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WEBBY AWARD FOR BMW

May 6 2008 - The 2008 Webby Awards have named the BMW Relearn to Drive site as a People's Voice winner in the Automotive category. 500,000 votes were cast in the biggest year ever for the Webbys, and we will be attending the June 10th winner's gala in New York. Big thanks to the folks at Idea City. We'll let Duff give the 5-word speech!

3 WEBBY NOMS

April 9, 2008 - The BMW Relearn to Drive site has been named a finalist in the 2008 Webby Awards in the Automotive category. Big thanks to our partner on the project, GSD&M/Idea City. Also, the Boost Mobile Rock Corps web site was nominated in 2 categories, Events and Telecommunications. Big love to our friends at Boost! Please take a moment and vote for all three here

CHERRY & BMW WIN ADDIES

MARCH 24, 2008 - The Cherry Coke MySpace campaign and the BMW Relearn to Drive micro site were both awarded Gold at the Orange County Ad Club Awards on Saturday night. Special thanks to our clients, Coca-Cola and GSD&M/Idea City respectively. We had a few drinks in your honor.

VANGUARD MYSPACE PAGE WINS AWARD

JANUARY 29, 2008 - The MySpace profile that JUXT designed and developed for Vanguard University, a private school in Orange County, California, has been awarded a bronze in the 2008 Service Industry Advertising Awards. View the page at www.myspace.com/vanguardu.

LUCASARTS SITE GOES LIVE

NOVEMBER 8, 2007 - JUXT launched its first project for LucasArts, the San-Francisco-based game publisher, in support of Thrillville Off the Rails. This family-friendly console game is the sequel to Thrillville, the best-selling original children's intellectual property of 2006. The site combines Flash animation and game imagery to highlight the new features, including outlandish roller-coaster concepts, new ways to talk to park guests, and a new array of carnival games. Users can spread the word about Thrillville Off the Rails via a fun viral element where you and your friends can build a never-ending coaster. View the site here.

FIZZIX GOES LIVE

NOVEMBER 5, 2007 - Juxt has launched a micro site in conjunction with Publicis Dialog in New York, to promote Fizzix, a new yogurt product from General Mills. Fizzix gets its name from the fact that it's carbonated (yes, you read that right), and sure to make the target audience (boys 8-12) burps with glee. And we ensure the burping fun extends to the site, with a burp organ and burp-o-gram to share with friends. Enjoy the fun at www.newfizzix.com.

PIXEL NOM & CREATE AWARDS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 - Create Magazine has honored two JUXT projects - Coca-Cola Football Trivia banner campaign and the Spring! By Dannon web site have both been awarded Silvers. And the Pixel Awards have selected the Relearn To Drive site for BMW, done in partnership with GSD&M Idea City, as a finalist in its TV Category. Vote for the site here.

RELEARN TO DRIVE HONORED BY COMM ARTS

AUGUST 20 2007 - Communication Arts has selected BMW's Relearn to Drive as its site of the week on www.designinteract.com. JUXT built the site in conjunction with our friends at GSD&M, and BMW has been so pleased with the performance of the site that it's now featured on the BMW USA homepage, and is responsible for doubling inquiries to the Performance Driving School.

BMW SITES

JULY 3 2007 - RelearnToDrive.com, a series of flashback videos to how we all "really" learned to drive, went live this past week. JUXT partnered on the project with GSD&M in Austin, TX. This micro site closes the door on the past and opens the door to the new BMW Performance Driving School site. "Undo The Damage", the performance school site, combines Flash animations of the track with hair-raising video to accelerate the experience at the Ultimate Driving school. Make sure you check out the Testimonials. View the sites here and here.

POLLY WHEELS HIT THE ROAD

JULY 3 2007 - JUXT is thrilled to announce that our first project for Mattel, an engaging micro site promoting Polly Wheels, is now live. A brand new product just hitting store shelves under the Polly Pocket brand umbrella, the site provides girls 6-12 with an immersive, highly interactive presentation of the coolest thing to hit the road since Hot Wheels. The site introduces the first and second wave of collectible cars (Mattel will release a new set of Polly Wheels throughout the year), conveying Polly's sense of fun and adventure as she and her friends cruise the town. In addition, users can play a Polly Wheels Flash game, download Polly Wheels desktop stickers and put their favorite Polly Wheels right on their computer screen. View the site here.

