Hart Associates Among Eight Companies Worldwide Recognized with Grand Award
MAUMEE, Ohio – One of six projects developed by Hart Associates, the leading integrated marketing and communications firm in Northwest Ohio, that earlier received an iNova Gold award has achieved additional recognition with a prestigious iNova Grand award, a distinction given only to eight companies worldwide.
iNova is an annual international awards program that recognizes excellence in corporate website design and performance. Winning projects are given a gold, silver, bronze or honor distinction. One winning entry in each of eight categories is then given a Grand award.
Hart received six iNova Gold awards in early December. One of the firm’s winning projects, a website created for DePuy Orthopaedics, a Johnson & Jonson Company, www.depuyorthopaedics.com, earned an iNova Grand Award in the Healthcare website category.
“Hart’s talented interactive team is dedicated to creating an effective and dynamic web presence for our clients. Being recognized for this work with an iNova Grand award is a tremendous honor,” said Mike Hart, president and CEO of Hart Associates. “An even greater honor, however, is seeing how our success with website design and functionality translates to success for our clients, such as DePuy Orthopaedics.”
The DePuy Orthopaedics website was a redesign of DePuy’s existing orthopaedics site. Hart helped create a new online experience that showcases how DePuy products improve lives. Hart’s work included information architecture, content planning, interface design and Flash animation.
“The DePuy Orthopaedics site is a result of the collective effort of many teams at Hart. It is a great example of how our integrated work atmosphere successfully develops client projects that are creative, functional and exemplify the client’s brand and mission,” said Brad Zabroski, director of interactive, Hart Associates.
Hart’s additional iNova Gold winning projects include a La-Z-Boy web application; ProMedica Sports Care website; Lake Erie Regional Cooperative website; Root Learning, Roots of Engagement website; and the GenFlex website.
The iNova Awards program is sponsored by MerComm, Inc., a group founded in 1987 with the goal of advancing the arts and sciences of communications in an international arena. The 2008 competition received entries from 10 countries. The judging panel comprises top Internet professionals from around the world, including web designers, site builders, creative directors, graphic designers, communications managers and presidents and CEOs of agencies responsible for corporate websites. Entries are critiqued on concept, content, creativity, ease of navigation, design, functionality, interactivity and overall success in achieving company goals.
About Hart Associates
Founded by Tom Hart in the early 1960s, Hart Associates is the leading integrated marketing and communications firm in Northwest Ohio. A member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, Hart Associates offers a wide range of services to business-to-business and business-to-consumer clients, including brand planning, general advertising, media planning and buying, public relations and crisis communications, direct and database marketing, interactive marketing, video production and graphic design. For more information, visit www.hartinc.com.
