Agency’s advertising and PR excellence recognized with a platinum award for best overall campaign, plus three gold and two bronze awards.

WILMINGTON, Del. (June 13, 2024) — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the largest independent full-service marketing communications agencies in the region, recently received a total of six recognitions—including the highest honor of a platinum award for best overall campaign—at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Society for Healthcare Strategy and Marketing Development (MASHSMD) awards for marketing excellence. In addition to the platinum prize, which was awarded for the agency’s “Big Energy” campaign for Phoenix Children’s, AB&C brought home gold and bronze awards for other work created for Phoenix Children’s as well as for campaigns for AtlantiCare and Grand View Health.

Each year, the MASHSMD awards recognize the creativity, strategic innovation and impactful contributions of healthcare marketing professionals and organizations across the mid-Atlantic region, advancing the MASHSMD mission to support healthcare marketing professionals in their efforts to improve healthcare outcomes and promote health and wellness.

“Our Big Energy campaign resulted from the ‘big trust’ that exists between Phoenix Children’s and AB&C,” said Steve Merino, AB&C’s chief creative officer. “They are a bold organization that wanted their marketing to reflect that. When we recommended having world-class physicians dance on camera, we knew it was a big ask, but our relationship—that trust we have—moved things forward. The results speak for themselves.”

AB&C has earned a number of MASHSMD marketing excellence awards over the years, including four in 2023. The awards earned in 2024 demonstrate the diversity of AB&C’s strategic and creative capabilities, as well as the agency’s ability to deliver results in advertising and public relations. AB&C’s honors for 2024 are as follows:

Platinum Award for Best Overall Campaign: Phoenix Children’s “Big Energy” brand campaign. Recognized as an outstanding campaign that demonstrated exceptional creativity and impact, earning well-deserved recognition.

Gold, Integrated Marketing: AtlantiCare American Heart Month campaign. The campaign connected with 2.5 million people through 21 media placements, significantly boosting website traffic and cementing AtlantiCare’s position as a leader in cardiac services.

Gold, Public Relations and Communications: AtlantiCare Cancer Awareness campaign. The campaign raised awareness of cancer care services through compelling patient stories and expert interviews, featured in major media outlets across New Jersey.

Bronze, Public Relations and Communications: Phoenix Children’s Annual Report. Highlighting growth and innovation, the annual report reinforced Phoenix Children’s commitment to a healthier future for children and families.

Bronze, Advertising: Grand View Health “Spine Care That’s Ahead of the Curve” campaign. The campaign achieved over 1.5 million impressions and a high click-through rate in its first month.

Gold, Branding Design and Visuals: Phoenix Children’s “Big Energy” campaign. This campaign delivered an impressive number of impressions, solidifying Phoenix Children’s as a premier pediatric health system.

About AB&C

Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C) is one of the largest independent full-service marketing communications agencies on the East Coast and one of Adweek’s 50 “Top Shops” in America. With offices in Wilmington, Delaware, and Philadelphia and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, AB&C has played a significant role in the industry for over 50 years. Established in business-to-business and consumer marketing, the agency brings creative intelligence to local, regional, national and international accounts in a variety of industries.

Agency’s work for seven clients brings home 22 honors in the nation’s largest healthcare advertising awards competition.

WILMINGTON, Del. (May 30, 2024) — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the largest independent full-service marketing communications agencies in the region, was just awarded 22 honors in the 41st annual Healthcare Advertising Awards, the nation’s oldest and most recognized healthcare advertising competition. For the 2024 competition, AB&C’s 22 awards included a Best of Show—for outstanding creative execution, overall excellence and breakthrough advertising—as well as nine gold, five silver, three bronze and four merit awards. With this impressive total, the agency won the third-most awards of all entrants in the country—and the most of all entrants in the northeastern U.S.

We don’t enter shows to win awards. We do it to recognize our clients who are willing to take risks and create bold, breakthrough work,” said Steve Merino, AB&C’s chief creative officer. “But we’re more than a typical healthcare agency. Our team has worked inside some of the best health systems in the country. We combine their experience with our B2B and retail experience to make our healthcare work more effective. It’s an honor to see that our unique approach is working.”

Now in its 41st year, the Healthcare Advertising Awards celebrate advertising that has evolved to “rise above” in an increasingly complex and competitive industry. AB&C’s winning ads stood out from among more than 4,300 entries and were chosen by a national panel of judges. Ads were assessed on criteria that included creativity, quality, message effectiveness, consumer appeal, graphic design and overall impact. AB&C’s recognitions demonstrate the agency’s ability to deliver strong results across the diverse sectors that comprise today’s healthcare industry, creating award-winning work for healthcare clients in and outside the mid-Atlantic region, including the Delaware Division of Public Health, the City of Philadelphia and Phoenix Children’s.

Here’s a breakdown of AB&C’s 2024 Healthcare Advertising Awards:

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About AB&C

Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C) is one of the largest independent full-service marketing communications agencies on the East Coast and one of Adweek’s 50 “Top Shops” in America. With offices in Wilmington, Delaware, and Philadelphia and Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, AB&C has played a significant role in the industry for over 50 years. Established in business-to-business and consumer marketing, the agency brings creative intelligence to local, regional, national and international accounts in a variety of industries.

