You're Invited!

For over 30 years, Addison and Hooke's dream of the perfect ad has eluded them.... Until, thanks to a wrong turn on their way to study the mystical properties of alligator teeth at a remote Everglades campground, they discovered a creative and scientific nirvana in Orlando. The Orlando Science Center gave Addison and Hooke the perfect venue to combine their love of science and advertising under one roof. This fortuitous chain of events led to a partnership agreement with the Science Center to create Addison, Hooke and Winston's new world headquarters in Orlando. With the nearly 12-month relocation process complete, Addison, Hooke and Winston is opening its doors to the local advertising industry as a gesture of friendship and cooperation.

Celebrating the Creative (and Scientific) Spirit of Advertising

Never content with small gestures, Mr. Addison will also be honoring many of his new competitors in the local market with an awards gala during the open house. Dubbed the "ADDYs," these awards will recognize some of the creative excellence he has discovered in the Orlando market during 2009 as the partnership with Orlando Science Center progressed.

Mr. Addison also asked a few friends from his travels to join him in Orlando to help in pick the winners. This year's judges were:

Ilan Geva is an international branding expert, who teaches, practices and implements all brand touchpoints. He joined Ogilvy & Mather as Design Head and Creative Director in Johannesburg, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Later he held senior creative positions with Leo Burnett and Frankel & Co. (now ARC Worldwide) his other positions were: VP Exec. Creative Director at Kragie/Newell (now Integer) Des Moines, and VP Creative Director at Gage Marketing, Minneapolis. He currently runs Ilan Geva & Friends, a brand communications consultancy in Chicago, and serves as the U.S. Narrator of the European firm brandstory. Ilan is a consultant with Vale International.

Jenn Sedlecky began her career at Manheim Advertising in Cleveland, Ohio, as an assistant broadcast producer/junior copywriter. She then worked as a writer at Wyse Advertising in Cleveland, an independent company with capitalized billings of $130 million. During her seven years at Wyse, she worked with numerous industries such as cable providers and television networks, financial institutions, restaurants, petroleum, packaged goods, home improvement, and nonprofits. She has written for a wide variety of clients, some of which include Adelphia Cable, Fox Sports Net, Kendall Motor Oil, Lone Star Steakhouse, Marathon, Mead, Moen, National City Bank, Purell Instant Hand Sanitizer, Rubbermaid, and Sherwin-Williams. She recently joined Liggett-Stashower, Cleveland, OH, as a Senior Copywriter. Her work has received national attention, in publications such as US Ad Review, and has been highlighted on television programs like Inside Edition. She has a B.A. from University of Dayton, where she studied English, electronic media, and marketing and an MBA from Cleveland State University.

Brett McCoy cut his teeth as a Brand Planner and Senior Account Director. It was through these roles he gained the knowledge that research is the key to revealing consumer thinking and market insights. He has provided the yin balance to the yang of traditional creative shops during his management of branding initiatives for the likes of Kraft, Comcast, Time, Inc, Clorox, 3M, Wal-mart, Target, and LucasArts. Brett understands that each Citizen project needs to speak to the right audience in the right way and he puts this objective in the forefront as he leads all brand, entertainment and client services for Citizen.