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Interlex Wins 7 Telly Awards

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June 23, 2009

Advocacy and Cause-Related Marketing Agency Interlex captured 7 Telly Awards. Founded in 1978, the Telly is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online film and video. The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, interactive agencies, and corporate video departments in the world. The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries annually from all 50 states and countries around the world.READ MORE

Texas Receives Immunization Award

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March 30, 2009

Texas was named the most improved state in childhood immunizations today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. San Antonio/Bexar County was named the most improved city/county. The awards were presented at the CDC’s 2009 National Immunization Conference in Dallas. The campaign behind the successful movement, “Vaccines Build Your Child’s Health,” was created by advocacy and cause-related marketing agency Interlex on behalf of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Interlex served as an agency of record for DSHS and managed the campaign from 2002 to 2008, when its contract came to an end.READ MORE

Interlex named Agency of Record for Pan American Development Foundation

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February 2, 2009

The Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), an affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS), has named Interlex as its agency of record. The PADF is a Washington, DC-based hemispheric non-profit devoted to supporting sustainable economic development, civil societies and disaster relief through Latin America and the Caribbean. PADF also counts on field offices in Haiti and Colombia and projects throughout the region.READ MORE

Interlex to Develop and Launch new Wireless Brand for TracFone’s Lifeline program

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May 12, 2008

TracFone, the nation’s leading pre-paid wireless carrier, has selected Interlex as Agency of Record for its Lifeline Services unit.

Lifeline is a program backed by the Federal Communications Commission. It is designed to provide consumers with household incomes at — or below — 135% of the poverty level with free telephone service for access to emergency services. In most states, if a person qualifies for income-based government assistance like Medicaid, WIC or Food Stamps, they also qualify for Lifeline services.READ MORE

American Express Taps Interlex for Cause-Related Work

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January 21, 2008

OPEN from American Express, the small business unit of the iconic financial services brand, has tapped Interlex to expand and intensify outreach to Hispanic and African American Woman-Owned Businesses as part of the company’s founding partnership with non-profit Count Me In’s “Make Mine A Million $ Business” campaign.READ MORE

America Supports You: Troops Can Thank Public for Support

By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2007 – The Defense Department’ America Supports You program is inviting troops serving around the world to e-mail messages of thanks for support they receive from home.
America Supports You connects citizens and corporations with military personnel and their families serving at home and abroad.READ MORE

First Half of 2007 Proves Explosive for Interlex

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July 2, 2007

In a flurry of activity during the first two quarters of 2007, independent Hispanic/Multicultural shop Interlex picked up several new national accounts while retaining its strong base of long-time clients. As a result, the agency is poised for its strongest year ever.READ MORE

Interlex breaks into the Top 20

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December 31, 2006

December’s issue of Hispanic Business magazine has ranked Interlex 19th among Independent Hispanic Ad Agencies.

“We’re always at the bottom of the list,” laughs President & CEO Rudy Ruiz, “and the least seems to keep getting shorter. So we’re just glad to keep making it. Our goal has never been to be the biggest, just the best at what we do. But the fact we’re continuing to grow is very reassuring given our areas of expertise.”READ MORE