Nashville, Tenn. – (May 10, 2012) – After leading the local ADDY Awards and the Southeast District Awards in ADDY Gold, The Buntin Group has received six National ADDY Awards in the American Advertising Federation National ADDY Awards competition. The winning work was created on behalf of Commonwealth-Altadis, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation and Woodford Racing. Buntin received more National ADDY Awards than any agency in the Southeast five-state district.

“We have been fortunate over the years to receive National ADDY Awards, but garnering six awards at the national level is a milestone for The Buntin Group and we are honored,” said Jeffrey Buntin, Jr., President and CEO of The Buntin Group. “We are especially grateful to our clients for their confidence in our work and we share this recognition with them.”

The National ADDY Awards, which will take place on June 5^th in Austin, Texas, is held in conjunction with the National Advertising Federation National Conference.

The ADDYs are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition,attracting over 50,000 entries every year in local ADDY competitions. The mission of the ADDY competition is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising.

“Canoe”	“Jeep”	“Road”
“Dom Perignon”	“Pretzel”	“Water”
“Old Truck”	“Honey”	“Mall Walker”

About The Buntin Group

Celebrating its 40th year in business, The Buntin Group is the largest brand communications firm in Tennessee, and among the top 40 independent agencies in the U.S. The firm can be found at buntingroup.com, on Twitter @thebuntingroup and facebook.com/buntingroup.

Woodford Racing is a racing syndicate that offers people the opportunity to own and race thoroughbreds as part of a partnership. This poster campaign dramatizes the elegance, aristocracy and outright thrill that comes from watching “your horse” take to the track. Sent to partners and potential partners the implied positioning in the artistic series is “not just the winner’s circle, the inner circle of thoroughbred racing.”

About The Buntin Group

Celebrating its 40th year in business, The Buntin Group is the largest brand communications firm in Tennessee, and among the top 40 independent agencies in the U.S. The firm can be found at buntingroup.com, on Twitter @thebuntingroup and facebook.com/buntingroup.

Anchored by television, a custom microsite, on course activation, global print, key in-market installations, and ongoing content feeds, the campaign reflects the company’s commitment to financial leadership through doing, more than talking. The campaign dramatizes this metaphor through a number of traditional and multi-media/digital touchpoints, honoring the moments in golf when, as one TV spot conveys, “distraction gives way to doing.”

RBC proudly supports golf around the world through high profile relationships with the PGA, The PGA of America and Golf Canada.  In addition to sponsoring eight professional golfers, RBC is also the Official Bank of The PGA of America, title sponsor of Canada’s National Open Golf Championship as well as the official Bank and Patron of the PGA Championship, the Senior PGA Championship and PGA Grand Slam of Golf and a Supporter of the 2012 Ryder Cup.  This year promises to be RBC’s biggest yet in golf.  Last fall, when the 43-year-old Heritage tournament was in jeopardy, RBC stepped up to invest as title sponsor in what is one of golf’s most popular tournaments.  The RBC Heritage takes place April 9-15, 2012.

“The Walk,”  featuring Luke Donald, is one of three new TV spots showcasing some of golf’s biggest names performing on a uniquely RBC-branded stage.

“Anthem TV”	“Family TV”	RBC Golf Microsite

Luke Donald Poster	Ernie Els Poster	Jim Furyk Poster
Matt Kuchar Poster	Escalator	Stairs
Luke Donald Print Ad	Ernie Els Print Ad	Jim Furyk Print Ad

Celebrating its 40th year in business, The Buntin Group is the largest brand communications firm in Tennessee, and among the top 40 independent agencies in the U.S.  The firm can be found at buntingroup.com, on Twitter @thebuntingroup and facebook.com/BuntinGroup.

Nashville, Tenn. – March 28, 2012 - The Buntin Group has been honored with 16 District ADDY® Awards in the 7th District American Advertising Federation ADDY Awards competition, winning ten Gold ADDYs and six Silver ADDYs for work on behalf of Commonwealth-Altadis, Hands On Nashville, John Deere, Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation and Woodford Racing. This represents the most Gold Awards in the Southeast and the 10th time The Buntin Group has led the District in the past 22 years.

