Clark – Production Specialist
Tell us a bit about yourself- what got you into the award manufacturing business?
I was looking at my Facebook list, seeing what my buddies were posting, and Rick Long had posted that he had a job that he loved going to every single day. I would love to get up and go to work happy every day, who wouldn’t?! And that was where my life changed and I came here. So, I took the leap, and the rest is history!”
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You are the President of Society Awards, a company that you actually founded. Take us through your average work day.
This is not going to sound as exciting as it is. Just imagine that between the lines here, I’m meeting with interesting clients, we’re making the impossible happen repeatedly, we’re ideating and executing exhilarating marketing projects, we’re expanding business for ourselves and our clients – there’s constant growth. Most of what I do is make beautiful sculpture, and market beautiful luxury brands. And lots of tiny details in between that’s really the heart of “doing the impossible.” Dreaming it up is one field, then getting down to an almost military-like discipline in setting about to do everything necessary to successfully bring the awesome dreams to reality is another skill. I work hard to be on both sides of that bridge every day.
What did you study in college? What was your first job coming out of school?
My study in college was Economics, although I spent the majority of my four years managing a store on campus. It was a lot more fun. My first job was international expatriate compensation consulting (yawn.) I worked with multinational companies to come up with cost of living adjustments for employees who were working abroad to make sure that they could maintain the same standard of living as they would at home, adjusting for exchange rate changes, inflation rates, even lifestyle changes (for example, in Lagos Nigeria all expats have to hire a driver to safely get around.)
Updated 8/15/2025
Since it’s inauguration in 2014, the iHeartRadio Music Awards have been a resounding success. Each year, the program recognizes incredibly talented artists with honors such as “Best Fan Army” and “Artist of the Year.” Yet we believe the real win is being able to take home the exquisite iHeartRadio trophy!
Where does your inspiration come from?
It varies. Usually for award designs, my inspiration comes from architecture. After I become inspired, I try to figure out each brand’s purpose. I look at their logo, research the brand, and then combine it with Society Awards’ vision.
What do you do when you reach a creative roadblock?
The good thing about Society Awards is that we have a lot of projects going on at the same time. If I notice that something is not working for me creatively, I just switch to another project. I try to distance myself from it then come back to it to see how it goes.
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Updated 6/23/2025
In 2014 we created The SOCAN, a one-of-a-kind musical sculpture trophy designed for the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). SOCAN came back to us and tasked Society Awards with creating a plaque for the 2015 SOCAN Awards, to be awarded along with The SOCAN design.
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Updated 6/26/2025
Each year at the Bazaarvoice Summit, a few select companies are awarded for notable achievements leveraging the voice of the consumer. With only five awards up for the taking at the 2015 Summit, Society Awards was tasked with creating a new award design that could be further customized to each individual award.
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Updated on 6/16/2025
At Society Awards, we make some of the most coveted statues in the world – most of them actually. We are a dream-statue factory. We love what we do, and there’s a lot of effort that goes into getting so many famous objects to such a perfect state and into the most talented hands in the world. To that end, we're proud to be able to design The Voice Trophy.
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