Aggressive growth and new workplace model have paved the way for AB&C’s new location with open, modern office space.

WILMINGTON, Del. (May 18, 2023) — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the largest independent full-service marketing communications agencies in the region, recently transitioned from their previous Wilmington, Delaware headquarters at 819 N. Washington Street to a modern office on the third floor of Courthouse Square, located at 600 N. King Street. AB&C’s new Delaware home is nearly 10,000 square feet and integrates features that foster optimal connectivity and productivity in today’s hybrid work model and provides the flexibility needed to accommodate the agency’s continued growth.Read full post...

Stand-out creative helps generate thousands of new memberships in January, blowing campaign goal “out of the water.”

WILMINGTON, DE (March 6, 2023) — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the largest independent full-service marketing communications agencies in the region, recently teamed up with Adventure Aquarium to help thousands of area families and individuals reap the benefits of membership at the Camden, NJ educational and entertainment attraction. AB&C put its award-winning creative talents to use to focus attention on, and create urgency for, a limited-time membership sale. At the end of the 25-day campaign, the marketing strategies and execution exceeded the Adventure Aquarium’s goal by more than 66%. All told, the campaign also exceeded the Aquarium’s anticipated revenue by more than 85%.

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WILMINGTON, Del. (Sept. 21, 2022) — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the largest independent full-service marketing communications agencies in the region, today announced that CEO Tom McGivney will be retiring on Sept. 30, 2022. In addition, AB&C is implementing several leadership changes to ensure a seamless transition after McGivney’s departure, as well as to support the projected short- and long-term growth of the agency.

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Over 6,000 square feet of office space demonstrates agency’s commitment to the city and meeting staff needs for working in the “new normal.”Read full post...

Agencies immediately demonstrate the creative power of their collaboration by leveraging the Cameo platform to spread the news.

WILMINGTON, Del. (April 20, 2022) — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), a full-service marketing communications agency, today announced the acquisition of Mangos, an agency based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, best known for its strategic planning, branding and advertising. The acquisition will make AB&C one of the largest full-service independent marketing communications agencies in the Region. AB&C and Mangos, two of the longest-standing independent agencies in the Delaware Valley, are excited to unite under a single mission to apply elevated strategic and creative thinking to deliver on a commitment to produce exceptional results that exceed client expectations.Read full post...

WILMINGTON, Del., March 26, 2020—Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the region’s largest full-service marketing communications agencies, emerged as an 11-time winner at the 38^th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards. The Healthcare Advertising Awards is the oldest, largest and most widely respected healthcare advertising awards competition.Read full post...

WILMINGTON, Del. — March 26, 2020 — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the region’s largest full-service marketing communications agencies, emerged as a four-time winner at the 2019-2020 Philadelphia Metro American Advertising Awards, also known as the ADDYs. Sponsored by the American Advertising Federation, the ADDY Awards honor excellence in advertising.

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Agency teams up with DoubleStar, Inc. to offer nursing managers and recruiters an unprecedented online tool for assessing the cost of staffing vacancies, identifying areas for savings and formulating strategies to support profitability.

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Acquisition turns AB&C into the largest full-service independent marketing communications agency in the Delaware Valley.

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Nov. 8, 2018 — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the region’s largest full-service marketing communications agencies, was awarded 17 MarCom Awards in the 2018 competition, including eight Platinum and five Gold awards.

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David Brond, David C. McBride, Randy Farmer and Tom Trezise join Delaware’s only public media news service.

WILMINGTON, Del. (June 12, 2018) — Delaware Public Media (DPM) announced that David Brond, David C. McBride, Randy Farmer and Tom Trezise have been named to the organization’s board of directors. DPM, Delaware’s only public media news service, is dedicated to covering the unique issues, events, personalities and cultures of Delaware. As an NPR member station, DPM presents high-quality statewide news in a rich combination of audio, video and text.

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Agency Takes Home Six Golds and Two Silvers at Awards Show Honoring Creative Excellence in Healthcare Marketing.

WILMINGTON, Del. (May 11, 2018) —Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C), one of the region’s largest full-service marketing communications agencies, was recognized by Healthcare Marketing Report with six golds, two silvers and five merit awards presented during its annual 2018 Healthcare Advertising Awards. Now in its 35^th year, the national competition is known as the oldest, largest and most widely respected healthcare advertising awards program. This year, AB&C received 13 recognitions for having the most outstanding work from a pool of 4,000 submissions. Collectively, the agency’s winning submissions demonstrate a diversity of strategic and creative executions.

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Agency Takes Home Three Golds and Seven Silvers at Awards Show Honoring Creative Excellence in Advertising

PHILADELPHIA, PA (March 9, 2018) — Aloysius Butler & Clark (AB&C) was recently honored with 10 industry awards, including three golds and seven silvers, at the 2018 Philadelphia American Advertising Federation (AAF) Awards, also known as the ADDYs. The ADDYs, which honor excellence in advertising, recognized AB&C for work the agency created on behalf of two of their clients: Delaware Office of Highway Safety and Delaware Division of Public Health.

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