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Mickey
Hodges
serves as the driving force behind Adzooks and blogs at Cheapertising.
Since
1992, projects have included print, broadcast, PR and interactive work
for regional agencies and clients including: The Memphis Zoo, The
Regional Medical Center at Memphis, First Tennessee Bank, Tactical
Magic, Hilton, Americare, ServiceMaster, International Paper, Smith
& Nephew, Thomas & Betts, Saint Francis Hospital,
Archer/Malmo,
Bryan Foods, Philips, Terminix, Thompson & Company, FedEx and
more.
Prior to starting
Adzooks, he worked as
associate creative director at Weinstock White & Associates and
at
Thompson & Company, developing strategy, directing creative and
writing for clients such as Perkins Family Restaurants, Hardee's,
United Southern Bank, STP Super Service, Seabrook Wallcoverings,
Megamarket and many others. Before coming to Memphis, Hodges, one of
the rare natives of Atlanta, lived there and worked in the advertising
and publishing industries for several years.
Over the years, his
work has received
numerous local, regional and national accolades, including recognition
in Communication Arts Advertising Annual, the Athena Awards, the Print
Regional Design Annual, the London International Advertising Awards,
Best Of Show/Print in the Little Rock Addys and Best of Show/Broadcast
in the Memphis Addys. Hodges also has taught a class in advertising
creativity at the Memphis College of Art.
Before
his
career in marcomm, Hodges served as the chief
writer and first
editor of Timeless
Insights (now called Closer Walk), a
monthly devotional
guide published by Walk
Thru the
Bible Ministries. His work also appears prominently in the Closer
Walk New
Testament (Zondervan, 1990).
A Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum
laude
graduate in Classical Languages at Furman University, he holds a Master
of Arts in Classics from Vanderbilt University. Hodges also translates
ancient Greek and biblical texts (particularly Byzantine liturgical
hymns) for the Orthodox Church, including parts of the recently
published Orthodox
Study
Bible (Spring '08/Thomas Nelson).
In the past, he
has served on the boards of Mid-South
Christian Services and the Dyslexia Foundation
of Memphis,
as well as on the parish council at St.
John Orthodox Church. He tries to stay young by working with
college students on the board of Orthodox Christian Fellowship (ocf.net). |