Shark Wins Telly Award

BURLINGTON, VT - Shark, a leading advertising and interactive agency has been honored with a 2003 Telly Award for a recent self-promotional TV spot produced by the agency. The spot, titled "15 Seconds of Brain", features an inside view of the two different hemispheres of a brain - one side being marketing and the other technology, a concept that underlines Shark's integrated creative and technology services. The spot includes the work of award-winning, Montreal-based animator/illustrator Maz, sound design by Fred Maloney/SonaLab and was written and directed by Shark Creative Director, Peter Jacobs. The Telly Awards, one of the most sought-after awards in the industry, is a national competition honoring outstanding non-network television commercials and programs, as well as non-broadcast video and film productions.

Shark Gets Creative Recognition and Ink in Worldwide Design Publication - Creativity 34.

BURLINGTON, VT – Recent print advertising by Shark Communications for the State of Vermont's Captive Insurance division has been selected to be included in the upcoming Creativity Annual, a showcase of outstanding advertising and design from around the world. Selected from thousands of entries from within the United States and more than 40 countries worldwide, Shark's work for the state's insurance division will be featured in this year’s 400-page, full-color, hard bound edition that is used as a reference for colleges, universities, and design schools, as well as advertising and design agencies around the world. The winning ad, titled “Gold Standard,” was the first in a series created to communicate Vermont’s leading position in the captive insurance industry. The ad features a golden sunset behind Vermont’s mountains with the headline, “In the World of Captive Insurance Domiciles, There Really is a Gold Standard.” Shark Creative Director Peter Jacobs wrote and created the ad along with design and production from Shark Art Directors Faith Livak and Rick Brokaw. More about the awards competition can be found at www.CreativityAnnual.com.

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Posted on Thursday, November 11, 2004 at 12:34PM by