Two New Hires and One Promotion Announced at Erwin-Penland

October 22, 2009

GREENVILLE, S.C. – October 22, 2009 – Erwin-Penland (EP), continues to grow its Graphic Design team with the hiring of Patrick Bonsu and Gloria Gonzalez, and strengthens its BI-LO team with the promotion of Leah Childress. EP is one of the five largest advertising and marketing firms in the Southeast and a division of Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday.

Bonsu joins the Verizon Wireless team as a Graphic Designer after receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Gonzalez joins the EP team working as a Graphic Designer across all accounts. She also earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Childress has been promoted from Associate Art Director to Art Director, continuing her work on the BI-LO account. Earning her Associate of Arts degree in Graphic Design from Greenville Tech, Childress has been at EP for more than three years.

“We are thrilled to add Patrick and Gloria to our team and are excited for Leah’s promotion,” said Joe Erwin, President of Erwin-Penland. “I am proud of our growing team as we continue to successfully serve and support 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 clients including: Verizon Wireless, Denny’s, Lockheed Martin, BI-LO Supermarkets 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).