nast, Disney, Republica, Sesame Workshop, MTV, Starbucks, Time Inc., Tribal DDB, Yahoo!, and many others.

“We are extremely proud to recognize the work received for the 24th Annual Communicator Awards. This year’s class of entries embodies the ever-evolving marketing and communications industry” noted Derek Howard, director of the AIVA.

“We’re a young and hungry Dallas ad agency and it’s nice for our hard work to be recognized, but most importantly, all of this work was extremely impactful for our clients’ brands,” said Kace Phillips, Partner and VP of Brand Strategy at RocketBrand (now The Uptown Agency). “That’s the first goal, and the awards are just some good gravy on the mashed potatoes.” 

 

About RocketBrand

RocketBrand (now The Uptown Agency) is a Dallas ad agency with a diverse team of creatives, strategists, analysts, researchers, and account executives. It is one of the most promising creative agencies in Texas, having won a multitude of awards from some of the brightest organizations that recognize small- to medium-sized agencies. RocketBrand (now The Uptown Agency) has clients in commercial real estate, sports & fitness, kitchen & bath, private equity, energy, furniture, food service, healthcare, economic development, technology, construction, and alcoholic beverages. For more information, please visit theuptownagency.com. You can also follow The Uptown Agency on Facebook and Instagram.

About The Communicator Awards

The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for marketing and communications professionals. Founded by passionate communications professionals over two decades ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best digital, mobile, audio, video, and social content the industry has to offer. The Communicator Awards is widely recognized as one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.

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