Erwin-Penland Announces Four New Hires
March 24, 2009
GREENVILLE, S.C. – March. 24, 2009 – Erwin-Penland, one of the largest advertising and marketing firms in the Southeast and a division of Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday announces the appointments of Melissa Emhof, Robert Ford, Alyssa Lampe and Caitlin Thomson to their team.
Emhof comes to Erwin-Penland as a senior graphic designer for Verizon Communications. She recently worked for Pazdan-Smith Group Architects in Greenville, S.C. as a marketing coordinator and received her degree in professional and technical communications from the State University of New York Institute of Technology.
A Georgetown, S.C. native, Ford joins Erwin-Penland from Hill Holliday, New York, where he served as a senior production manager. At EP, Ford will continue his work on the Verizon Wireless account.
Prior to joining Erwin-Penland, Lampe was with the Bounce Agency in Greenville, S.C., where she served as an assistant media planner. She will be a junior media planner for the Advance America account. A Greenville, S.C. native, Lampe received her bachelor’s degree from Winthrop University in integrated marketing communication.
Thomson, originally from Connecticut, joins Erwin-Penland as an associate broadcast producer for Verizon Wireless, Fatz Cafe, BI-LO and Upstate SC Alliance. With a degree in marketing from Clemson University, Thomson recently worked for International Engineering Consortium in Chicago as a marketing manager.
“I’m extremely proud of the growth we are experiencing here at Erwin-Penland,” said Erwin-Penland President Joe Erwin. “The addition of Melissa, Robert, Alyssa and Caitlin will help our agency provide best-in-class customer service to all of our clients.”
About Erwin-Penland
Based in Greenville, S.C., Erwin-Penland (www.erwinpenland.com) is a full-service marketing firm that provides advertising, event marketing, interactive, public relations and strategic planning services to such clients as Verizon Wireless, Wachovia and Advance America. The 200 plus-person firm is part of Boston-based Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc., one of the nation’s largest ad agencies and a member of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG).
EProgress
The Summer 2009 edition of Erwin-Penland's newsletter shares the exciting news of winning three national advertising awards, a review of the Drive's innovative "Game Tonight" campaign, a profile on Director of Human Resources Renee Roberson, a overview of what our Interns did this summer and a recap of EP's participation in HOG Day 2009.