The Arkansas Bank Marketing Association held their annual advertising awards ceremony in Hot Springs last week. Centennial Bank won several awards including: Overall Best of Print for the Conway market for their concept of a sign unveiling, also a 2008 Golden Addie award recipient from the Arkansas Advertising Federation; Overall Best of Radio for the Conway and Searcy markets for name change campaign; Honorable Mention for Total Campaign for banks $500 million or larger; Best Radio for banks $500 million or larger; Best Outdoor for banks $500 million or larger; Honorable Mention for Outdoor for banks $500 million or larger; Best Newspaper for banks $500 million or larger; Best Collateral for banks $500 million or larger.
Centennial Bank’s directors of marketing for the 2008 year include: the late Tom Steves, Kristi Thurmon, Emily Wilson, Lori Case, Stephanie Scuderi and Kyle Proctor.
“I would like to thank all the presidents for allowing the marketing team to produce quality work,” Lori Case, director of marketing Conway, said. “Additionally, I would like to thank the marketing team and The Sells Agency who have worked so hard over the last eight months to transition our name change within our respective markets.”
Centennial Bank is part of the Home BancShares family of banks with assets exceeding $2.5 billion.
Tom Steves died Tuesday as a result of a motorcycle accident at the intersection of Hwy 107 and 89 at the Pulaski-Faulkner County line. He was the current director of public relations for Twin City Bank and a 40+ year veteran in the advertising/public relations field.