ROCK CORPS LAUNCH

JULY 3 2007 - JUXT recently redesigned the Boost Mobile Rock Corps web site, promoting the national program that encourages youth to contribute four hours of community service in exchange for tickets to rock and hip-hop shows featuring some of the biggest acts in music. JUXT creative director, Todd Purgason, led the redesign, providing a unique platform for Rock Corps to recruit volunteers, promote upcoming shows, and post multimedia from previous shows. View the site here.

LOVE X 5: STEP IN DESIGN

June 11 2007 - Step In Design Magazine has awarded five JUXT projects in their Best of the Web edition hitting newsstands in September. Getting the love include: Coca-Cola NASCAR, Sports Trivia, and Pinball rich media campaigns, as well as The Bridge by thegluenetwork.com. A huge thanks to the academy!

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN

May 1 2007 - The Coca-Cola Pinball rich media banner campaign was a People's Voice Webby Award winner this past week. The awards gala takes place in New York City in June, where David Bowie is going to receive a lifetime achievement award. How are Bowie's Flash skills these days, cuz we're hiring. View the Webby winners here

WEBBY LOVE

April 16 2007 - The Coca-Cola Pinball rich media campaign has been named a finalist for a 2007 Webby Award, of which our own Todd Purgason served as a judge. View the campaign here and cast your vote in the People's Voice aspect of the Webby's at http://pv.webbyawards.com/. Two other JUXT projects received Webby "Honors", including the Fuse JustFortheFofit.com site, and the Coca-Cola NASCAR campaign.

MEET RAY

April 8 2007 - In a pretty cool example of how a brand can leverage MySpace, JUXT has designed a page for Ray, the character featured in the Coca-Cola Videogame commercial, where Ray spreads love around a gritty urban environment when you expected him to cause mayhem. As you might expect, visitors to Ray's page can view the TV spot and get in touch with Ray. What's not expected is that users can also download some very cool Coke-branded digital swag- including a MySpace theme, wallpapers, and IM icons. View the page and add Ray at: http://myspace.com/getalittlelove.

AD CLUB BEST OF SHOW

April 2 2007 - JUXT was the big winner at the OC Ad Club Awards Saturday night, winning 7 awards, including Golds for Coca-Cola Sports Trivia and Pinball banner campaigns, and Best of Show for The Bridge web site built for thegluenetwork.com. We wish to thank the Academy, er, the judges, and to the Ad Club board for putting on a great event. View the Bridge site here.

FUSE A WINNER AT SXSW

March 16 2007 - JustfortheFofIt.com was named a winner in the music category at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Awards in Austin this week. The site, built on behalf of Fuse TV, seeks to provide music lovers with a wealth of exclusive content, housed primarily on cable company web sites. Todd Purgason, Juxt co-founder and creative director, was on hand to accept the award. Check out a video of the winners parading the stage.

COME WATCH TODD WORK FAST

23 Feb 2007 - Juxt Creative Director Todd Purgason has been asked to join a very unique panel at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas next month. The panel is called "Create a Campaign in an Hour", and will feature four of the world's top creative directors slugging it out with each other to create a winning campaign in sixty minutes. View the carnage at 5pm, Sunday, March 11th.

HOW, SXSW HONORS JUXT

5 Feb 2007 - The 2007 How Magazine Interactive Design Awards has named the Target up2d8 Desktop Application a winner for Outstanding Achievement. Look for the spread in the April issue. Also, the 10th annual SXSW Interactive awards in Austin, TX (geez, ten years already?) has named two Juxt projects as finalists: JustfortheFofit.com in the Music category, and The Bridge in the Non-profit category. Go here to cast your vote!

