MERRILLVILLE – The 15th Annual Service Industry Advertising Awards recently recognized the team at VIA Marketing for outstanding creative marketing and contributions to the field of service industry advertising. This year was an exceptional year for VIA as the agency was honored with three awards including two Gold SIA Awards and one Silver SIA Award.

In the category of Outdoor Advertising, VIA was Awarded GOLD for its creativity and design for the Lake County Public Library’s “How Do You Library?” Billboard Campaign. The team was also awarded GOLD for VIA’s own Integrated Marketing Campaign, “Pirates and Pearls-It's VIA's 30th Year of Voyage!” A SILVER was awarded to the agency for the Candlelight Vigil for Child Abuse Poster that was created for Geminus Community Partners and the Indiana Department of Child Services.

“Our team appreciates the long-lasting relationship we have with the local service industry and we look forward to even more award-winning projects in the future,” says Julie Olthoff, president, VIA Marketing.

Based in Merrillville, VIA Marketing provides strategic and inspired thinking with an integrated approach across all media including: internet, print, advertising and signage. VIA Marketing is celebrating 30 years of serving Northwest Indiana and Chicagoland with award-winning work. In the past three decades, we've shaped cutting-edge strategies, messages and visuals for startups and Fortune 500 companies spanning tech, e-commerce, hospitality, healthcare and beyond. Please visit www.VIAMarketing.net for more information and to view other recent award-winning campaigns.