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PP+K joins big league players at Cannes competition

Tampa Bay Business Journal - by Michael Hinman Staff Writer

TAMPA — The next stop for two young members of advertising agency PP+K is Cannes, France, as they represent the United States in the 56th International Advertising Festival beginning June 21.

PP+K DOMINATES ADDYS, AGAIN.

Tampa, Fla. – March 03, 2009 – For the fourth consecutive year in a row, Tampa based ad agency PP+K, has rocked the competition in the annual national ADDY award competition winning 62 total ADDY awards plus four “Best of Bay” awards for the Public Service, Non-Traditional, Out-of-Home and Mixed Media Campaign categories.

PP+K: Coolest Work Places

What's so cool? Once the old detective barracks for the Tampa Police, PP+K searched for a space that would allow for an open pit work area that fosters collaboration and stifles gossip and backstabbing, said President Paul Daigle. There's 52-inch LCD TVs everywhere, Daigle said, some of which are connected to Xbox 360 gaming systems. A "brainstorm" room was outfitted with low couches in a laid back "coffee shop style," he said. "We did our best to make it as much of a noncorporate home theater hangout space as we could."

TAMPA AD AGENCY GAINS ROCK STAR STATUS

Tampa ad agency PP+K Inc. is known for its award-winning creative and edgy style. But rock ’n’ roll?

For PP+K, sometimes the best ideas come from outside

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TAMPA -- In the world of advertising and marketing, location couldn't be any more important.

New York, Chicago and Minneapolis are the big three when it comes to larger-than-life agencies. But there could be a fourth o n the horizon -- Tampa -- if PP+K Inc. gets its way.

PP+K Rules Southeast at National Ad Agency Competition

Tampa, Fla. – May 19, 2008 – PP+K has won more national ADDY awards than any other ad agency in the Southeastern U.S. and finished 6th overall nationally out of 120 agency finalists in the competition at the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) National ADDY Awards Show.  The only agencies winning more awards than PP+K were BBDO (New York), DDB (Chicago), Leo Burnett (Chicago), GSD&M (Austin) and Arnold (Boston).

PP+K To Drive Pirelli’s U.S. And Global Advertising

Tampa, Fla. – May 19, 2008 – PP+K has been awarded North American and International advertising duties for Pirelli Tire without a review. Pirelli, headquartered in Milan, Italy, maintains North American operations in Rome, Georgia and had 2007 reported sales of $6.38 billion. In the past Pirelli has maintained relationships with other advertising agencies including WestWayne (now 22Squared) and Leo Burnett.

PP+K Communicates through Cans

Tampa, Fla. – December 11, 2007 – TAMPA – Crowds of people walking by Lykes Gaslight Square Park in downtown Tampa on Tuesday got a glimpse of thousands of soup cans lined up neatly in the grass with signs delivering facts about homelessness in the Tampa Bay area.

The 15,000 soup cans were part of the “Food for Thought” campaign created by PP+K to help raise the awareness of Bay area people in need and the role Metropolitan Ministries' plays in helping these people each and every day.

PP+K Wins St. Joseph's-Baptist Health Care Account

Tampa, Fla. - May 28, 2007 - Award-winning Tampa creative ad agency PP+K, Inc. announced today its newest account win: St. Joseph's-Baptist Health Care. A division of BayCare Health System, St. Joseph’s-Baptist Health Care is the largest not-for-profit health care provider in Hillsborough County, Fla. with four subsidiary hospitals.