A FEW PRESENTS FROM JUXT CLAUSE

20 Dec 2006 - Two new launches from JUXT as 2006 comes to a close. First is a micro site for DirecTV promoting their Titanium package. Combining video and Flash interactivity, the site provides an engaging overview of this exclusive offering. A second product micro site recently launched for Boost Mobile showcasing Loopt, a GPS-enabled service for your Boost phone. View the site at boostmobile.com/boostloopt. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from your friends at JUXT!

PIXEL HONORS BRIDGE; FUSE

10 Nov 2006 - The first ever Pixel Awards announced the winners today, and two JUXT projects were selected. The Bridge, a site built on behalf of thegluenetwork.com, was chosen in the Non-profit category; while JustfortheFofIt.com, a Fuse TV-sponsored site, was a winner in the Music category. Big thanks to Erick and the Pixel judges, and we can't wait to spam you all with our MailChimp credits.

OF COURSE HE'D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY

13 Oct 2006 - JUXT Creative Director Todd Purgason has been selected to serve as a new member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences and a judge for The Webby Awards' first-ever interactive advertising awards. "With the tremendous growth and innovation in interactive advertising, it was essential that we bring together the best thinkers and creative minds in the industry," said David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of the Webby Awards. "We're honored to have Purgason as a member of the Academy."

LONDON LOVES FUSE

4 Oct 2006 - The Fuse TV sponsored site, Just For the F of It, has been named a finalist at the London International Advertising Awards. This is the second year in a row that a JUXT project has been honored by the LIAA. Winners will be announced at the 21st Annual Awards Ceremony, to be held in London on November 6th, at the famed Hammersmith Palais, which has hosted the likes of U2, The Police and Elton John's 50th Birthday party. And now JUXT Interactive.

5X THE LOVE

18 Sept 2006 - The Pixel Awards, the newest entry in the Best of The Web honor society, has placed five JUXT projects on its list of nominees. Projects for Fuse, Coca-Cola, Glue Network, Nestea, and Fuse (again) were named to the five-site shortlist in a variety of categories. Pixel definitely wins on creativity, with categories including Geek, Las Vegas, and Vegetarian web sites. What, no carnivore web sites? View all the nominees at www.pixelawards.com.

COKE FANTASY FOOTBALL BANNERS ROLL OUT

22 Aug 2006 - The Internet's freshest football trivia game, created on behalf of long-time client Coca-Cola, tests fans' football history knowledge with new content updated daily. Fans will be able to track their scores all season long, and see how they stack up against others, all inside the banner unit. The online media banners will be running throughout the season on major fantasy football sites. Click here to test your knowledge.

THE BRIDGE IS UP

7 Aug 2006 - The Bridge, launched on behalf of thegluenetwork.com, empowers young people to make a difference in the world through creativity. Simply adding a link to our 24,902 virtual bridge of hope will generate donations to charities that are making an impact in people's lives. Add your link here.

AIGA LOVE

11 July 2006 - Nestea ICE has been named a winner in the AIGA Annual Design Competition. Built for Coca-Cola last summer, the Nestea ICE site seeks to highlight the unique attributes of the highly sweetened tea drink, in immersive, absurdly entertaining web experience. The site was one of 82 entrants recognized by AIGA, out of 4,500 submissions. The AIGA jury's selections will be mounted as a public exhibition scheduled to open at the AIGA National Design Center in New York in December 2006. In addition, the show will travel to AIGA chapters, student groups, and galleries throughout the country during 2007.

SPRING SHOWCASED ON ADOBE.COM

21 June 2006 - Adobe has just added the Spring By Dannon site to their Flash 8 Customer Success Stories. The showcase includes video interviews conducted with the JUXT development team, as well as the client. View the spot here.

JUST FOR THE FRENCH OF IT

20 June 2006 - JustFortheFofIt, a site JUXT launched in March for fuse, has been named to the Cannes Cyber Lions shortlist. Francois the Ferret that welcomes you to the site is in Cannes right now working on his acceptance speech. We'll post a translation if we are lucky enough to win.

