Smack Happy Design is Named a Silver Winner in the 2017 Summit Creative Award® Competition

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Jocelyn Luciano – Executive Director
Summit International Awards
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Smack Happy Design Places in Top International Award – 2017 Summit Creative Award

San Francisco, CA – June 21, 2017 – Out of more than 5,000 submissions from 21 countries, Smack Happy Design is named a Silver winner in the 2017 Summit Creative Award® competition for its creative work for their seasoned portfolio of website work.

“We are honored to accept this award,” said Nicole Hanusek, owner of Smack Happy Design, “as it is a culmination of all of our hard work as a team. We have all worked so hard to help create such a wonderful portfolio. Go, team!”

The Summit Creative Award (SCA) recognizes and celebrates the creative achievements of small and medium sized advertising agencies worldwide with annual billings under $30 million. Celebrating its 22nd year, the SCA has firmly established itself as the premier arbiter of creative excellence for firms of this size and has become a coveted honor.

This year’s panel of international judges included:

• David O’Connell, Founder, principal creative director, BANG! creative communications – Canada
• David Bieloh, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Central Washington University – USA
• Gautam Nath, Vice-President, Balmoral Marketing – Canada
• Gavin Barrett, Chief Creative Officer, Barrett and Welsh – Canada
• James Scully, Operations Director, Nevado Limited – England
• Jeff Fisher, Engineer of Creative Identity, Jeff Fisher LogoMotives – United States
• Lester Traband, Senior Applications Developer, ANNODYNE – USA
• Louai Alasfahani, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Paragon Marketing Communications – Sultanate of Oman
• Meng-Chih Chiang, Creative Director, HUSH – USA
• Morgan Young, Principal, Young Ideas, LLC – USA
• Olga Weiss, Chief Creative Office, IDM – USA
• Reid Carr, President & CEO, Red Door Interactive – USA
• Richard Taylor, Founder & COO, Politik Media Inc. – Canada
• Stephane Jean, Creative Director, Bob – Canada
• Timothy Yip, COO, VP Client Services, Maple Diversity Communications – Canada

Entries in 20 major categories are judged against a stringent set of standards. During its blind judging, the Board of Judges search for and identify innovative and creative concepts, strong executions and user experience, and the ability to communicate and persuade. Winners were selected in a wide-range of categories from print and broadcast to, online advertising and social media.

“Winning a Summit Creative Award is a significant accomplishment in one’s career. With vetted judges, tough judging criteria, two-phase blind judging processes, and strict bylaws limiting winners, only deserving entries receive recognition.” Said Jocelyn Luciano, Executive Director for the Summit International Awards (SIA). “The creative work this year was outstanding. Watching the judges debate the details of individual entries in the run-off for the tops spots was inspiring.”

Smack Happy Design is a custom website design services company with over 19 years experience.

Check out Smack Happy Design’s Winning Portfolio

This year’s SCA creative competition included companies from the following 21 countries:

Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, England, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Ireland, Malaysia, Martinique – French West Indies, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United States.

The SIA organization was founded in 1994. Annually it conducts the Summit Creative Award, the Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award and the Summit Emerging Media Award. Additional information about the Summit International Awards organization, its competitions and winning firms can be found on the SIA website at www.summitawards.com.

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More About Smack Happy Design

Smack Happy Design is a custom website design services company with over 19 years experience. As a website design partner, Smack Happy helps take the online portion of your business to the next level. They get your new website up and running quickly, increase your website’s traffic, get you more leads, enhance your customer experience, and make sure your website is running smooth and healthy 24/7 so that you never lose a potential client or customer.
Their clients love working with them because, in addition to creating beautiful designs, they are communicative, easy-going and just “get it.” Smack Happy cares about their clients–and it shows in everything they do.

Their clients love working with them because, in addition to creating beautiful designs, they are communicative, easy-going and just “get it.” Smack Happy cares about their clients–and it shows in everything they do.

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