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Every year, there are numerous awards shows in the advertising agency business. We enter very few of them. Why? Because we believe the best judge of our work is the consumer we’re talking to. Does he or she understand our message? Like it? Trust it? Find it interesting? Are they compelled to action?

Recently, SKM Group has been honored for several years in a row as a “Best Places to Work” by Business First newspapers. That’s the kind of award we love, because we put a lot of effort into creating a professional environment that fosters expertise, performance, learning, and understanding of each person’s unique personality and needs.

A lot of agencies love to win creative awards, and they approach their client work with that in mind. Which is cool. We think differently.

SKM Awards

2012 Awards

Best Places to Work

2011 Awards

UCI Better Communications Award

Best Places to Work

2010 Awards

ECHO Award Finalist – SunTrust Campaign

ECHO Award Finalist – Food Bank Campaign

Best Places to Work

2009 Awards

Best Places to Work

2008 Awards

2008 ADDY Awards – Advertising Club of Buffalo

Collateral Material – Poster, Single

  • Gold – Studio Arena Theatre – Bat Boy Poster
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Don’t Talk to the Actors Poster
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Indian Blood Poster
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Vertical Hour Poster
  • Silver – Elmwood Taco & Subs – Diavolo Poster

Collateral Material – Poster, Campaign

  • Gold – Studio Arena Theatre – Studio Arena Poster Campaign – Bat Boy, Indian Blood and Don’t Talk to the Actors
  • Sliver – Studio Arena Theatre – Studio Arena Poster Campaign – Side by Side, To Kill a Mockingbird, Vertical Hour

Out-of-Home – Site Exterior

  • Sliver – Studio Arena Theatre – Bat Boy Poster
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Power of a Play Poster
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Vertical Hour
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – New Studio Arena

Elements of Advertising – Logo

  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Vertical Hour Logo
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – To Kill a Mockingbird Logo

2008 Communicator Awards

Print Advertising – Poster

  • Gold – Studio Arena Theatre – Side by Side Poster
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Bat Boy Poster

Print Advertising – Design

  • Gold – Studio Arena Theatre – Side by Side Poster
  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Bat Boy Poster

Brochure – Business to Consumer

  • Gold – Studio Arena Theatre – New Customer Acquisition Brochure

2008 Summit Creative Awards

Consumer Direct Marketing – Single

  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Studio Arena Acquisition Mailer
  • Bronze – American Benefits Consulting – Alcoa Benefits Mailer

Poster – Campaign

  • Silver – Studio Arena Theatre – Vertical Hour, Indian Blood, Don’t Talk to the Actors, Bat Boy

Poster

  • Bronze – Studio Arena Theatre – Power of a Play

2008 PIMA

  • Gold Award – American Benefits Consulting PBG Mailing #4
  • Silver Award – American Benefits Consulting Disney Mailing #8

2008 Buffalo Business First

  • Women of Influence – Entrepreneur Award
  • Quantum Market Research – Best Places to Work in WNY

2007 Awards

2007 Ace Awards – Runner Up – Product Website – SKM/InterBay Funding

2007 Buffalo Business First – Quantum Market Research – Best Places to Work in WNY

2007 NAMB “Best Advertising Campaign” – InterBay Funding “Get in the Game”

National Mortgage Broker Magazine – Award for Excellence in Advertising – Best Advertising Campaign 2007 – InterBay Funding

2006 Awards

2006 ADDY Awards – Brainstorm

Direct Marketing, Consumer Campaign – Flat

  • Silver – Made in the Shade

2006 Buffalo Business First

Quantum Market Research

  • Best Places to Work in WNY

2006 YWCA

Business Leaders Award

2006 Buffalo Business First

Brick By Brick Awards – Finalist – Best Office Project

2005 Awards

2005 ADDY Awards – Brainstorm

  • Advertising Industry Self-Promotion Campaign – Ad or Marketing Club
    Gold – Brainstorm/The Communicators Club of Buffalo
  • Collateral Material, Brochure – Four ColorSilver – Hart Hotels
  • Newspaper, Invited Media – Single InsertSilver – Hart Hotels
  • Collateral Material, Brochure – Four ColorSilver – Jamestown Container Companies
  • Out-of-Home, Other Out-of-Home, CampaignSilver – New York State Department of Labor
  • Public Service, Campaign – LocalSilver – Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo & Erie County