FLASH SEMINAR STARRING JUXT

6 June 2006 - Adobe/Macromedia were nice enough to ask JUXT to be the featured agency at their Flash 8 Professional seminars in Chicago and Los Angeles. Todd & Victor gave an in-depth and entertaining presentation on the development secrets behind the Spring By Dannon project to over 700 creative directors, in-house designers, and one priest from the Chicago Diocese.

STUCK ON GLUE

4 June 2006 - JUXT and The Glue Network - an initiative connecting artists, brands, bands, and non-profits with young people to make a difference - are pleased to announce that our first summer event was a huge success. Held at The LAB in Costa Mesa, The BRIDGE Mural Event featured passionate and insanely talented artists working together in one day (in 90 degree weather) to paint an amazing mural inspiring hope and activism. To see the completed mural visit The Bridge site. Huge thanks to all the artists, companies, and volunteers who contributed to the event and the cause!

ICE IS GOLD

10 May 2006 - Nestea ICE has been awarded Gold at the National Addy Awards announced today. It's a huge honor, and we want to thank the entire brand team at Coca-Cola - Abby, Geoff, Andrea, Mel, & Carol - for partnering with us to create a uniquely absurd site experience.

THREE FOR ONE

24 April 2006 - The prestigious One Show Awards have bestowed three nominations on JUXT projects. Nestea ICE and JustForTheFofIt were honored in the Consumer Web site category; and the Target up2d8 Desktop is a nominee in the "Other Digital Media" category. I imagine web sites started out in the "Other" category one fine day. We appreciate the love!

ADDY GOLD

1 April 2006 - The Orange County Ad Club Awards have bestowed gold on Nestea ICE. Launched on behalf of Coca-Cola last summer, the site features a wealth of interactive content, including a video starring El Yielazo, who contrary to published reports, is not Jack Black's stunt double. JUXT project manager Kristen Myers was on hand to accept the award, and she regretfully forgot to thank her mother.

JIMMY NAMED TO TOP 20 ALL-TIME

20 March 2006 - JimmyMcGrathPhoto has been named one of the Top 20 photography web sites. This according to Rob Ford's feature just published on The Favourite Website Awards, a highly respected design webzine. View the entire list at FWA.

TARGET RACING RE-BRAND

17 March 2006 - Target Corp. asked JUXT to take the creative lead on a re-brand for the 2006 Target NASCAR and IRL Racing teams. The assignment included, in addition to interactive, collateral pieces ranging from official team letterhead to in-store signage, as well as several thirty-second sponsored broadcast spots to run on Channel Red, Target's in-store network. The weeklong shoot took place at Texas Motor Speedway. The racing teams were a blast to hang with, and we wish them a year full of victory laps. View the racing assets at Target Racing.

iMEDIA FUSE LOVE

10 March 2006 - The Just for the F of It site for Fuse TV is featured on the Creative Showcase of iMediaConnection.com. The site is critiqued by two interactive marketing authorities, who agree this site is f'n fantastic! View it at:
iMedia Connection.
And stay tuned for the FuseBall game, launching later this month.

ADOBE GALLERY FEATURE

15 Feb 2006 - In honor of the union between Adobe and our dear friends at Macromedia, the new combined entity approached ten of the top design firms in the world to create a motion piece with the theme of "communicating through visual design." JUXT was blown away to get the call, and our piece launched on the site in early February. View the JUXT submission here: Motion Design

COME WORK FOR FOOD (AND MONEY)

30 Jan 2006 - Our clients dig our work, and keep giving us more! We need senior art directors, experienced Flash designers, and talented copywriters (obviously), to join us fulltime in Newport. We're a mile from the beach, close at noon on Fridays, and work with some of the top brands in the world. Click here and submit a resume. Thanks!

JUDGING TODD

3 Jan 2006 - Communication Arts has asked JUXT Creative Director, Todd Purgason, to judge its 12th Interactive Design Competition this March. A prestigious list of interactive design experts will assemble in San Francisco to pore over thousands of entries from around the world. Design firms looking to get on Todd's good side, his favorite cookie is sugar free chocolate chip.

