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Phoenix-based Riester~Robb today announced that the agency’s President and CEO, Tim Riester, received the Ad Man of the Year award, one of the industry’s highest accolades, at the 20th Annual ADDY(R) Awards Ceremony in Phoenix. The ADDY Awards competition recognizes and rewards outstanding creative work in the art of advertising and is the industry’s largest and most representative competition for creative excellence. In addition to the coveted Ad Man of the Year award, Riester~Robb’s Troy Pottgen was named Copywriter of the Year, and the agency was bestowed 24 additional distinguished awards for creative excellence, including three Gold Awards — the highest of any agency.

The honors were for work serving Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI), Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, Rural Metro, the California Department of Conservation and others. “Winning Ad Person of the Year is a tribute to the entire agency and all of the hard work our team has put in every day for the past 16 years,” said Tim Riester, president and CEO of Riester~Robb. “To achieve this level of recognition is truly an honor, but it couldn’t have been accomplished without my incredibly talented partner Dave Robb, and the entire organization. I’ve surrounded myself with innovative and creative people here at Riester~Robb.”

Riester, whose mother and grandfather were both successful creative leaders in the advertising industry, began his storied career in Ohio as a news and commercial production broadcaster. His talent was recognized early, resulting in a move to Phoenix and a number of promotions — giving him a breadth of experience including news producer, co-host of an outdoor sports talk show, and account and creative management positions. In 1989, his entrepreneurial spirit got the best of him and together with Dave Robb, they formed Riester~Robb. Since the organizations’ inception, Riester has led the agency to be listed on Inc. Magazine’s 500 list as the fastest-growing, privately held ad agency in the U.S. for four consecutive years.

Riester’s industry recognition, and the agency’s award dominance at the ADDY’s comes on the heals of an amazing year of growth and recognition for the agency. Riester~Robb now has 86 employees, offices in Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City and Phoenix, and has recently been awarded multi-year contracts with the Arizona Lottery and MidFirst Bank.