enCOMPASS Agency is named a Silver winner in the 2014 Summit Creative Award^® competition for its creative website design work for Lake Norman Chamber.

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(Cornelius, NC – June 12, 2014) Out of more than 5,000 submissions from 24 countries enCOMPASS Advertising Agency, LLC is named a Silver winner in the 2014 Summit Creative Award® competition for its creative work for the Lake Norman Chamber website.

"We are proud of our partnership with the Lake Norman Chamber and are elated that we can bring the highest level of website design & development to our Chamber community," says Jerry Schroeder, enCOMPASS Agency president and CEO.

The Summit Creative Award (SCA) recognizes and celebrates the creative achievements of small and medium sized advertising agencies worldwide with annual billings under $30 million. Celebrating its 20th year, the SCA has firmly established itself as the premier arbiter of creative excellence for firms of this size and has become a coveted honor.

This year's panel of international judges included:
Howard Alport, Principal, Brandimage – United States
Ilan Geva, Professor/Creative Director, Ilan Geva and Friends – United States
Fred Lebhart, President & CEO, efelle media – United States
Jack Adamson, Senior Creative, Crackerjack – Canada
Gautam Nath, Vice-President, Balmoral Multicultural Marketing – Canada
Mark Kamachi, Creative Director, ADMAKI – Canada
Luke Li, Art Director, 360i – United States
Curtis Wolowich, Creative Director, Agency59 – Canada
Augusto Correia, Integrated Creative Art Director, Artplan – Brazil
Marcus Enstrom, Creative Director, FaPa Familjen Pangea Advertising – Sweden
Josh Levine, Founder, CEO, Alexander Interactive – United States
Parveen Panwar, CEO, PMI 5 Media – United States
Marcelo Lopes, Principal, Marcelo Lopes Design – Brazil
Michael Mrakovcic, Executive Creative Director, Interact – Australia
Juan Pablo Valencia, Creative Director, Contrapunto/BBDO – Russia
Floor Wijburg, COO, W&I Consultants - Sweden

Entries in 20 major categories are judged against a stringent set of standards. During its blind judging the Board of Judges search for and identify innovative and creative concepts, strong executions and the ability to communicate and persuade. Winners were selected in a wide-range of categories from print and broadcast to, emerging and social media.

"Winning a Summit Creative Award is a significant accomplishment in ones career. With vetted judges, tough judging criteria, blind judging processes, and strict bylaws limiting winners, only deserving entries receive recognition." Said Jocelyn Luciano, Executive Director for the Summit International Awards (SIA). "The creative work this year was outstanding. Watching the judges debate the details of individual entries in the run-off for the tops spots was inspiring."

This year's SCA creative competition included companies from the following 24 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States.

The SIA organization was founded in 1994. Annually it conducts the Summit Creative Award, the Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award and the Summit Emerging Media Award. Additional information about the Summit International Awards organization, its competitions and winning firms can be found on the SIA web site at www.summitawards.com.

"Winning a SCA Award reflects the hard work and cooperation we have received from the Lake Norman Chamber," said Jerry Schroeder, enCOMPASS Agency president. "We're pleased our work is delivering great results for our clients. We're honored by this recognition from our creative peers."

For more information about enCOMPASS Agency and its Interactive Marketing Intelligence™ (IMI) platform, call (704) 896-9978 or visit www.encompassagency.com