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WTM Wins Again!
Akron, OH, January 29, 2016 -- Wasted Talent Media has been honored with a Gold AVA Digital Awards for the video produced for the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival.
With over 2,500 entries internationally, Wasted Talent Media received a Gold Award for their work on the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival promotional video created this year. This video was completely created in house by partners Erin Ludlam and Todd Volkmer. The duo executed all aspects of the production from cinematography and editing to story creation and interviews. This makes it two years in a row that Wasted Talent Media has been recognized for their work in video production.
"We pride ourselves on producing high quality, cinematic videos that help our clients communicate their message on multiple platforms“ says Erin Ludlam, Partner at Wasted Talent Media.
"We're always thrilled when our work is recognized, and these awards are a great honor" adds Todd Volkmer, Partner at Wasted Talent Media.
AVA Digital Awards is an international competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design and production of media that is part of the evolution of digital communication. Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whole work serves as a benchmark for the industry.
Winners were selected from over 200 categories in audio, video and web-based production. A full list of winners is available on the AVA Digital Awards website at www.avaawards.com.
About AVA Digital Awards
AVA Digital Awards is sponsored and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). The Association administers recognition programs, provides judges and rewards outstanding achievement and service to the profession.
About Wasted Talent Media
Wasted Talent Media was born out of the creative talents of Erin Ludlam and todd v. Co-hosts and creative talent behind Arts Quest, Erin and todd have been able to consult on, and produce corporate video, television programming and worked on film projects with Mari Lynn Evans (Coal Country and The Appalachians) and Phylls Geller.
We just won an ADDY Award!
Wasted Talent Media has had an explosive year of growth, and they capped it off with an ADDY win the first year they entered the contest. Owned and operated by partners Erin Ludlam and Todd Volkmer they handle all aspects of the creative process when working with their clients. On their award winning entry for the Akron Art Museum, which promoted their LIVE Creative programming, the duo handled scripting, art direction, lighting, sound, cinematography, and editing. While much of their competition would engage a large team of creatives to accomplish this task, its just another day at the office for these two.
“We are really excited to have won this great honor, and we are already working on our entries for 2016!” says partner Todd Volkmer.
According to partner Erin Ludlam “this just proves what we have been saying since our beginning, ‘do good work, and good things will follow.’”
The 2015 Akron ADDY Awards, presented by the Akron chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF-Akron), is the first stage of the national ADDY Awards competition. Local gold winners are forwarded to regionals where they may qualify for the national competition to be held at ADMERICA, the American Advertising Federation National Conference, later this summer. The ADDYs is the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, annually attracting more than 40,000 entries.
About Wasted Talent Media
Wasted Talent Media was born out of the creative talents of Erin Ludlam and todd v. Co-hosts and creative talent behind Arts Quest, Erin and todd have been able to consult on, and produce corporate video, television programming and worked on film projects with Mari Lynn Evans (Coal Country and The Appalachians) and Phylls Geller.