J2 Media, a Chandler video production and communications company, recently received the Silver Telly in the 44th Annual Telly Awards for their non-broadcast recruitment video created for the Chandler Unified School District,  in partnership with Intel.

The video was designed to recruit employees nationally for all positions in the school district: educators, support staff and administrators.  It showcases the diversity of the staff, along with the beauty and charm of Chandler as a place to live.

The video was created in a long-form format — to be played repeatedly during recruitment fairs, but designed to be flexible enough to shorten for social media sharing.

Watch the 2-minute, 44-second video here.

The Telly Awards, which have been honoring video and television productions since 1979, received a record-breaking 13,000 entries from around the world this year. The Telly Awards Judging Council, comprised of more than 200 industry experts from advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, is responsible for evaluating these entries.

Previous winners have included major companies such as Universal, Sony Music Entertainment, NBC, MLB, and Microsoft.

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