Capstrat Chief Creative Officer to Judge 7th District Memphis ADDYs

Conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation, the ADDYs are the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, attracting more than 50,000 entries each year in local competitions. The mission of the ADDY competition is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. Local ADDY Awards, like the Memphis competition, serve as the first of a three-tier, national competition. Winners of the Memphis ADDYs will move on to the district competition and then to the national level.

"Memphis rocks," said Coats. "It’s a great honor to judge these prestigious awards right in the shadow of Graceland. The advertising community in Memphis is great and still a little undiscovered. I predict we’ll see great up and coming talent!"

Judging will take place in Memphis from Jan. 25 to 26 and will recognize local talent from the Memphis advertising community. The ADDYs Award ceremony will take place March 1, 2008, at 7 p.m. in the Fogelman Executive Center on the campus of the University of Memphis.

"The Memphis Advertising Federation looks for judges outside of the 7th district and we look for diversity in disciplines," said Susan Ewing from the Memphis ADDYs. "Todd was chosen due to his location as well as the expertise in the industry," said Ewing, “We look forward to having Todd in Memphis to judge the work."

For more information about the Memphis Advertising Federation's 7th District ADDYs, please visit http://www.memphisadfed.org/addys/home.html.

About Capstrat

Capstrat is a full-service strategic communications agency with offices in Raleigh, N.C., and Washington, D.C. The company’s services include public relations, public affairs, marketing communications and interactive communications.

This year, the agency has accepted seven ADDYs and nine Boom Awards for its design achievements, five Telly awards for Web and broadcast work, and five Sir Walter Raleigh Awards for excellence in the communications industry. Capstrat also received gold and silver SABRE awards from the Holmes Report and an honorable mention from PRWeek for Small Agency of the Year.

About the Memphis Advertising Federation

Since 1948, Memphis Advertising Federation (MAF) has been bringing together members of the advertising community for the purpose of education, contacts, industry interaction and, of course, fun. We are an official club of the national American Advertising Federation (AAF), and a member of the AAF 7th, or Deep South, District. In other words, your membership benefits go far beyond the Memphis city limits. Our 250 members are from all different areas of the advertising industry. Corporate, creative, supplier, media, account service, agency, graphic design … anyone and everyone is welcome to join.