The District ADDY Awards will be held in Nashville, Tenn. on April 13, 2012 and includes winners from cities in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. District winners are then forwarded to the third tier, the National ADDY® Awards Competition, which will take place on June 5^th in Austin, Texas.

The ADDYs® are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 50,000 entries every year in local ADDY competitions.

The video was created to highlight the key benefits of the product – summarized as putting a “new spin” on disposable Bakeware. Social media outreach and print ads in Woman’s Day, Everyday with Rachel Ray and Everyday Food will encourage consumers to visit www.mychinet.com/bakeware to view the video and receive a $1.00 coupon for the Bakeware product. The Chinet Facebook page will host a Bakeware Contest asking fans to submit recipes in the hopes of being featured in a future Bakeware ad. Bakeware will also be featured on The Martha Stewart Show in a cooking segment and the product will be given to audience members and will include a sticker driving them to the Chinet Facebook page featuring the video.

About The Buntin Group

Celebrating its 40th year in business, The Buntin Group is the largest brand communications firm in Tennessee, and among the top 40 independent agencies in the U.S. The firm can be found at buntingroup.com, on Twitter @thebuntingroup and facebook.com/buntingroup

Nashville, Tenn. – February 25, 2012 – The Buntin Group was honored with 43 ADDY Awards at the American Advertising Federation Nashville’s (AAF Nashville) annual creative competition held February 25 at Limelight in Nashville.

Buntin led the competition for the 15th consecutive year, winning 12 Gold and 31 Silver ADDYs among its total – along with a Judges’ Choice Award for Woodford Racing. Work for agency clients including Commonwealth – Altadis, Hands On Nashville, Imagine No Malaria, John Deere, Junior Achievement, Tennessee Education Lottery and Woodford Racing were among the entries to receive recognition.

The ADDYs® are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 50,000 entries every year in local ADDY competitions. The mission of the ADDY competition is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. Now in its 44th year, the Nashville ADDY Awards is the first of a three-tier competition conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) which culminates in the prestigious National ADDYs.

Woodford Racing	Woodford Racing	Woodford Racing

TN Lottery	Hands On Nashville	Hands On Nashville
INM – Online	Junior Achievement	TN Lottery

“The one constant in disasters,” says Rick Isaacson, Executive Vice President of Servpro Industries, Inc, “is that there isn’t any constant. Disasters are unpredictable and frequently strike without warning. That’s why SERVPRO’s Ready Plan mobile app is so valuable. In the confusion and panic that often surround a disaster, a property owner or manager can reach out for expert help right from the scene, using their cell phones.”

The application allows both residential and commercial property managers and owners to create an Emergency Ready Profile that contains critical facility information that can help speed up response time after fire or water damage occurs. In addition to property details, the application tracks prior loss history, utility shut off locations, and key contacts; stores photos of the damage; and integrates local weather forecasts and more, including the address and contact information for the user’s preferred SERVPRO® Franchise.

Through the application, the user can quickly call SERVPRO® or submit an electronic “First Notice of Loss” (FNOL) to the SERVPRO® National Call Center setting the wheels of recovery in motion. Rapid response from a disaster cleanup and restoration specialist can help the property owner evaluate options, start the insurance process and take the right steps from the beginning to bring their property back to normal, “Like it never even happened.” 

“I hope that businesses and homeowners nationwide will take a moment to download our new Ready Plan mobile app to their smart phone,” said Isaacson. “Having that information literally at your fingertips in an emergency can prove invaluable if disaster does strike.”

Celebrating its 40th year in business, The Buntin Group is the largest brand communications firm in Tennessee, and among the top 40 independent agencies in the U.S. The firm can be found at buntingroup.com, on Twitter @thebuntingroup and facebook.com/buntingroup.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (February 9, 2012) – Jeffrey Buntin, Jr., President and CEO of The Buntin Group, was named to the Nashville Business Journal Forty Under 40 class of 2012.