POSTERMAKER NAMED BEST BANNER CAMPAIGN

7 Nov 2005 - The Coca-Cola Postermaker rich media banner campaign was a winner in the Best Use of Rich Media:Interstitial category at the 2005 AD:TECH Awards. We had a speech prepared, but our time was cut short....so here we go: JUXT wishes to thank Carol Kruse, our client at Coke, for challenging us to push the boundaries of creativity and interactivity within a Pointroll ad, and we also want to thank the little people, namely our children, for letting us work late on the project.

NESTEA ICE'S EUROPEAN VACATION

7 Nov 2005 - The London International Advertising Awards named NesteaICE.com as the Best Beverage site for 2005. The site, launched this past summer for Coca-Cola, targeted college-age males with a uniquely absurd mix of interactivity, original content, and product information.

JUXT KEEPS TEENS UP2D8

24 Oct 2005 - JUXT has launched a Dynamic Desktop application for teen girls on behalf of Target Corp. Online at http://up2d8.target.com, this robust, one-of-a-kind creative experience empowers girls with a branded, customizable desktop calendar, with tools to personalize the look and feel in their own unique style. The application allows Target to send content directly to the user's desktop, without having to return to the web site.

AD:TECH HONORS POSTERMAKER

19 Oct 2005 - The Coca-Cola Postermaker campaign has been named a finalist at AD:TECH 2006. AD:TECH, which seeks to recognize and help promote ground breaking achievement in the creation, execution and functionality of interactive advertising and marketing, selected the Make It Real Postermaker, a banner unit that allows the user to create a branded poster directly inside the ad, and print it out on 8.5x11 paper. View the unit here: PosterMaker

ENGLISH LOVE FOR EL YIELAZO

28 Sept 2005 - The Nestea ICE web site has been named a finalist in the Interactive Media category at the prestigious London International Advertising & Design Awards. Unfortunately, client work will keep us from sending anyone out to enjoy the festivities taking place in November, (Todd really wants to eat some bangers, whatever bangers are), but we are humbled by the honor.

KEEPING IT PIVOTAL

3 Sept 2005 - A rich media banner campaign and micro site are now running for long time client, Boost Mobile. Featuring Fat Joe and Eve, the campaign tells the story of pivotal moments in these hip-hop artists' lives that made them who they are today. A fun sweepstakes gives users a chance to tell their story. Visit the site at www.boostmobilepivotalmoments.com.

ICE LAUNCH

21 June 2005 - JUXT is pleased to announce the launch of www.nesteaice.com, a hilariously absurd interactive experience to support Coca-Cola's launch of a unique new beverage. The site features original viral content, a T-shirt maker, and the introduction of "El Yielazo", one of the more unforgettable characters on the web.

ROCK THE CORPS

8 June 2005 - BoostMobileRockCorps.org is live, a powerful promotional vehicle for RockCorps, a national youth movement challenging and motivating teens and young adults to embrace the power of music, community, and volunteerism. Directed towards youth in several major cities across the country, the site provides an informative, unique platform for stirring desire in the hearts of urban youth to perform community service. Every person that "Does Their Four", or puts in four hours of service, will earn the opportunity to attend one of the hottest concerts of the year.

ICE COMETH

5 June 2005 - JUXT was selected by Coca-Cola to create a fresh experiential website for their innovative new beverage, Nestea Ice™. Unique for its mild mouth-cooling sensation, Nestea Ice™ is like no other beverage in or outside of the RTD (Ready to Drink) tea market. This highly interactive and engaging site targets the savvy youth culture of America, inviting users to immerse themselves in the somewhat absurd world of Nestea Ice™, where they will be entertained via lively animations and viral video clips. Site to launch at the end of the month!

HOOP DREAMS

4 June 2005 - An exciting micro site has launched to promote Boost Mobile's participation in the And 1 Mix Tape Tour, a national showcase of elite street basketball players competing across the nation. At www.boostmobilestreetball.com, users can learn about individual players on the roster and follow which players have been picked in each market.

PIMP MY SITE

1 June 2005 - Boost Mobile tasked JUXT to create a micro site to promote its sponsorship of the DUB Tour, a national automotive aftermarket show and concert.

