Advertising and Marketing Communications Students Win Two Gold Awards

Advertising and Marketing Communications students in the School of Communications have won two top awards for their fully integrated campaign, “Not a Date,” in the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Student Competition. The 2021 competition focused on Tinder, the online dating and social networking app. 

The “Not a Date” campaign was entered in the student competition for the annual St. Louis chapter of the American Advertising Federation Awards program, winning the Gold Award--Cross Platform Integrated Brand Identity Campaign and Gold Award--Cross Platform Consumer Campaign. 

The Webster students' entry will go on to compete in the AAF District Student Awards against other student entries from Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. If the “Not a Date” campaign wins at the district level, then it will compete at the national level, against all other student submissions.

Adjunct instructors Julie Clark and Michael Whitmer oversaw the ADVT 4910 Campaigns class. Congratulations to these Webster students who participated in development of the “Not a Date” campaign: Lydia Bryda, Aliya Coons, Ellie Corner, Nash Davis, Emma Ferguson, Drew Fisher, Liana Gallyoun-Arroyo, Taylor Giegerich, Natalia Halon, Amber Humphreys, Rebekah Jimenez, Jacob Knoebel. Amina KopicOsmanovic, Stanley Luster, Max Rodhouse, Ben Sullivan, Mckenzie Thessin and Anna Weber.