GREENVILLE, S.C. (Jan. 25, 2012) – Erwin Penland has hired Beth Cobb as a junior media buyer, Laura Connell and BreAnne Northcutt as assistant account executives, Randall Blake Cring and Sallie Harrison as graphic designers, and David Fraga as operations coordinator, also promoting Gloria Gonzalez and Kristin Popham to senior graphic designers.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Jan. 5, 2012) – Erwin Penland has hired Morgan Boyer as a public relations account supervisor and Molly Mattson as a digital asset coordinator, and also promoted Bryant Lambert to account executive.

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LINCOLN, R.I. (Nov. 9, 2011) – Cross, a leading international manufacturer of fine writing instruments, timepieces and personal accessories, has named Erwin Penland as its agency of record for advertising and marketing communications.  Terms were not disclosed.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Oct. 21, 2011) Andy Mendelsohn, who has supervised all development and execution of Erwin Penland’s creative work over the past six years, has been named chief creative officer at the 400-person agency.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Oct. 19, 2011) Erwin Penland has been honored with the 2011 Excellence in the Workplace Diversity Award by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Diversity Council.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 20, 2011) – Erwin Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday and one of the largest advertising and marketing firms based in the South, has hired Rick Bryson as associate creative director, Scott Laing as web analyst and Jennifer Atkins as junior account executive while promoting Morgan Young to assistant art director in its Greenville, S.C., office. 

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Move Formalizes Long-Standing Partnership with Agency’s Greenville, S.C., Operation

NEW YORK (Sept. 14, 2011) – The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday today announced it is adding the Erwin Penland nameplate to its New York offices in a move designed to position both agency brands for future growth.

Boston-based Hill Holliday has operated a New York office since 1983, expanding its unit there with the acquisition of Altschiller & Co. in 1996.  Erwin Penland joined the Hill Holliday family in 2004 in part because of a common client:  Erwin Penland and Hill Holliday’s New York office both handled regional retail advertising duties for Verizon Wireless.  Today, Hill Holliday and Erwin Penland handle all national retail advertising for the nation’s largest wireless provider.

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ERWIN PENLAND EARNS NATIONAL MAGAZINE HONOR AS ONE OF THE “BEST PLACES TO WORK” IN MARKETING INDUSTRY
Ad Age names agency one of the 30 top employers in the country

GREENVILLE, S.C. (Aug. 29, 2011) – Erwin Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday and one of the largest advertising and marketing firms in the South, has been named to the “2011 Best Places to Work” list by Ad Age,  the nation’s leading advertising, marketing and media magazine.

Placing 23rd among 30 industry leaders honored by Ad Age, Erwin Penland was singled out for creating an environment in which people love to work and contribute their best ideas.  The full-service marketing firm with more than 275 employees was evaluated on a two-part employee survey that covered workplace experience and company culture, as well as a questionnaire used to collect information about the agency’s benefits, policies and practices.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Aug. 22, 2011) – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday and one of the largest advertising and marketing firms in the South, has hired Orlando Asson as graphic designer, Giselle Bravo and Nicole Meares as ad processing coordinators, Kyle Burnett as senior account executive, Ally Callahan as junior media planner, TJ Deluccia as junior account executive, Whitney Fox as associate project manager, and Josh Crowley and Kate Venuto as public relations interns. The agency also promoted Alicia Littleton to interactive project manager.

Asson joins EP after serving as a summer intern for the agency and will handle graphic design duties for Verizon and Lennar, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders. He earned an associate’s degree from Greenville Technical College.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Aug. 8, 2011) – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday and one of the largest advertising and marketing firms in the South, has promoted David Galloway to accounts payable coordinator, Will McMahan to media supervisor, Meagan Nugent to account supervisor, Caitlin Sexton to broadcast producer and Mandy Stinson to copywriter.

Joining EP nearly four years ago, Galloway has been promoted from accounting assistant. He attended North Greenville University.

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