Gilbert & Associates wins another Pele Award

With less than 7 months on the job at Gilbert & Associates, Art Director Amy Mendolia, has won one of Hawaii's top honors at the Pele Awards. The Pele Awards honor for the most outstanding advertising in Hawaii and then goes on to the National venue, the Addy Awards. She was presented the award at the annual event on Oahu held at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel May 2nd. The piece she created was a promotional card for the holiday season. "The credit goes to my team at Gilbert & Associates including Shane Fontanilla in the art department" said Amy.

Gilbert & Associates is a full service, award winning, advertising and public relations agency headquartered in Kahului serving clients throughout Hawaii for the past 38 years.

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Direct Mailer Invites Honors from Hawaii Advertising Federation

Gilbert & Associates has been honored with a 2009 "Pele Award of Merit" for its work on a direct marketing piece created for Honolulu Publishing Company.

Crafted as an elegant invitation, the collateral was disseminated via the postal system.

The copy built an analogy between using an invitation to bring people to a party and utilizing advertising to drive traffic to a business.

The award marks the eighth year in a row the Hawaii Advertising Federation has honored the Neighbor Island’s oldest and largest advertising agency from. Click here to read entire post!

Gilbert & Associates Doodles Its Way to Distinction at 2008 Pele Awards

Sassy teens, shredding surfers and a cross-dressing wrestler caught the judges’ attention at the 2008 Pele Awards, the American Advertising Federation's regional competition for the annual Addy Awards.

The Maui-based advertising firm Gilbert & Associates received top honors in the “Consumer Publication Advertising (spread, four-color)” category at the award ceremony, held Saturday, April 5 in Honolulu. The award marks eight consecutive years of Pele honors for the Neighbor Island’s oldest and largest advertising agency.

“It always makes me proud to receive recognition for our Maui agency when we’re competing with the ‘big boys’ on Oahu,” said Larry Gilbert, president. “It’s a testament to our extraordinary team and the special clients we have here at Gilbert & Associates.”

The two-page magazine ad for Kukui Grove Shopping Center dubbed “Notebook Doodles” depicts a mixed-media collage of whimsical characters and hand-drawn cartoons for a distinctly unique, targeted marketing piece. The ad will go on to compete in the AAF’s national competition later this year. Click here to read entire post!