New York Creative Services Firm Recognized at Advertising Club of Westchester's 2010 Big

Binghamton, NY June 26, 2010 - Creative services firm Karen Spencer Design, Inc. of Westchester County, New York, received four Big "W" awards at the Advertising Club of Westchester's Big "W" 2010 Awards Gala held recently at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill, Tarrytown, NY. 

Awards received include: 

Award: Gold
Category: Corporate Design, Annual Report
Title: 2008 State of the College & Foundation Annual Report
Client: Westchester Community College
Credits: Creative/Art Director - Karen Spencer; Designer - Herbert Rodas 

Award: Gold
Category: Interactive Media, Website (business-to-consumer)
Title: Pallini Limoncello
Client: Castle Brands, Inc.
Credits: Creative/Art Director - Karen Spencer; Designer - Steven Fein, Big Ripple Multimedia; Illustrator - Johnny Glover; Copywriter - Richard Lynne; Director/Producer - Karen Spencer, Steven Fein; Programming - Steven Fein, Big Ripple Multimedia; Videographer - Johnny Glover 

Award: Gold
Category: Corporate Design, Annual Report
Title: Year in Review 2009/Iona College Annual Report
Client: Iona College
Credits: Creative/Art Director - Karen Spencer; Designer - John Sanabria 

Award: Silver
Category: Interactive Media, Social Media
Title: Build Your Own Boru Bar Facebook App
Client: Castle Brands, Inc.
Credits: Creative/Art Director - Karen Spencer; Designer - Karen Spencer, Johnny Glover, Steven Fein; Copywriter - Juliet Balian; Programming - Steven Fein, Big Ripple Multimedia 

In the past several years, Karen Spencer Design has won more than fifty local, national, and international awards for print, graphic and website design excellence. Clients include Bayer Corporation, Pfizer, Inc., Westchester Community College, Siemens Diagnostics Medical Solutions, Iona College, John Meyer Consulting, Castle Brands, The Greenwich Film Festival, and The New York Blood Center as well as many small and mid-sized firms. The firm's President and Creative Director, Karen Spencer, is a SUNY Purchase student advisor and has been an adjunct professor in graphic design at Elizabeth Seton College. Prior to establishing Karen Spencer Design, she served as senior art director for PW Communications, Inc., New York, New York. 

About the Advertising Club of Westchester
The Advertising Club of Westchester, Inc. was formed in 1968 to improve communications and relations in advertising, public relations, media, sales promotion, academia, graphic arts, the community at large and cultural areas. ACW presents the highly coveted annual Big W awards to honor the most creative, innovative and memorable marketing and advertising work in the region. For more information on the Advertising Club of Westchester, please visit www.acw.org.