The Excellence in Workplace Flexibility award celebrates employers that are successfully using flexibility as part of an effective workplace strategy while helping employees meet their responsibilities on and off the job.

Draftfcb Chicago today announced that the agency has welcomed back industry veteran Sarah Montague to help lead its Volkswagen account as SVP, group management director.

In his new role as Retail Group Management Director, Chip Hoyt will be responsible for leading, integrating and strategically building the agency’s total retail marketing offering.

Kmart’s successful launch of the Protege basketball shoe and apparel line was recognized at the REGGIEr Awards Show and Gala with a Gold REGGIE in the New Product Launch category last week in Chicago.

A new site, created by Draftfcb Chicago, includes a digital color coordinator that converts color hues to Prismacolor colors, and a downloadable color chart for easy matching.

Karen Sauder, managing director of the Chicago office of Draftfcb, was honored today as 2009 Advertising Woman of the Year by the Chicago Advertising Federation.