MAUDE Racks Up Nine Creativity International Awards To Add To Agency's Portfolio Of Accolades

NEW YORK, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MAUDE, the full service strategic and creative agency that delivers entertaining marketing experiences, today announced it has been awarded nine honors in the 43rd Creativity Media & Interactive Awards. The agency was acknowledged by an international panel of judges for outstanding creative design across a range of interactive and experiential categories. The winning work was chosen from more than 500 entries in 194 categories.

"MAUDE's entries were scored highly due to an overall superb use of message integrated with creative. In today's world of media sensory overload - to create a piece that commands attention is quite a feat. The judges felt that MAUDE achieved this and stood out from the over 500 entries they reviewed," said Kathleen Ritchie, director of Creativity International Awards.

Campaigns that were acknowledged are the following:

• CBS Films: The Words Rich Flash Unit - 300x250 (Platinum Award)
• CBS Films: The Words Rich Media Pushdown (Gold Award)
• CBS Films: The Words (Honorable Mention)
• MTV: Movie Awards Twitter Tracker (Gold Award)
• MTV: Movie Awards Photo Booth (Silver Award)
• truTV: Impractical Jokers Season 2 Page Takeover (Silver Award)
• truTV: Lizard Lick Towing Rich Media Overlay (Honorable Mention)
• truTV: Lizard Lick Towing Synced Banner (Honorable Mention)
• Crackle: Extreme Measures Brand Campaign (Honorable Mention)

To view all of the campaigns, please visit http://maudeny.com/clients/awards/creativity_press_2013/.

"We are honored to be acknowledged for the work we do on behalf of our amazing roster of clients. To be recognized on an international level is truly humbling, not to mention awesome," said Marc Klatzko, chief creative officer at MAUDE. "We are grateful for the honor and look forward to another year of great creative work."

This award submission was open to graphic designers, advertisers, web designers, packaging designers, copywriters, in-house, marketers, TV & film producers, publishers, photographers, illustrators, typographers and design students from every discipline.

About MAUDE
Based in NYC since its inception in 2008, MAUDE is a full service boutique creative agency specializing in entertainment and lifestyle. The agency's mission is to "Make Brands Entertaining," which it does by blurring the lines between advertising and content. Each campaign creates a unique experience that is compelling and rewarding on an emotional level in order to integrate brands into consumers' lives in a meaningful way. MAUDE's client roster includes MTV, truTV, Loehmann's, Entertainment One, Turner Networks, WE tv, and The Seeker Wines, among others. For more information, please visit www.maudeny.com.

About Creativity International Awards
The purpose and core existence of Creativity remains unchanged since its creation by Art Direction Magazine in 1970 ~ award and recognize great design from around the world. Creativity International Awards is one of the longest running, independent advertising and graphic design competitions. Open to both students and professionals from around the world Creativity International Awards is judged by a rotating panel of advertising and design professionals who volunteer their time and knowledge without personal agenda or bias.

Creativity strives to be a self-promotion vehicle for the savvy designer or marketer - winners receive certificates, press releases, free icons and self-promotion tools, are featured online and in an app and top tier winners are featured in the traveling exhibit that appears at prominent design conferences and events around the world. Creativity International Awards follows all guidelines for ethical contests recommended by the Graphic Artists Guild. The Creativity International Awards is currently based in Louisville, KY and is a privately held company.

SOURCE MAUDE