Texas Creative students win big at the 2013 Austin ADDY Awards
Cool cats of the Austin advertising scene gathered on Thursday, Feb. 28, to celebrate achievements in creative advertising at the Austin ADDY Awards. Students and professionals were awarded gold, silver and bronze awards across multiple categories honoring photography, digital, and complete campaigns, just to name a few.
The Best of Show Award for student work went to Texas Creative students Shawn Bueche and Andrea Lindzey for their Unpave Your Way campaign for Wyoming Tourism Board. Student Gold ADDY Awards in digital advertising went to Texas Creative alumnae from the most recent graduating class Jess Hornyak and Courtney Morgan for their campaign for curatorial art Web site, Art.sy. David Jung received a Gold Student ADDY in the television single spot category for his Here’s to This Moment commercial for Instax cameras. Student work for the Longhorn Network won a Gold ADDY in the television category for their Watch What You Love campaign. The team behind the Longhorn Network ads consisted of Jennifer Bankston, Kate Griffiths, Hannah Puckett, Johnathan Wynn, Cody Tidmore, and Kyle Leavitt. A complete list of award winners can be found below. All of these winners’ creations will move on to compete for regional ADDY Awards.
All of the work was displayed lining the walls of Brazos Hall in downtown Austin, and for all of the students in attendance, the 2013 Austin ADDY Awards were the ultimate networking occasion. The event was a melting pot of the city’s most creative advertising minds – student and professional alike.
“It is amazing to see some of my work presented alongside the work of professionals,” said Evan T. Atherton, Silver ADDY winner. "It’s a great opportunity to have even just a segment my portfolio work viewed, especially since it received an award.”
The cat-themed awards ceremony began with a cocktail hour. Then, a short film accompanying the presentation of the awards told the cautionary tale of a cat named Tinkles whose early success in commercials fueled nine lives of hard partying and drug abuse. Tinkles’ subsequent fall from grace and his triumphant return to acting concluded the evening and two live bands played for the remaining crowd of students and executives celebrating their big wins.
AdGrads took home student awards for their campaigns in the following categories:
Integrated Campaigns Business to Consumers
Student Gold
Best of Show Student
Campaign: Wyoming: Unpave Your Way
Shawn Bueche, Art Director
Andrea Lindzey, Copywriter
Non-Traditional Advertising Campaign
Student Silver
Campaign: Beefeater 24: A Cut Above
Shawn Bueche, Art Director
Rhea Jemmerson, Copywriter
Consumer/Trade Publication Single, Fraction or Full
Student Silver
Campaign: Hanes Tagless Tees
Johnathan Wynn, Art Director
Evan T. Atherton, Copywriter
Consumer/Trade Publication Campaign
Student Silver
Campaign: Sugar Shack BBQ: Leave The Table
Morgan Hsueh, Art Director
Cody Tidmore, Copywriter
Kate Griffiths, Art Director
Student Bronze
Campaign: Miracle Grow
David Jung, Art Director
Cody Hamilton, Copywriter
Will Chau, Instructor
Digital Advertising Mobile Apps
Student Silver
Campaign: Off The Grid App
Johnathan Wynn, Art Director
Digital Advertising Campaign
Student Gold
Campaign: Art.sy
Jess Hornyak, Art Director
Courtney Morgan, Copywriter
Student Gold
Campaign: Art.sy: Find Art From Art
Jess Hornyak, Art Director
Courtney Morgan, Copywriter
Student Silver
Campaign: NASA: Look Up
Stu Rubin, Copywriter
Erik Stark, Art Director
Television – Single
Student Gold
Campaign: Instax: Here’s To This Moment
David Jung, Art Director
Brian Han, Assisting Camera Operator
Student Bronze
Campaign: Longhorn Network: Little Longhorn
Jennifer Bankston, Art Director
Kate Griffiths, Art Director
Hannah Puckett, Art Director
Johnathan Wynn, Art Director
Cody Tidmore, Copywriter
Kyle Leavitt, Copywriter
Student Bronze
Campaign: Longhorn Network: Homesick
Jennifer Bankston, Art Director
Kate Griffiths, Art Director
Hannah Puckett, Art Director
Johnathan Wynn, Art Director
Cody Tidmore, Copywriter
Kyle Leavitt, Copywriter
Elements of Advertising Visual, Photography, Digitally Enhanced
Student Silver
Campaigns: Levi’s
Viet Le, Art Director
Laura Romer, Copywriter
Student Bronze
Campaigns: Chupa Chups
Johnathan Wynn, Art Director
Student Bronze
Campaigns: Hanes Tagless
Johnathan Wynn, Art Director
Evan T. Atherton, Copywriter
Television – Campaign
Student Gold
Campaign: Longhorn Network: Watch What You Love
Jennifer Bankston, Art Director
Kate Griffiths, Art Director
Hannah Puckett, Art Director
Johnathan Wynn, Art Director
Cody Tidmore, Copywriter
Kyle Leavitt, Copywriter
Television – Campaign
Student Gold
Campaign: Longhorn Network: Watch What You Love
Jennifer Bankston, Art Director
Kate Griffiths, Art Director
Hannah Puckett, Art Director
Johnathan Wynn, Art Director
Cody Tidmore, Copywriter
Kyle Leavitt, Copywriter