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Space Coast Creatives Recieve Awards For The Space Coast Ad Fed, The Walk and The United Way of Brevard County

Melbourne, FL - Giant3, a full service communications and advertising firm, wins several industry awards as Q1 2003 comes to a close. Principal Partner, Eric Needle, affirms that the groups dedication to client satifaction remains their only motivator.

“Our firm markets only by word of mouth. Making our clients happy is how we grow.” Needle states. “Winning awards are great, but making the people we work for look good, achieving their business goals… that is why we exist.”

March 3, 2003, Cocoa Beach, FL. - Lights! Camera! Addys! The Space Coast Ad Fed’s Award Gala. In it’s first entry into the Addys, Giant3 receives a Gold Addy and a Judges’ Choice Award for their work on the Space Coast Ad Fed’s own website. The Judges’ award was one of two given out at the Gala.

“We made the decision to devote energy to the Ad Fed club after we were won over by the work they perform in the community.” Needle notes. “Our ‘Buy our stuff, send a kid to college’ auction and numerous community service projects serve as an excellent example as way to give back to the Space Coast.”

Eric was voted onto the Board of Directors in 2002 and serves as Internet Chair for the SCAF.

Giant3 was also awarded a Silver Addy for their “Celebrate at the Zoo” campaign, for The Walk, a new church development in Viera. “We were very excited about this award for several reasons. We just love the people at the Walk and have been integral in creating their identity campaign and strategic marketing. We were stunned to win this award, as it was moved from public service category to commercial interactive media campaign. This was the only entry of faith to win an Addy this year.” Needle reports.

April 23, 2003, Melbourne, FL. - Giant3 and United Way were today awarded the Image Award and Judge’s Choice Award by the FPRA. The Florida Public Relations Association’s Space Coast Chapter sited United Way’s ability to do great work with minimal budget as the qualifier for the Judge’s Choice Award.

March 01, 2003, Cocoa, FL. - United Way of Brevard County was selected as a finalist for the United Way’s 2002 National Communications Competition for their website, designed and built with Giant3, a Brevard-based communications firm. The competition is designed to promote communications best practices and recognize the people who bring them to life.

“This year, our judges paid close attention to entries from local United Ways that have helped their communities create a community impact agenda and report success in key impact areas,” stated United Way of America president, Brian Gallagher. “Our judges reviewed an astounding 676 entries this year. Congratulations to our winners and finalists for a job well done!”

Communications staff at United Way of Brevard was thrilled to receive the recognition. Contributors to the website redesign included Eric Needle, principal with Giant 3, Suzanne Sparling, APR, vice president of Communications, Caron Partridge, communications manager, and Janette Robinson, communications assistant.
“We are extremely proud of our communications department,” commented Rob Rains, president of United Way of Brevard. “They are a small but mighty team who always exceed my expectations and continually strive to strengthen and protect our brand.”

Giant3 has been working with United Way of Brevard since 2001 on the design and maintenance of their public website along with it’s strategic usage and as a communications and design consultant for other projects.

About Space Coast Advertising Federation
The Space Coast Advertising Federation is a nonprofit professional trade association serving the local advertising community. The national American Advertising Awards honors creative excellence in advertising and is the final tier in a national competition sponsored by the American Advertising Federation. THe Addys are the industry’s largest and most representative creative competition. The Space Coast Ad Fed resides in the 4th District of the American Advertising Federation. The 4th District encompasses all of Florida, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

About The Walk
The Walk is a new Presbyterian church (PCUSA) being started in Viera, Florida whose mission is to create an environment where people find themselves encountered by the Living God, come to know Jesus Christ in a personal way, continue in the lifelong journey of growing more deeply into this relationship, and take another step in discovering life that has real vitality, purpose and joy.

About United Way of Brevard County, Florida
United Way of Brevard’s mission is to be Brevard’s leader in mobilizing the caring power of our community. United Way is about people helping people. We care deeply about our friends and neighbors in Brevard. That care is shown through a wide range of funded services that help make a difference in the lives of people like you and I each and every day - improving the quality of life here in our community.

About Giant3
Giant3 is a business network of senior-level creative strategists with complementary expertise in a variety of specialty fields within marketing and advertising. Giant3’s breakthrough collaborative business model enables them to offer all of the creative, technical, and strategic services supplied by full-service advertising agencies, while eliminating the overhead costs, quality inconsistency, and operating inefficiencies associated with the traditional agency model.

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Contact

Eric Needle
Giant3
321.693.6314
e@giant3.com

Jacqueline Barker
Space Coast Advertising Federation

Elmarie Parker
The Walk

Suzanne Sparling
United Way of Brevard