SILVER LINING

4 Apr 2005 - The 2005 Orange County Ad Club Awards honored three Juxt sites on Saturday night. Silver awards were bestowed on the Nestea COOLWeb site for Coca-Cola that launched last summer, and two Boost Mobile projects- The Boost Mobile Pro micro site, and the Boost Mobile Anthem micro site. Ann-Marie Harbour, Brian Kupetz, and Josh Mooney were on hand to accept the awards on behalf of the entire Juxt team.

KAWASAKI SITE LAUNCH

21 Feb 2005 - Longtime client, Kawasaki, has recently launched its Juxt-led site redesign, at www.kawasaki.com. The site provides consumers with a unique online experience while effectively conveying the brand's message of power, performance and exhilaration. The revamped site focused on three key objectives- integrating the consumer websites into one cohesive platform to provide a seamless experience for the end user; an improved navigation that features one-click connectivity to the information that consumers want; and brand consistency, which entailed implementing a process to ensure image and key message unification across all communications fronts, whether it'ss an advertising campaign or an online newsletter.

ALN SITE LAUNCH

17 Jan 2005 - JUXT is thrilled to announce that it has launched the inaugural web site for The Athlete Legacy Network, a non-profit organization based in Washington DC. On the web at http://aln.dev.juxtinteractive.com, ALN's mission is to engage and empower professional athletes to ensure successful philanthropy. JUXT led the complete brand and identity creation for ALN, and worked with marketing agency August Bishop, to craft a compelling web presence. The site will serve to convey ALN's mission, connect the organization with its constituents, and promote its upcoming Sports Philanthropy Conference, where JUXT CEO Steve Wages, will be a featured speaker.

LOWCARBBURGER IS KING AT AD:TECH

8 Nov 2004 - The 2004 Ad:TECH Awards were held in New York City on Monday night, and LowCarbBurger.com, a site Juxt launched this past spring for Hardee's Restaurants, was named Best Consumer Website. Todd was speaking in Orlando (see below) and Steve was training new staff, so CMO Josh Mooney accepted the award on behalf of the Juxt team, and Stephanie Huth, the client's director of marketing who challenged Juxt to come up with something unique to appeal to carb-watchers everywhere.

JUXT REPRESENTS AT THE AIGA INTERACTION ONLY CONFERENCE

18 Oct 2004 - JUXT creative director, Todd Purgason, joins some of the nation's top minds in the interactive medium at the AIGA Interactions Only (IO) conference in Miami, Florida. The IO conference, taking place November 6&7th, focuses on issues surrounding experience and information design. Todd's presentation will be a survey of recent innovations and discussion of future trends in the medium of interactive design. Visit http://www.ioconference.com/ for more details about the conference.

AD-TECH HONORS TWO JUXT PROJECTS

11 Oct 2004 - The AD:TECH Awards, who seek to recognize and help promote ground breaking achievement in the creation, execution and functionality of interactive advertising and marketing, have selected two Juxt projects as finalists for 2004. JimmyMcGrathPhoto.com is a finalist in the Best Business to Business Web Site category, and LowCarbBurger.com, a project Juxt produced for Hardee's Restaurants, is a finalist in the Best Consumer Web Site category.

ALN SELECTS JUXT

28 Sep 2004 - The Athlete Legacy Network, a non-profit organization focused on promoting and strengthening athlete philanthropy, has selected Juxt to lead the planning, design, and development of its first web site. The site should launch in early 2005.

BOOST MOBILE WINS MACROMEDIA S.O.T.D.

24 Aug 2004 - Macromedia has awarded Site of the Day honors to BoostMobilePro2004.com, created by Juxt to promote the most anticipated surf event of 2004, sponsored by Boost Mobile. Visit Macromedia.com

VINTAGEARTE.COM NAMES JUXT AGENCY OF RECORD

20 Aug 2004 - One of the largest suppliers of poster art to other companies, Vintage Arte is seeking to revamp its own e-commerce site, and has contracted Juxt to lead the initiative.

