Overland Agency Wins Interactive Media Awards for Verdero Baseball & McGee Financial

Portland, OR, August 16, 2007 --(PR.com)-- The international Interactive Media Awards has again recognized the client work of West Coast interactive advertising and branding firm the Overland Agency. Overland won Best in Class for Consumer Goods for international Verdero Baseball (verdero.com) and Outstanding Achievement in Financial Information for Portland-based McGee Financial Strategies (mcgeenet.com). These honors acknowledge that the websites surpassed the basic standards of excellence that comprise the web’s most professional work.

Verdero Baseball is a high-end sports brand for competitive baseball players, offering shoes, equipment, and apparel. The Verdero site creates a sleek interactive experience that focuses on performance, design, and professional technology. McGee Financial is a renowned financial planning firm that advises individuals, families, and businesses internationally. Their new website reflects the firm’s holistic approach to caring for clients and the firm’s philanthropic mission, as led by founder/CEO Judith McGee, a top national advisor and financial author.

The Interactive Media Awards (interactivemediaawards.com) recognize the work of individuals and organizations meeting the highest standards of excellence in website design and development. Besides Overland, other IMA winners included global agencies that represent Procter & Gamble, Dell, Facebook, National Geographic, Nokia, W Hotels, and major cable television networks A&E and Oxygen.

“It’s gratifying to be recognized for this client work,” said Arve Overland, CEO and Executive Creative Director. “We feel these websites are great examples of how our team strategically incorporates the latest development tools with outstanding creative and sound business principles.”

About the Overland Agency
The Overland Agency (overlandagency.com) is an award-winning Portland, Oregon-based brand marketing and advertising agency with deep capabilities in web design and development that combines high-level strategic consulting with smart, passionate creative execution. The agency serves as an online integrated marketing partner: an ad agency, web development shop, search-optimization consultancy, and brand specialists within one company. Clients include adidas, Aegon Insurance, Dolphin Software, Extensis, Legend Homes, LightSPEED Technologies, Merix, New Edge Networks, and TSSI. The agency also does pro bono work for such groups as the Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Habitat for Humanity.

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