Honors & Achievements

Competing in the National Student Advertising Competition inspires excellence and teamwork. Students work countless hours to uphold the Arrowhead tradition. The team has earned numerous awards in the three-phase annual competition.

Here are some of our more recent accomplishments.

NSAC Regional Placements

2024, 1st Place–Tide
2023, 2nd Place–Indeed
2022, 1st Place–Meta
2021, 1st Place–Tinder
2020, 1st Place–Adobe
2019, 2nd Place–Wienerschnitzel
2018, 2nd Place–Ocean Spray
2017, 1st Place–Tai Pei Frozen Food

NSAC National Placements

2024, 6th Place–Tide
2020, 6th Place–Adobe
2017, 3rd Place–Tei Pei Frozen Food

Awards & Recognition

2024, Regionals Best Brand Installation, Best Research and Insight–Tide
2023, Regionals Best Creative Award–Indeed
2022, Silver Addy Integrated Advertising Campaign–Meta
2021, Silver Addy Integrated Advertising Campaign–Tinder

Our History

Arrowhead advertising was founded in the late 1980s by retired School of Communication faculty member Barry Solomon. By the mid-’90s Solomon established a for-credit course for the competition team. A dedicated lab space followed when the College of Communication and Information moved to the stadium. Students branded the team, Arrowhead Advertising. A name that lives on and serves as a source of inspiration to students today.

In 2019, Dr. Jaejin Lee assumed management of the class, leading students on the Adobe campaign in the 2019-2020 acaedmic year. In fall 2020, Dr. Kelly Kelly joined FSU and has managed the class and served as faculty advisor to FSU's Ad Club, the official collegiate chapter of the Amercican Advertising Federation, since.