CANNES LIONS HONORS TWO JUXT PROJECTS

18 Aug 2004 - The Cannes Lions, one of the largest advertising festivals in the world, placed JagunFighters.com and LowCarbBurger.com on its esteemed Cyber Lion shortlist. Visit Site

BOOST MOBILE CHOOSES JUXT

1 Aug 2004 - Boost Mobile, a youth-focused cell phone provider based in Southern California, has selected Juxt as its agency of record to manage BoostMobile.com, as well as produce strategic marketing initiatives.

JUXT EXPANDS MARKETING SERVICES

15 July 2004 - In an effort to help our clients better leverage their online brands Juxt has added strategic web marketing services to its existing service offering. Thru in-house resources and external partners, Juxt is able to provide complete search engine marketing services (including organic and pay-per-click), HTML email marketing, and rich media advertising. Josh Mooney has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer to spearhead this effort. Much of the "unofficial" web marketing Juxt has provided has been very successful, including email campaigns for Sam Adams, search engine marketing for Hardee's, and award-winning rich media banners for Bandai.

CLIOS, ONE SHOW SHOW JUXT LOVE

10 July 2004 - The Clio Awards placed two Juxt projects on their shortlist, and the One Show Awards honored JimmyMcGrathPhoto.com with a Bronze Pencil. The site is also featured in the 2004 How Interactive Design Annual, receiving a merit in the Consumer Websites category. The Clio nominations went to JagunFighters.com, a toy site on behalf of Bandai America, and WaveZero.com, a B2B web site produced in conjunction with Brain Child Creative.

COCA-COLA ASSIGNS NESTEA COOL TO JUXT

1 June 2004 - Coca-Cola has named Juxt Interactive the online agency of record for its Nestea Cool beverage brand. Juxt is hard at work redesigning the existing site, as well as producing an online media campaign to launch this summer.

PRUDENTIAL LIGHTING DM SUCCESS

1 April 2004 - Six-year client Prudential Lighting employed a strategic use of their web site to convert prospective customers into qualified leads, and track the effectiveness of a direct mail campaign. Seeking to promote its Sky Series of commercial lighting fixtures, Prudential's VP of Marketing Jon Steele sent postcards encouraging customers to visit a Juxt-designed landing page to download a brochure and/or request a catalog. Steele noted that 4% of the 25,000 recipients visited the landing page, a number considerably higher than average direct marketing campaigns. Even more impressive was the number of prospective clients that requested a catalogue- 30% of unique site visitors!

VANGUARD SITE ADDITION

15 March 2004 - Long-time Juxt client Vanguard University, a private school based in Orange County, CA, sought help in speaking effectively to prospective high school juniors and seniors on the existing VU web site. Juxt proposed a revamp of the admissions section of the site, which launched this month. "The site has gone beyond our expectations," states Jessica Mireles, Associate VP of Enrollment. "The design is perfect in getting the attention of our target audience and the content layout is easy to follow and understand." Visit site.

LG DEMO LAUNCH

1 March 2004 - A new product micro site was added to the LG Mobile Phones site promoting the unique functionality of the VX4500, and its voice activation features. Juxt worked in conjunction with Brand Buzz, New York, to create awareness of the product, as well as drive entrants to an online sweepstakes. Sam Huxley, Director of Internet Strategy at Brand Buzz stated, "We were impressed with Juxt's strategic use of Flash to demonstrate the hands-free and voice recognition features of the new VX4500 in an entertaining manner."

LOW CARB BURGER CAMPAIGN

15 Feb 2004 - Last December, Hardee's Restaurants turned to Juxt to spearhead a major web marketing initiative in support of its Low Carb menu, including promotional micro sites, online media, and search engine marketing. The first phase of the campaign, LowCarbBurger.com, provides a bit of humor to those oh-so-serious Low Carb Lifestylers, encouraging them to head to Hardee's to try the lettuce-wrapped Low Carb Thick Burger. Steve Lemley, VP of Marketing at Hardee's, stated, "We selected Juxt for their creativity, solid understanding of our target audience, and ability to create and implement a complete online campaign. The site is the centerpiece of the initiative, and it has exceeded all our expectations, and we look forward to a long relationship with the entire Juxt team." Visit site.

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