AdFed of Gainesville

Join us in May for our joint luncheon with the FPRA Gainesville. George Zwierko, founder of Rumbo Cultural Marketing in Tampa, Fla., will present “Multicultural Marketing: Deciphering the Culture Code.” Zwierko has nearly 20 years of experience as a creative professional and has garnered multiple local and national ADDY awards in a variety of disciplines, [...]

The American Advertising Federation is a national professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in our industry.  The Adfed of Gainesville follows the same mission to promote advertising excellence in our own community. A priority for us is education and helping support future leaders in the advertising industry. Our scholarship program was created in honor of [...]

Dean Diane McFarlin sent this announcement to the CJC, Friday April 26 – Adfed of Gainesville welcomes back a long time supporter of Adfed and our mission! “I am pleased to formalize the announcement that Retired UF Professor Joseph Pisani will return to CJC this summer to serve as Interim Chair of the Department of [...]

Join us for our April Member Luncheon with Speaker, Jeanna Mastrodicasa, University of Florida’s VP of Student Affairs and the co-author of the book published by NASPA in 2007:  “Connecting to the Net. generation:  What Higher Education Professionals Need to Know about Today’s Students.”  Mastrodicasa will  discuss “Effective Communication with the Millennial Generation”  Wednesday April [...]

The Advertising Federation would like to spotlight, Eric Flagg.  Flagg joined the AdFed of Gainesville this year. His first big event with the organization was the 2013 ADDY Awards. Every year, the judging for this event is held at the Digital Media Technology and Graphic Design Department at Santa Fe College, which is also where [...]

Adfed’s mission includes supporting education and leadership in the field of Advertising and we congratulate Margaret Teach for being awarded the Susan Dixon Smith Memorial Scholarship for the 2013-14 year. Thank you to all of our members and supporters for funding this scholarship. Media Auction 2013 will continue to support our scholarship program. Details to [...]

Congratulations to member Chad Paris at Parisleaf and his team for winning a Silver ADDY at the District Competition.   Parisleaf’s entry in the Digital Advertising category, Unity College, won a Gold ADDY at the local competition held in February and was forwarded to the District Competition which was judged March 9th. The 2013 District ADDY [...]

Thank you to all the students, professionals and volunteers who took part in the 2013 Addy Awards. We’ve put together a special video to acknowledge the winners. Congratulations, excellent work!

  The Jag Agency, Inc. hires a new addition to its staff, Susan Meurlott as a Media Account Executive.  The full service advertising, marketing and public relations firm’s continued client growth and interactive development push have created the need for additional personnel. Meurlott’s responsibilities will include creating, implementing and monitoring marketing plans and media strategy [...]

The Advertising Federation of Gainesville hosted the Annual ADDY Awards Gala, Friday, Feb. 15th at the Best Western Gateway Grand honoring creative excellence in advertising. Local ADDY Award Winners will represent Gainesville and Ocala at the AAF Fourth District competition in Jacksonville, April 20th. “ADDY winners will be competing against some of the most creative [...]