SKAR Advertising’s Andrea Gourley Wins Best of Show Award at Nebraska ADDY’s

For Immediate Release

Jim Bush

SKAR Advertising

(402) 330-0110

jbush@skar.com

OMAHA, Neb. (Feb. 8, 2010)

SKAR Advertising of Omaha is pleased to announce that Andrea Gourley, art director, has been awarded the Student Best of Show ADDY for her creation of promotional materials for “The Mix” Vinyl Records, a fictitious record company with a retrospective theme. She also was awarded a Special Judges Citation for a poster promoting the “The Mix” record store. Both designs were awarded Student Gold in the Sales and Promotion categories. The awards were announced during the annual ADDYS awards show Saturday, Feb. 6.

Gourley created the designs while a student at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Shortly after her graduation in May 2009 she accepted an internship with SKAR and was hired as a full-time art director in August 2009.

SKAR congratulates Andrea Gourley on her Nebraska ADDY awards and citations.

Other SKAR ADDY awards included Silver Awards for the Live Well Omaha Kids 5-4-3-2-1 Go! Web site, the redesigned SKAR Web site, and for the 2007 and 2008 Salvation Army Annual Reports.

About SKAR

SKAR Advertising is a full-service brand communications agency, headquartered in Omaha, Neb., since 1962. SKAR offers expertise and services in creative design, media research and buying, event marketing, brand planning, account management and public relations. New media capabilities include Web, mobile, and desktop development with expertise in digital marketing, social media applications and specialized hardware. SKAR also is a full-service research facility with on-site focus group capabilities. For more information, visit SKAR.com.

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