New. Improved. And all of that.
August 7, 2008
It’s been a while, but we think the wait is certainly worth it.
Introducing the new HenkinSchultz Web site - a new look, with easier navigation and prettier pictures of, say, yours truly. Copywriter extraordinaire. Guitar Hero champion. All around great guy. Etc.
We’ve freshened up, cleaned out the corners and given you what you’d need in an agency Web site - the people, the work, the ideas and the philosophy. In the immortal words of Outkast, We’re “so fresh and so clean. (Clean.)”
And, we’ve even given Post Haste a facelift. Hooray blogs!
If you’re new to the site, go ahead and click the RSS feed and get Post Haste updates whenever we make them. Or, enter your e-mail for e-mail updates. Whichever you prefer. The choice is up to you.
And if you’re a seasoned veteran of Post Haste and HenkinSchultz, well, we hope you like the new look.
Introducing Wabli’
June 19, 2008
You never quite know what a client’s going to ask for. And sometimes you never quite know if you’ll be able to pull it off.
Our client, The First National Bank in Sioux Falls, came to us with one of these requests: a mascot to help promote high-return children’s savings accounts.
It turned out to be pretty cool.
Wabli’ (which stands for “Eagle” in Lakota) is the mascot version of The First National Bank in Sioux Falls’s iconic eagle statue and logo. And he/she took a tour of bank branches, showing off his style and preening his polyester wings.
Wabli’ and The First National Bank in Sioux Falls’s Executive Vice President Bill Baker.
Wabli’ standing beneath his shape-sake, the original FNB eagle statue.
Attempting a heist.
Relaxing after a hard day of strutting around with a head that’s seventeen times larger than it should be.
And just like that, a new mascot is born – from idea to reality, Wabli’ is now among us.
Wendy Wills Wins aWard.
May 28, 2008
We do a lot of great stuff here at HenkinSchultz.
Most of us do a lot of great stuff away from work as well.
For example, our very own Wendy Wills was honored at last week’s Sales and Marketing Executives, Inc. (SME) Past Presidents Banquet. She was named Outstanding Committee Member for her work on the annual Women In Business program.
The Outstanding Committee Member award was presented by President Dave Stadheim and Women in Business Committee Chair Lisa Schultz.
Wendy received a trophy and everything!
The Past Presidents Banquet recognizes all of the programs put on by SME throughout the year. Women In Business is an educational, networking conference that provides fresh perspectives and positive outlooks in regards to women in the workplace. This year’s speaker was Mary Lou Retton.
Congratulations, Wendy!
Re-making Haste
April 21, 2008
“Hey, Post Haste. Where have you been?”
It’s an agency cliché, but we’ve been busy.
Thankfully, it’s never bad in the biz to say, “We’ve been busy.” In fact, it’s pretty fun. It shows we’re productive and relevant. And it pays the billz, bro.
So yeah – we’ve been busy. Busy bees. Getting’ busy. Bustin’ you know what. Busy busy busy.
But that’s no excuse.
So here’s the reintroduction. We have a new Web site on the way. We’ll have an update of the blog design. And, of course, we like to talk about brilliant things like branding and marketing and advertising. Sometimes we even like to brag a little.
I’ve found some friends to come along with me. We’re back in business, friends.
A banner achievement
January 4, 2008
Did you see that banner flying in the background during the Iowa Caucuses last night?
We did that. HenkinSchultz Communication Arts.
People around the country and the world saw the creative efforts of a Sioux Falls company during coverage of Thursday night’s Iowa caucus.
Marketing, advertising and public relations firm HenkinSchultz Communication Arts designed the Iowa Caucus Committee’s stage and backdrop for press events and to display Thursday’s caucus results.
The backdrop, designed by HenkinSchultz co-owner Kirby Schultz, measures 16 feet tall and 93 feet wide. It features an American flag that seems to wave in the breeze, three video projectors and a 22-foot LED screen.
The backdrop is similar to the one the company produced for the recent 2007 Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. HenkinSchultz also worked with a Des Moines-based firm on the project.
It’s officially the biggest thing I’ve been even remotely associated with. Congrats, HS!
Make it good, sir. Make it good.
November 8, 2006
Makegood: The rescheduling of an ad or commercial by an advertising media operator when it has been incorrectly printed, broadcast, or distributed or when unavoidably canceled or preempted.
At HenkinSchultz, we deal with a wide range of media sellers. These sellers do what they can to help us out, but there are times – especially during the election season – that our clients’ spots need to be moved, either because they were outbid or because of a programming mistake. This is called a makegood.
Now, because of their hard work and dedication, we’re giving them a little makegood of our own – a Media Makegood party, just to let the sellers know that we feel their pain. The election season is over now. Advertisements can begin to flow smoothly again.
These are our invitations – an election campaign sign urging media sellers to vote YES for their Media Makegood Party.
The invite.
And a closeup.
This goes out to all of the media sellers in the world – thanks! Without you, we’d have nowhere to peddle our wares.
Designing, HS style
October 20, 2006
HenkinSchultz is in the news, thanks to some of our illustrious designers.
The article — “Grand designers: Graphic artists find a hot market in Sioux Falls” — included a cover shot of HenkinSchultz designers Tanya Christensen and Melissa Heier, in addition to the large “Holiday Inn” star from our front entrance. Unfortunately, the web article doesn’t have this picture. But the content is there. And a video is available — it may or may not work for you, but give it a try.
“Sometimes you can be a little disturbed, because you know that visually what you made may be the best solution they could have, but getting them to realize it and think outside the box doesn’t happen a lot,” said Tanya Christensen, a designer at Henkin and Schultz. “That’s the hard part.”
Eventually something clicks, and a design is born. Work by Christensen and her co-worker Melissa Heier represent the firm in the SDSU exhibit.
It’s a busy, often hectic and demanding job, Heier said.
“We do a variety of things, from logos and creating billboards, to whole campaigns to ads, direct mail and more, some days I might work on up to 10 jobs in one day,” Heier said. “But it’s rewarding, too, being able to visually communicate, place things, make people’s eyes follow it and get a point across.”
Alumni from the Department of Visual Arts at South Dakota State University — of which our two cover designers are included — will be showing examples of their work and the work of their co-workers at an SDSU Ritz Gallery exhibit in Brookings through Oct. 27.
Happy Anniversary, HenkinSchultz!
September 28, 2006
A toast to the fifteenth anniversary of HenkinSchultz!
More tomorrow, complete with pictures.