MindFire Communications had a smokin’ hot showing at the annual American Advertising Awards Gala by winning 15 awards, including the top honor of Best of Show, three Judge’s Choice Awards and two Best of Category Awards.

"We are incredibly proud of this recognition, and we want to thank our clients for trusting us with their brand,” said Erik Meade, co-founder of MindFire. "Our goal at MindFire is to create effective, engaging marketing that helps differentiate our clients, no matter if they are large or small. It’s gratifying to be recognized for our work by a group of our peers, and we want to continue to raise the bar for creative work.”

MindFire received the top American Advertising Award, Best of Show, as well as a Judge’s Choice Award and Best of Category Award for its work on a Hitachi trade show campaign. The campaign, prepared for the 2014 CONEXPO tradeshow, featured the slogan "The Power of Focus.” and included the tradeshow booth design, banners, wall graphics, promotional items, direct mail and more.

A first for the agency, MindFire swept all three of the Judge’s Choice Awards given at the gala. MindFire also took home 11 other awards: two Best of Category/Gold awards, two Gold awards and seven Silver awards.

The awards included:

Best of Show

Hitachi tradeshow campaign

Judge’s Choice Awards

Mississippi River Distilling Company packaging design for Iowish Cream Liqueur

Hitachi tradeshow campaign

Iowa TugFest campaign

Best of Category/Gold Awards

Hitachi tradeshow campaign

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges manufacturing technology TV spot

Gold Awards

Reference Audio Video & Security website

Mississippi River Distilling Company packaging design for Iowish Cream Liqueur

Silver Awards

MindFire Inspiration Vodka

Hitachi BREAKOUT Magazine cover design

John Deere direct mail invitation

Iowa TugFest campaign

Northwest Mechanical Inc. website

Iowa TugFest 2014 Logo

Iowa TugFest Muddy River Logo

Inga Rundquist

Inga Rundquist is a Public Relations Arsonist and Co-Owner at MindFire. When she’s not dreaming up ideas that will generate publicity, you can find her knee deep in the social media world, also known as the next PR frontier.