OHO Interactive Awarded at the 2011 MITX Interactive Awards

BOSTON, Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OHO Interactive has been selected as the winner in the Educational Institution category for the 16th Annual MITX Interactive Awards.

The annual Interactive Awards program is the largest awards competition in the country recognizing achievements in the creation of web and mobile innovations and emerging applications produced and developed in New England. The MITX Award winners were announced in 26 categories - including six "Best of" awards including "Best of Show" and "Best Use of Technology" - at a sold out ceremony attended by more than 1,000 industry professionals held on December 5th at the Sheraton Boston.

OHO's award-winning work for Uncommon Schools, an education nonprofit currently managing 24 urban charter schools throughout the northeastern U.S., resulted in a Web site that is clean, engaging and architected to facilitate greater use of new content. The fresh user experience and newly branded design sit atop numerous innovative uses of the popular open source content management system, Drupal. This award-winning site can be seen at www.uncommonschools.org.

"We're delighted to be recognized for our work with Uncommon Schools," said Jason Smith, managing director of OHO Interactive.  "The rave reviews we've received are thanks largely to our ambitious client, who truly entrusted us with their brand, and to our mutually-shared technology partner Acquia, who set this engagement in motion."

"We are thrilled MITX awarded OHO for its great work on our project," said Searcy Milam, director of marketing and communications for Uncommon Schools. "Our new site has been an immense source of pride for all of us at Uncommon Schools, so it's quite gratifying to know that our fantastic partners at OHO are getting the recognition we certainly think they deserve."

"The MITX Interactive Awards are an opportunity to come together in celebration of the best and brightest digital marketing innovators in our community. This year's winners represent the kind of powerful, creative work that is moving our industry forward," said MITX president Debi Kleiman. "MITX is so proud to honor the companies and individuals behind these outstanding achievements."

Over 100 industry professionals representing various disciplines including creative directors, designers, technologists, online media representatives, investors and business professionals judged entries.

The 2011 MITX Awards were made possible by our wonderful sponsors. The 2011 MITX Awards Platinum Sponsor is PricewaterhouseCoopers. Gold Sponsors are: Boston.com/The Boston Globe, DLA Piper. Silver Sponsors include adbeast, Atom Group, flashtalking, HireMinds, Onward Search, Putnam Investments, SapientNitro, ShareThis, Sitecore, Velir.

For the complete list of winners and other information please visit the MITX Interactive Awards Website.

About OHO Interactive
Founded in 1998, OHO Interactive is an award-winning agency that creates compelling Web experiences based on business strategies that engage users and deliver results. As a hybrid firm with deep roots in both creative and technology, OHO employs a user-centric approach to design with Web 2.0 technologies, resulting in Web sites and applications that are memorable, highly usable, and easily managed. OHO specializes in education, publishing, high tech, healthcare, and member organizations. For more information, please visit www.OHO.com.

About MITX
Established in 1996, MITX -- the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange -- is the leading industry organization focused on the web and mobile, bringing together the digital marketing, media and technology community to engage in what's next and how it will impact the marketing and business worlds. Connecting more than 7,500 professionals in New England, MITX is a dynamic community of thought leaders and collaborators in search of insight, education and opportunity. Creator of FutureM, MITX is headquartered in Boston, MA. For more information, visit http://www.mitx.org/.

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