2004 Awards

2004 Echo

Silver – Consumer – Not-for-Profit – Multimedia/Integrated Media for 2003 Buffalo Niagara Heart Walk

2004 ADDY Awards – Brainstorm

Print Material Poster – Four Color or More

Gold – American Heart Association

Print Material Stationery Package – Flat Printed

Gold – Eclectic Wood

Magazine Self-Promotion

Silver – SKM Group

Newspaper Self-Promotion

Silver – SKM Group

Visual, Logo / Trademark Design

Silver – Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled

Silver – Eclectic Wood

Business-to-Consumer Campaign Local

Silver – East Aurora Chamber of Commerce

Print Material, Poster Four Color or More

Silver – Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center

Collateral, Event Promotions

Silver – American Heart Association

Consumer Magazine, Fractional Page Less than Four Color

Silver – Eclectic Wood

Direct Marketing, Business to Business, Single – Flat

Silver – Professional Insurance Marketers Association

Business-to Consumer Campaign Local

Silver – American Heart Association

Print Material, Stationery Package – Multiple Process

Silver – Fluent Energy

2004 Direct Best Awards

Upstate New York Direct Marketing Association

Best of Show – American Heart Association, Heart Walk

Multimedia Direct Response – American Heart Association, Heart Walk

The Buffalo News

Celebrating our Community Award

Presented to The SKM Group for excellence in recognizing the needs of our non-profit community and for your outstanding efforts on behalf of Junior Achievement of Western New York, Inc

Presented to The SKM Group for excellence in recognizing the needs of our non-profit community and for your outstanding efforts on behalf of The American Lung Association of Western New York

2004 Western New York’s Top Private Companies

2003 Awards

2003 ADDY Awards – Brainstorm

Public Service – Out-of-Home

  • Gold – Junior Achievement – Teaching Kids
  • Silver – ADDY – 2003 – Brainstorm – Public Service, Out-of-Home – Junior Achievement – Teaching Kids

Out-of-Home, Outdoor

  • Silver – Junior Achievement

Visual, Logo/Trademark Design

  • Silver – X Paint

Print Material, Newsletter/Magazine, Less Than Four Color

  • Silver – X Paint

Out-of-Home, Exterior Site

  • Silver – Victory Christian Center – X Paint

Direct Marketing, Business to Consumer, Single – Flat

  • Silver – Canisius College

2003 PIMA

  • Commitment to Excellence In Marketing – Silver Award – Self Promotion – The SKM Group

2003 Direct Best Awards Upstate New York Direct Marketing Association

  • Runner-Up Consumer Direct Mail – Nicor Energy – Freeze

2003 Buffalo Niagara’s Fastest Growing Companies

  • FastTrack 50

2003 Western New York’s Top Private Companies

  • Western New York’s Top Private Companies

Junior Achievement of Western New York, Inc.

  • 2003 – 2004

2002 Awards

2002 Telly Award – M. Wile – Get Comfortable

2002 ADDY Awards – Advertising Federation of Buffalo

  • Collateral – Print Material Poster, Less than Four Color
  • Silver – UB Women’s Basketball

Print Media – Newspaper – Fractional Page, Black & White

  • Silver – Alleyway Theatre

Public Service – Out-of-Home – Outdoor

  • Silver – Junior Achievement

2002 PIMA – Commitment to Excellence in Marketing – Bronze Award – Self Promotion – The SKM Group

2002 Direct Best Awards Upstate New York Direct Marketing Association – Runner-Up Multimedia Campaign – M. Wile Factory – Direct Fashion – Brand Re-positioning Campaign

2002 – 2003 – Junior Achievement of Western New York, Inc.