Ad Group Formed in Santa Clarita

A newly formed trade group for advertising professionals in Santa Clarita will hold its first awards competition on April 2. The group, Advertising Professionals of North Los Angeles County (AdPros), formerly operated as Graphic Arts Professionals, an affiliate of IAPHC-The Graphic Professionals Resource Network. That group was focused on printing services and has been reconstituted to better reflect the types of services members currently provide, including corporate identity work, collateral marketing materials, annual reports, advertising and web sites. AdPros operates in the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys as well as northern San Fernando Valley, Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village. The awards event is part of a nationwide competition sponsored by the American Advertising Federation. The ADDY Award winners in the local chapter advance to regional and then to national and international competitions. The event will take place at the Hyatt Valencia. For more information, contact Gary Jacobs, president of AdPros, at (661) 713-1087.