The ADDY’s is the largest advertising awards competition in the nation and honors the most innovative advertising creative of the year. This year, BlackDog Advertising won ADDY’s in the categories of print, online and video. We received ADDY awards for our work on the overall Key West Steamplant branding campaign as well as their high end brochure, for the new BlackDog Advertising Website and for the BlackDog Web Video.

View our ADDY Award Winning Designs

Key West Steamplant Website
BlackDog Advertising Website
Key West Steamplant Brochure
BlackDog Advertising Web Video

About three months ago I bid a fond farewell to the city of Miami as I embarked on an adventure north. Having spent the past twelve years in Florida, I traded in the warm weather and beautiful beaches for a cooler climate with mountainside views of Maryland to be closer to home and my family.

Moving on up, to the northeast side.

Fortunately for me, the moving process was a breeze, and I did not have to add finding a new job to my list of to-do’s because I got to take BlackDog Advertising with me to the great northeast side of the country!

As of February 2011, BlackDog Advertising acquired the necessary paperwork to operate in the state of Maryland, allowing me to continue working for this Addy Award-winning advertising agency as a multi-platform web designer.

BlackDog has several clients in the Northeast, so the move to branch out is perfectly logical. Currently we maintain relationships with Belman Klein and Associates, Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, D.C. Duck Tours, Trolley Tours of Boston, Trolley Tours of Washington D.C., and more. We look forward to continuing our personalized service with the additional ability to offer face-to-face meetings and conferences to them. We also will be able to do this with potential clients in the tri-state area.

(digital) Face to (digital) Face

Due to the amazing world of technology, I was able to relocate and settle in to my “new” office without skipping a beat. I still continue face-to-face meetings with my BlackDog team members and the Art Director on a daily basis. Instead of meeting with them at the BlackDog Advertising headquarters in Miami, I meet with them via Skype. I enjoy that I can still work in an agency atmosphere where I bounce ideas off my coworkers and charge my creative juices by feeding off of the brilliant minds of my colleagues.

Skype is a great, free tool that allows people to stay connected despite the miles between them. The ‘About Skype’ Blog declares, “Skype is for doing things together, whenever you’re apart.” We love this resource at BlackDog Advertising because of its ability to keep us connected. It improves our communication with each other and our clients- wherever they may be.

I am looking forward to the possibilities that expanding BlackDog Advertising will bring- for us as a company and to our clientele. Having the opportunity to grow while still maintaining the same working relationships with the staff and clients is a privilege that technology offers us in today’s modern working world.

What are your thoughts on technology today and how it helps bridge the gaps between companies, their staff, and their clients?

Announcing our new website…10 years in the making.

I’m sure you’ve heard of the old expression about the shoemaker who was so busy he did not have time to make shoes for his own children. Well, let’s just say our feet have been bare for quite some time. In a major case of not practicing what we preach, we allowed our corporate website to go without any major updates for…wait-for-it…TEN YEARS!  As you can imagine this is a tad embarrassing for us. Particularly since we have designed several hundred websites over the last decade. What can I say, the customer always came first leaving our ancient website to whither on the vine.

After much hard work, plus lots of the latest in web programming, video & social networking capabilities, we are proud to announce the launch of the new BlackDog website http://www.blackdogadvertising.com .

Some additional things you may want to check out:

• Meet our creative Team | Click Here
• Find out about how we got started | Click Here
• Take a tour of our studio | Click Here
• Check out our clients | Click Here
• Visit our portfolio and check out some case studies | Click Here
• See our pretty pictures | Click Here
• Graphic Design is not dead and we have the samples to prove it | Click Here
• Did you know we are Google Certified | Click Here