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  January 25, 2011

Albright Graduate Wins Grand Prize with Speed Stick Commercial

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Reading, Pa.  – Brendon Minnich of Shillington, Pa., has been selected as the grand prize winner in an international competition to create a new, younger look for Speed Stick deodorant.  Twenty-seven creators from around the world were invited to submit commercials.

The entrant’s objective was to create a 30-60 second video that drives awareness and relevance of Speed Stick to audiences aged 21-29.
Minnich earned a bachelor’s degree in digital media and art from Albright College in 2010.  He is also a 2006 graduate of Governor Mifflin High School.  He currently works as a freelance digital media specialist.

Minnich’s winning entry can be seen at www.poptent.net/media/26688.

For more information contact Brendon Minnich at 484-256-6468 or visit www.mindofminnich.com.

Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally ranked, private college with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with an interdisciplinary focus.  The College’s hallmarks are connecting fields of learning, collaborative teaching and learning, and a flexible curriculum that allows students to create an individualized education.  Two-thirds of students graduate with dual/ individualized majors in more than 200 different combinations.  Albright enrolls about 1,600 undergraduates in traditional programs, another 500 adult students in accelerated degree programs, and 100 students in the master’s program in education.  Albright College is located in Reading, Pennsylvania, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia.