WhittmanHart Interactive wins at Summit, Hermes, and Communicator Awards
(Chicago – June 13, 2008) – WhittmanHart Interactive has been awarded a total of 16 awards at the Summit International Awards, the Hermes Creative Awards and the Communicator Awards. The awards recognize outstanding interactive work for WhittmanHart clients including Anheuser Busch, Harley-Davidson, MGM, Pepsi and Scion.
Summit International Awards
The Summit International Awards (SIA) organization is dedicated to furthering excellence in the communications industry. Throughout its 14-year history, the SIA has established itself as one of the premiere arbiters of creative and communication excellence, receiving entries from more than 50 countries and five continents.
The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals' Hermes Creative Awards are an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies.
Founded over a decade ago, the Communicator Awards are one of the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals, receiving 8,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes.
Client: Anheuser Busch/Bud Light (www.budlight.com) Category: Food and Beverage
About WhittmanHart Interactive:
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., WhittmanHart Interactive is an ideas-driven agency that creates cutting edge, user friendly digital solutions. Listed on both Ad Age and Adweek's top 50 lists and recognized as one of Ad Age's hottest independent digital agencies in the U.S., WHI delivers outstanding, engaging services and solutions to help clients, including AT&T, Budweiser, Harley-Davidson, Pepsi, Scion, Sears and Sony Pictures, achieve maximum business performance. For more information visit: http://www.whittmanhart.com
Create your own Red Carpet Reality this Prom season
Sears.com launches 'Prom Premiere 2008'
(Chicago – March 18, 2008) – Prom season is all about dreaming big. That's why this season, Sears is giving prom goers the ability to create their own red carpet affair with a click of the mouse. Through 'Prom Premiere 2008', an innovative new e-commerce site, Sears will showcase its fashion line-up for girls this prom season.
The site offers an interactive 'red carpet' experience as visitors are welcomed by photographers and music and are offered the opportunity to click through the online gallery of dresses from the Short & Sassy, Glitter & Glam, Ball Gowns and Slim & Sleek collections. To complete the look, the site also offers one-click links to shoes, purses and other accessories from Sears.com that will help create an unforgettable prom night experience.
“There is nothing more exciting than preparing for Prom. The quest for the perfect dress is not an easy one, that's why Sears is thrilled to offer this innovative, easy-to-use destination for this milestone occasion,” said Jenny Cyra, vice president and general merchandise manager, women's apparel.
The site is targeted to 15-17 year-old girls and will be available through May. Not only can girls share the dresses they like with friends and family through email but they can also upload dresses to their profile page on Facebook. Sears is supporting the campaign with in-store displays, signage and online advertising with Facebook's 2.4 million users.
The experience was created by WhittmanHart Interactive. “This generation of high school students are already very tech savvy but we felt that the usability and social networking aspects were key,” said Thomas Zanoni, Group Account Director, WhittmanHart Interactive. “Prom Premiere is an engaging online environment that really fulfills the needs of the prom dress shopper.”
Sears, Roebuck and Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq: SHLD), is a leading broadline retailer providing merchandise and related services. Sears, Roebuck offers its wide range of home merchandise, apparel and automotive products and services through more than 2,400 Sears-branded and affiliated stores in the United States and Canada, which includes approximately 926 full-line and 1,100 specialty stores in the U.S. Sears, Roebuck also offers a variety of merchandise and services through sears.com, landsend.com, and specialty catalogs. Sears, Roebuck offers consumers leading proprietary brands including Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard and Lands' End -- among the most trusted and preferred brands in the U.S. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 13 million service calls made annually. For more information, visit the Sears, Roebuck website at http://www.sears.com or the Sears Holdings Corporation website at http://www.searsholdings.com.
About WhittmanHart Interactive:
Headquartered in Chicago, WhittmanHart Interactive is a full-service interactive agency providing the most engaging, user-centric and value-driven interactive marketing solutions. WhittmanHart draws on more than 20 years of quality work, strong client relationships and value-driven solutions to deliver best-in-class solutions to all of its clients.
