Duffey Petrosky Wins Eight Hermes Creative Awards

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Duffey Petrosky today announced it received eight 2010 Hermes Creative Awards for excellence in advertising from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP).

"On behalf of our company and our clients, we are honored to receive these awards and be acknowledged by this distinguished organization of our peers," said Mark Petrosky, Partner and CEO of Duffey Petrosky. "We are especially proud of this work because it's great creative with meaningful business results."

Petrosky continued, "The awards given for our Michigan Economic Development Corporation [MEDC] campaign recognize it as one of our industry's most successful state economic development campaigns. That's because it has effectively and practically changed perceptions of Michigan among our target C-level executives and has had a direct impact on bringing business and jobs to the state."

Duffey Petrosky took home Platinum honors, the highest level available in the competition, for its MEDC "Change" and "Evolution" videos as well as for the Comcast advertising television spot "Montage EDLP-Origami."

In the Gold category, the company received five awards for its MEDC "A123 Systems" and "IT Summary" advertising television spots, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) "Advertising Campaign," BCBSM advertising spot "If" and MEDC "Upper Hand" advertising campaign.

The Hermes Awards is an international competition and features judges comprised of marketing and communications industry experts. In 2010, more than 3,600 entries were received from corporate marketing and communications departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers from around the globe.

The AMCP is an international organization consisting of several thousand marketing and communications professionals. The organization oversees awards and recognition programs to reward outstanding achievements in the industry.

About Duffey Petrosky

Duffey Petrosky is an award-winning, Michigan-based, full-service marketing communications agency where the definition of success is finding and implementing the right answer for clients. For the past 13 years, Duffey Petrosky has grown by attracting top-tier talent in every discipline, resulting in an astonishing 20% overall growth in 2009 alone. For more information, visit www.duffeypetrosky.com.

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