Redstone is proud of our own Randa Zalman, Online Strategist and Senior Account Supervisor, who was recently named "Ad Pro Of The Year" by AAF Omaha.

The Ad Pro of the Year award is given to an AAF Omaha member who has a distinguished track record of service in advertising including professional and community service, with particular attention to AAF Omaha service.

The award was no surprise to Redstone partner Gail Johnston. "Randa's passion for doing great work is infectious. Whether you're an old pro or a beginner in this business, she meets you where you are gets you excited about where you can go. That's a rare and special quality and one that her Redstone teammates and clients love about her."

You can read the AAF press release at this link: http://omahaadclub.org/randa-zalman-2012-ad-pro-of-the-year/

Here are clips from some of our recent spots. Enjoy!

Redstone earned a number of awards for their clients at this year's American Marketing Association Pinnacle Awards.

Redstone took home a Pinnacle and a Platinum in the category of direct response; a Pinnacle and a Platinum in the Promotions category; and a Gold in the Total Marketing category.

The Pinnacle Awards are judged by marketers on the strength of entries' strategy, execution and results.

Redstone once again participated in the Athritis Foundation's Heartland Walk to raise money for Arthritis research and services for those suffering from this often misunderstood disease.

Not just an illness for "old people," arthritis debilitates men and women in the prime of their life and strikes more children than juvenile diabetes.

Redstone's team met their 2011 fundraising goals under the banner of the Redstone "Painkillers."

College of Saint Mary and Redstone have been recognized in the Higher Education Marketing Report annual educational advertising awards.  This is the largest educational advertising awards competition in the country. The awards specifically recognize the field of educational marketing and advertising.  The field is very competitive.  This year, more than 2,500 entries were received from more than one-thousand colleges, universities and secondary schools from all fifty states and several foreign countries.
Our "CSM Stories" campaign for College of Saint Mary received three awards:
-       A GOLD Award in the category of Radio Adv/ Series, Bloom Campaign
-       A MERIT Award in the category of Television Adv / Series, Bloom Campaign
-       A GOLD Award in the category of Total Adv Campaign, Bloom Campaign

Here is just one of the spots in the TV campaign. If you'd like to see more, just click on the Contact Us link and let us know, we'd be happy to show off some other great spots!

Redstone Announces 2011
Make-A-Difference Partners

Every year, the Redstone team fields hundreds of requests from non-profit and community groups for assistance with marketing and design. Being involved in the community and being able to make a difference is one of the best things about being an advertising agency.

Once a year, in the fall, the Redstone team chooses the five organizations with whom we will partner in the coming year to provide services at little or no charge. Some of these organizations are long-term friends of the agency, others are new partners for whom we see a special need or particularly compelling opportunity to help.

For 2011, Redstone is pleased to announce the following as our "Make A Difference" community partners:

The Cox Classic
Every year, this event not only brings the entire community together for terrific competition and recreation every summer, it also generates hundreds of thousands of dollars for deserving local charities.

The Arthritis Foundation
Redstone is pleased to help sponsor this organization's Woman of the Year Gala and provide assistance with other programs that build awareness, support research and help sufferers of all ages of this often-misunderstood and debilitating group of diseases.

The Kent Bellows Center for Visual Arts
The memory of Kent Bellows and the power of his artwork are helping encourage new generations of students to express themselves and grow creatively. Redstone is proud to be a part of the effort.

American Heart Association
Our team is helping take on the number one killer of women by supporting the AHA's Go Red For Women activities. There's simply no better way to go Red.

The UNO Foundation
Our team's expertise with golf tournaments is helping this local organization promote its premier Director’s Cup fundraiser and build opportunities for sport and spectators that will benefit the entire community.

We're looking forward to working with each of these organizations and hope that, if your situation permits, you'll support them as well.

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving is Redstone's traditional "stretching out before the big race" feast. This year's event was marked by a terrific turkey and a cornucopia of pot luck 'fixins'.

Many thanks to the Redstone team for the good cooking ... and to Redstone's clients and partners who give us ample reason to celebrate each and every year. Here's wishing a happy holiday season full of blessings. And, now, let's eat!

Once again, the Redstone team helped tee up a successful Cox Classic golf tournament.

Redstone has been the marketing partner for the Omaha stop on the PGA's Nationwide tour for 15 years. 2010 was another successful event. The final numbers are yet to come in, but it looks like attendance and the money raised for charity will once again be up over last year. 

Many of Redstone's clients also stopped by the agency's skybox to say hello and enjoy a rock-star view of the action on the 18th green.

Below, you'll see some members of the Redstone team sporting the latest agency golf wear at the Friday skybox party.

Hula hoop contests were only part of the retro fun at the recent Redstone summer picnic. Agency team-members and their families turned out in force to enjoy sack races, water balloon tosses and a bouncy house at the annual agency event.

Barbecue and sno-cones were the most popular menu items ... along with some classic adult beverages concocted by the agency's master mixologist, Chad Hultman. Who knew he could make such a mean grasshopper?

Below, Randa Zalman and Sandy Douglas look on in awe as  Cooper Svoboda demonstrates he is a hooping savant. Are there any college scholarships available for that?

Redstone once again fielded a team of hardy heelers for the 2010 Arthritis Foundation Walk.

The agency has partnered with the Arthritis Foundation for more than a decade and, in addition joining in on walks and fundraisers, helps the organization with a variety of advertising and promotional materials.

This year's Redstone team (from left to right in the photo below) was Joe Svoboda, Sandy Douglas, Jim Svoboda, Phil Webb, Randa Zalman, Tam Webb, Mary Grabow, Steve Armbruster, Renee Heikes and (not pictured) Shawna Eves, Claudia Martin and Rod Szwanek.