During her four years at Brunet-García, Aerien has been instrumental in developing campaigns for both private and public sector customers. In this new capacity, Aerien will leverage her well-honed design skills as well as her strategic approach and organizational proficiency.

“This is the perfect opportunity for Aerien to shine,” said Diane Brunet-Garcia, vice president and partner of Brunet-Garcia. “Her creative vision and work ethic are already invaluable to the creative team as well as the agency as a whole.”

Aerien’s award-winning work has been honored at local, regional and national advertising competitions. Through her Board membership of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) of Jacksonville, she was co-chair of the 2012 local ADDY® Awards, the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition for creative excellence.

She earned her BFA from the University of Michigan with a concentration in graphic communication. She joined Brunet-García in 2007.

The tree planting was a kick-off for the partnerships created by Brunet-García’s re:solve℠ grant program. Organizations receiving service grants from the advertising agency include Wounded Warrior Project, RAP and Greenscape.

The location of Boone Park was determined by one of the grant recipients, Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP). The trees were provided by JEA through the “Green Releaf” partnership between Greenscape of Jacksonville and JEA.

Patrons of Boone Park will now be able to enjoy a variety of new trees, including crape myrtle, redbud, fringe, cypress, dogwood and riverbirch. The tree planting was a great success and served as a reminder that trees play an integral role in our urban infrastructure and are essential to the magnificence of Jacksonville’s landscape.

Brunet-García received awards in categories ranging from direct marketing and mixed media to public service and television. The agency’s Players by the Sea poster series and Family Promise Cardboard City HOME sculpture took home Judges Awards. The Block by Block poster series won Best of Show.

Each of Brunet-García’s winning entries has the opportunity to advance to the Regional ADDY competition, and those winners will proceed to be judged at the national level. To view all of Brunet-García’s award-winning work, visit www.brunetgarcia.com.

“We are thrilled that this certification will enable us to forge new relationships and continue producing quality, measurable results for government, non-profit and private sector customers,” said Jorge Brunet-García, President and CEO of Brunet-García Advertising.

The 8(a) program streamlines the procurement process, allowing for direct sole-source contracting with Brunet-García. A successful record of working with government entities including the Florida Department of Health and Florida Department of Transportation illustrates Brunet-García’s ability to serve the market efficiently and with results.

“Small businesses are the backbone of the local and national economy,” said Annette Paulson, Brunet-García’s designated Business Opportunity Specialist at the North Florida District Office of the SBA. “The 8(a) certification will allow Brunet-García to fortify its strengths and expand its reach as one of those small businesses.”

For more information on the agency’s capabilities, government procurement officers and mentor/protégé companies should contact Cristina Parcell, Government Marketing Manager at Brunet-García, or view a profile line card at www.brunetgarcia.com.

Wounded Warrior Project will receive a comprehensive ad campaign to help raise community awareness. Promotional materials will be created for RAP and its Riverside Arts Market. And for Greenscape, the agency will produce design templates for audiovisual presentations promoting a healthy tree canopy.

re:solve℠, a community service initiative, has become an important part of the agency’s donated in-kind creative services worth over $200,000 annually. In its second year, the competitive grant program received over 50 applications. A panel of Brunet-García employees selected the final organizations and awarded services based on the needs expressed in the applications submitted in September.

An awards luncheon will be held in January 2012 to kick off the new re:solve℠ projects and congratulate the winners. Brunet-García encourages all Jacksonville-based 501 (c) 3 organizations to apply for our 2013 grants beginning in September of 2012. Visit www.brunetgarcia.com/resolve/ for more information and www.culturefried.com/index.php/2011/10/03/resolve-reveal/ to view the results from some of last year’s grant recipients.

Recently named a “certified agency operations manager” through Second Wind, a professional information resource for mid-sized advertising agencies, Nikki will now oversee accounting, human resources, and operational functions for the San Marco-based agency.

She holds an M.A. from the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business, where she had the opportunity to study operations management internationally with companies such BMW and Siemens. Her background includes experience in real estate, politics, accounting and small business management.

Coming up, look for our One World Foundation’s “World of Foote” poster and the Family Promise Cardboard City “HOME” sculpture to be featured in the January 2012 Communication Arts Typography Annual.

To be selected for Communication Arts is an exclusive honor. The most current and creative professionals in the industry judge the best of the best design and advertising pieces from around the world. BG was privileged to have four of our pieces featured in the magazine within a year.

To capture the qualities of a true city film festival, the BG creative team focused our rebranding efforts on the grungy, graffiti-like feel of the inner city. This became the new badge of the festival, and is a fundamental graphic tying all the elements of promotion and advertising together.

The festival, which ran from October 13 through October 16, has historically boasted a great turnout. This year’s event had a 50 percent increase in ticket sale, comprising of local, national and international film fanatics.

Some of this year’s feature films included Wild Horse Wild Ride, Bettie Page Reveals All, and a fiftieth anniversary showing of West Side Story. The festival also hosted several special events, including a Red Carpet event at the Florida Theatre and a Women in Filmmaking brunch at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens.

After a private meeting with agency principals Jorge Brunet-García, Diane Brunet-García and Tim Kinney in the conference room, the Senator addressed the BG staff and invited guests including representatives from Sauer, Lyerly Neurosurgery, the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, the local Small Business Administration office, Edgewood Bakery and the Jacksonville Women’s Business Center.  An energetic roundtable discussion took place with the Senator covering topics from education to technology to the construction industry. Senator Rubio was particularly interested in receiving a first-hand account of the obstacles facing small businesses in today’s economy.

The Senator attracted great media coverage, including a visit from reporters at First Coast News.

Brunet-García was the only local agency and one of only three agencies in the district to win two Best of Category awards, joining Disney’s Yellow Shoes Creative Group and SapientNitro. Brunet-García’s Players by the Sea Poster Series won Best of Advertising for the Arts and Sciences and the agency’s Block x Block Illustrations won Best of Elements of Advertising.

“Walking away with two Best of Category trophies and eighteen regional ADDYs – the most awarded to an agency from Florida and the Caribbean – was certainly quite an accomplishment,” said Jorge Brunet-García, president and chief creative director of Brunet-García. “I am very proud of our team and energized by knowing that a small agency from a town once known as Cowford can compete with and beat the big boys in Miami, Tampa, Orlando and the entire Caribbean region.”

The winning entries have the opportunity to advance to the National ADDY competition. To learn more about Brunet-García’s work visit http://www.brunetgarcia.com.