The AAF Silver Medal Award

The American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal Award Program was established in 1959 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence, and responsibility in areas of social concern. Each year, our AAF chapter bestows this honor upon an outstanding member of the Seattle advertising community.

The 2024 AAF Silver Medal Award

Our 2024 AAF Silver Medal recipient is John Rubino!

JOHN RUBINO

John is a strategic, innovative marketing and business professional with more than 30 years of preeminent client marketing and advertising experience.

With his years of experience in marketing, finance and operations, John provides strategic expertise that combines knowledge of all aspects of both the business and advertising worlds. On GreenRubino projects, John is the common thread uniting business goals with innovative solutions, acting as a strategic director in the process.

John established his reputation for success during more than ten years with Landor, a leading brand consultancy, where he led the global relationship with Microsoft and created an efficient, process-driven model that became the benchmark for the way in which strategic brand firms do business.

He currently co-owns GreenRubino, a creative and media agency based in Seattle. The agency’s insights and strategy, creative services, paid media, and public relations are recognized nationally. They develop honest, respectful relationships with clients that are the foundations of partnerships that have lasted decades—with Columbia Bank in its 31st year with the agency. Some of their other clients include Columbia Hospitality, State of Washington Tourism, Delta Dental of Washington, Amazon, Pima Medical Institute, Microsoft, and PacMed to name a few.

These are a few of John’s current and past community involvement, awards and recognition:

2023 PSBJ Outstanding Voices Lifetime Achievement Award (bizjournals.com/2023/JohnRubino)
2022 GSBA Business Leader of the Year (youtube.com/GreenRubino)
Board of Governors, World Trade Center Seattle (wtcseattle.com/board-of-governors)
Past President, Board of Directors for PAWS (paws.org)
Former Board of Directors, GSBA (thegsba.org)
Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year
Named one of Seattle’s “40 Under 40” by Puget Sound Business Journal¾recognizing successful leaders in the business community under the age of 40
GreenRubino named Best Places to Work by AdAge, PSBJ, and Seattle Business Magazine