The 40 winners were deemed to be making a difference in their companies and community by a panel of judges. All of the winners will be profiled in a special section of the March 9 edition of the Nashville Business Journal, with individual profiles following throughout the year.

About The Buntin Group

Celebrating its 40th year in business, The Buntin Group is the largest brand communications firm in Tennessee, and among the top 40 independent agencies in the U.S. The firm can be found at buntingroup.com, on Twitter @thebuntingroup and facebook.com/buntingroup.

The campaign, created by The Buntin Group as a part of the relationship with Finnish company Huhtamaki Ojy, features print, digital and experiential components capitalizing on the positioning statement “The morning routine is no longer routine.” The campaign is the first step in re-launching the Comfort Cup product around a style advantage.

The national print campaign will run in outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, Oprah, Redbook and Real Simple.   Digital initiatives include: Outlets Redbookmag.com, MarieClaire.com, HouseBeautiful.com, Elle.com and more; co-branded media driving to online sweepstakes; a crowd-sourcing promotion to design a future Comfort Cup; an on-line video featuring a Comfort Cup pop-up café serving unsuspecting commuters in Dallas a free cup of coffee in the newest cup design. View the video here.

New York Fashion Week: Hearst will feature a custom-branded Comfort Cup coffee truck stationed near major events. Chinet Café featured the Comfort Cup on location at Sundance Film Festival.

“Our Brand Journaling process revealed that most people were looking at to-go cups from a purely functional standpoint, mainly because that’s all they were offered – function,” remarked John Carney, EVP, Client Leadership. “But many people we spoke with thought of their coffee cups as a fashion accessory.  Therein lay the opportunity to work toward a stylistic advantage for Comfort Cup - which we knew Chinet could deliver on – so we positioned it as a way to inspire and invigorate your morning.”

Chinet will launch a new cup design every quarter in addition to completely redesigned retail packaging.  For more information about the Chinet family of products, visit www.mychinet.com. 

Iguana	Unicycle	Pop-Up Café

About Huhtamaki:
Established in 1920 as a specialty packaging organization, Huhtamaki provides many of the world’s most recognizable consumer goods packaging and foodservice containers, including the retail line of Chinet premium disposable tableware. For more information about Huhtamaki, visit www.us.huhtamaki.com.

Celebrating its 40th year in business, The Buntin Group is the largest brand communications firm in Tennessee, and among the top 40 independent agencies in the U.S.  The firm can be found at buntingroup.com, on Twitter @thebuntingroup and facebook.com/buntingroup.

Nashville, Tenn. (January 5, 2012) – Nashville based brand communications agency, The Buntin Group, announced the addition of Lawrence Orleck as Senior Vice President, Director of Interactive and Matt Lowney as Executive Vice President, Talent and Operations.

As SVP, Director of Interactive Orleck will work in tandem with SVP, Deputy Creative Director Clayton James leading Buntin’s integrated creative campaigns. Orleck has worked with preeminent global digital agencies including Digitas and Sapient, and led the growth of digital departments at Dentsu America and most recently SK+G.  He brings experience across major tourism, automotive, consumer electronic and technology brands, such as MGM, Royal Caribbean, American Express, Acura, Honda, Toyota, IBM, Samsung and Cannon. He is a native of New York City.

Lowney will serve as EVP, Talent and Operations and joins The Buntin Group from HealthSpring where he was Director of Recruitment and led talent acquisitions for the company’s 3400 employees. Prior to HealthSpring he spent six years as Recruiting Manager with DaVita, Inc. Lowney also founded the largest recruiters networking association in the Southeast, Talent Acquisition Networking Source (TANS) and hosts Tennessee’s only television show dedicated to career advice, “Career Talk.” He is a graduate of the University of Evansville.

Celebrating its 40th year in business, The Buntin Group is the largest brand communications firm in Tennessee, and among the top 40 independent agencies in the U.S. The firm can be found at buntingroup.com, on Twitter @thebuntingroup and facebook.com/buntingroup