Willow began the second quarter of 2009 with seven new creative awards.

At the Summit International Awards (SIA), Willow earned Silver awards for Take the Cake’s Web site and bronze awards for THOR Investment Management’s brochure and Hill-Rom’s nano Ag+ Silver Technology Video.

The SIA, administered by the Summit International Awards Organization, is a rigorous award competition that recognizes creative excellence in companies and individuals from more than 50 countries and five continents.

At the Hermes Creative Awards, Willow won platinum awards for Hill-Rom’s nano Ag+ Silver Technology Video and Take the Cake’s Web site, a gold award for Take the Cake’s business cards and an honorable mention for The Citizens Bank of Ashville’s logo.

Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals. It is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence.

“While Willow’s focus is on strategic solutions that help drive business results for our clients, it’s exciting to be recognized through creative awards as well,” Debbie Dent, president of Willow Creative Group.

Although I am a bit disappointed with Dreamweaver, Adobe has made great strides for innovation and progress of much of their software suite. Flash is kicking some major butt, thanks to youtube and flash video for the most part. I feel the Pixel Bender toolkit is going to result in some amazing applications and websites.

Not sure how much is being used here, but Adobe’s Kuler now has the ability to pull very nice color palettes from any image source:

Simply awesome… keep it up Adobe!

[For those looking to replace DW in their web application development, I highly recommend Aptana... not for the WYSIWYG crowd, but has all the features I can ask for as a coder and keeps getting better.]

CIINCINNATI – In the fourth quarter of 2008, Cincinnati-based Willow Creative Group garnered six new international creative awards in addition to the five awards they earned earlier this year.

Willow pulled in multiple honors from the 2008 MarCom Awards including platinum for THOR Investment Management’s corporate brochure; gold for Clark Schaefer Hackett’s corporate branding; and honorable mentions for an ad for local bakery Take the Cake and a corporate brochure for Trace Creek Construction.

At the 2008 Davey Awards, Willow won gold for their own Web site and silver for THOR Investment Management’s corporate brochure.

“I believe these awards represent Willow’s ability to create a breadth of strategically-driven solutions across diverse industries and needs,” said Debbie Dent, president of Willow Creative Group.

The MarCom Awards is an international competition for marketing and communications. It is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.

The Davey Awards is an international awards competition specifically for small to mid-size advertising firms. It is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts.

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In preparation for new accounts ramping up this summer, local advertising agency, Willow Creative Group, hired two new team members – Cary Rohrer and Megan Hensley.

Rohrer, a seasoned designer, was hired as a senior art director. Throughout her 14 years in the industry, she has designed everything from garments to print to Web sites. In her new role at Willow, she creates print and online designs for several professional service clients.

Previously, Rohrer worked with other local advertising agencies, and most recently operated her own freelance design business. Past clients include Lands’ End, Old Navy, P&G and Newport Aquarium. Rohrer graduated with a BFA in design from Miami University at Oxford in 1993. She currently lives in Cincinnati with her husband and three children.

Hensley was hired as an account coordinator following her graduation, with honors, from The Ohio State University. There, she earned degrees in marketing and psychology.

Her marketing skills were developed through an internship at Ethicon Endo-Surgery, where she worked with product directors and field sales representatives to implement medical marketing solutions. Hensley is a Cincinnati native and currently lives in West Chester.

“Cary brings care and maturity to every brand with which she works. She is the go-to artist for detailed, sophisticated designs.” said Debbie Dent, president of Willow Creative Group. “Meanwhile, Megan’s background in psychology adds a new dimension of insight to Willow’s work. She is detail-oriented, and will work with the account service team to exceed client expectations.”

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