Contact: Tatiana Bengochea

Phone: 305-662-3151
Tatiana.Bengochea@almaad.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WHAT A WEEK FOR ALMA!

Leading Multicultural Ad Agency Announces 3 New Clients and Wins Top Honors at Hispancizes Tecla
and Miami Addy Awards

(March 19, 2015, MIAMI, FL) Miami was buzzing this week with industry talk with the Hispanicize
conference in town and the celebration of the local ADDY Awards. Miami-based multicultural agency,
Alma, made a big showing at both events in addition to announcing new partnerships with Bud Light,
Simple Mobile and American Cancer Society.
The annual Hispanicize conference is in its sixth year, hosting over 2100 Latino marketing and media
agencies, bloggers, social influencers, and journalists. The conferences awards show, Tecla, recognizes
the best digital work in the Hispanic market, with Alma winning Best Latino Brand Facebook Page for
McDonalds Latino and Best Agency Doing Hispanic Social Media
Alma also broke its own record at the local ADDY Awards, taking home 64 Gold and Silver prizes (Alma
held the record with 63 awards last year). Among the winners were projects for McDonalds, State Farm,
AARP and Ad Council, Goodyear, Tobacco Free Florida, Rosetta Stone and Clorox Greenworks. Alma
was also honored with 4 Best of Category awards for Rosetta Stone Catapult in Elements of
Advertising, Best of Publication and Best in Out Of Home for Greenworks Species, and Best of Radio
and Television for McDonalds First Customer
We are humbled by the overwhelming support and recognition weve received so far this year, stated
Almas President and Chief Creative Officer Luis Miguel Messianu. And were lucky to have a very hardworking team and fantastic brands to partner with, so its a great feeling to see our efforts rewarded.
Earlier this year, Alma was also named Ad Ages Multicultural Agency of the Year for two consecutive
years. To discover Almas work, visit AlmaAd.com and follow social media accounts @AlmaAgency.

About Alma
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Founded in 1994, Alma is today the 7 largest Hispanic Agency (based on Ad Age's Hispanic Fact Pack.)
Advertising Age named Alma the 2014 & 2015 Multicultural Agency of the Year and included the agency on its "AList" in 2012 and 2010. In 2013, President and Chief Creative Officer Luis Miguel Messianu was named Diversity
Trendsetter at the AAF Diversity Achievement Awards. The agency has won top industry awards including: Cannes
Lions, Effies, Clios, D&AD, FIAP, Art Director's Club and El Sol. Long-standing clients include McDonald's, State
Farm, Clorox, Tobacco Free Florida, and Anheuser Busch, among others. For more information,
visit www.almaad.com.

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