San Antonio, TX - The Marketing Communications Agency Network (MCAN) held its annual Manny award competition and Management conference in San Antonio Texas on May 20-22nd. Carney & Company, a full service advertising agency in Rocky Mount, received the coveted Best of Show Award plus awards in 14 other categories in the competition. “The Best of Show Award goes to the agency presenting the best overall campaign in any category,” according to Merrily Terry, Head Judge and Sr. Creative Director for The Walt Disney Company. “The campaign you created for Southern Bank was outstanding in the way it creatively spoke to the consumer in a very real and believable manner.”

The annual Manny competition features work in business-to-business and business-to-consumer categories by member agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada. Carney & Company received Gold Awards in radio, newspaper, television, magazine, and brochure design. It also received awards for web site design, postcard design, public relations, direct mail design, annual report design, and point of purchase display.

“We were very fortunate to have fared so well against some very good competition,” said Skip Carney, agency president. “The credit has to go to our clients for allowing us the freedom to craft these ad programs that were both creative and effective.”

Judges for this years Manny awards included, Merrily Terry, Sr. Creative Director for Walt Disney Company, Brice Campbell, vice president Creative for Publicis Advertising in Dallas and Pete Mills, Production Manager for WOAI-TV in San Antonio.

Carney & Company was founded in 1980 in Rocky Mount and serves B2B and B2C clients in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit www.carneyco.com or call 252.451.0060.