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2019 AAF Memphis Board Nominations

We are looking for leading advertising professionals who are personally invested and committed to making our club relevant in an ever evolving creative industry. This is an opportunity for professional development and personal empowerment to steer AAF Memphis into the future.

All nominees must be members of AAF Memphis, and have been so for a minimum of one year and have current dues paid.

Please email Jen Swearingen by March 11
to nominate yourself or someone else today:
jswearingen [at] graceland [dot] com

AAF MEMPHIS PRESENTS 2019 AMERICAN ADVERTISING AWARDS WINNERS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  2.24.19

MEMPHIS, TN—AAF Memphis presented its 52nd annual American Advertising Awards for creative excellence on Saturday, February 23 at the Tower Room in Clark Tower in East Memphis.

Attended by over 300 professionals from local advertising, marketing, graphic design, and media companies, the event honored 54 Gold ADDY winners, 55 Silver ADDY winners, and 7 recipients of “Best Of” awards.

A total of 473 entries were judged by creative directors from Denver, Atlanta and San Francisco.

“I had a great time in Memphis. Really. Completely honored you had me.  The club should be very proud of the level of work that was in the show,” said Atlanta judge, Silver Cuellar, Associate Creative Director, Brunner. “I’m still quite impressed with the strength in design overall.”

“I am always amazed at the talent and creativity we have in Memphis and this year did not disappoint.  The level of commitment our advertising community has to excellence is unmatched for our local chapter of the American Advertising Federation,” said AAF Memphis President Amy Hughes, Director of Sales at Entercom. 

Senior Copywriter, Baptist Memorial Health Care

Writes, proofreads and edits communications materials for all entities affiliated with BMHCC by following departmental protocols and interacting with manager to ensure accurate and consistent exposure of BMHCC and affiliates to the public. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

■     Bachelor's degree in English, writing, advertising, or a related field required, Master's preferred.

■     5 years of copywriting experience required. 

■     Must have strong written and oral communications skills.

■     Editing and proofreading skills and an appreciation of corporate communications activities required.

■     Advertising agency experience preferred.

■     Experience with creating style sheets desired.

■     Ability to write search engine optimized content.

Senior Marketing Coordinator, Baptist Memorial Health Care

Senior Marketing Coordinator for Baptist Memorial Health Care-

Identifies, develops and implements strategic marketing programs for key target audiences for designated service lines, facilities and initiatives for Baptist Memorial Health Care. Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Description

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising or a related field required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the industry of marketing or advertising.
• Possessing strong written and presentation skills required.
• In-depth understanding of the production workflow of an advertising agency or corporate communications team required.
• Strong skills in both written and oral communications.
• Expertise in developing strategic marketing plans and ability to professionally present these initiatives to key audiences required.
• Advertising agency experience preferred.

Marketing Research Analyst, RedRover

RedRover Sales & Marketing Strategy, an internationally award-winning, metrics-driven Memphis agency has one spot available for an analyst who loves everything about research: fact-finding, questioning the data, testing assumptions, and forming conclusions.

• Are you driven to research, learn and discover new things?
• Do you enjoy drawing conclusions based on data?
• Are you a fact-based, outcomes-focused person?
• Do you love to understand how businesses work, why people buy the things they do and when they do?

…if you answered yes to these questions, this may be the opportunity for you!

Marketing Strategist, RedRover

Is your background in marketing, with an understanding of the importance of digital analytics?

Thrive in fast-pasted, high-pressure environments?

Are you a change agent that is consistently frustrated by being shut down when suggesting research-backed marketing strategies?

Does learning about new industries, trends, and marketing strategies sound very appealing to you?

Do discovering facts, building strategy and targets, and closing the deal sound motivating to you?

Can you rise to the challenge of communicating large amounts of information to the C-Suite?

….If you answered yes to these questions, this may be the opportunity for you!