Erwin-Penland Kicks Off the New Year with Two New Hires

January 19, 2010

GREENVILLE, S.C. [January 19, 2010] – Erwin-Penland (EP), announces the hiring of Philip van Reijn and Beth Thomas. EP is one of the five largest advertising and marketing firms in the Southeast and a division of Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday.

Van Reijn joins EP as an IT Support Analyst from iPlace, also located in Greenville, where he served as Service Manager. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Bob Jones University. At EP, van Reijn will provide support for various IT requests throughout the agency.

Thomas joins the Advance America team from Moxie Interactive in Atlanta, where she served as an Account Executive. At EP, she will coordinate with both the Account Service and Interactive teams as a Senior Account Executive to promote the client’s off- and online advertising activities. A University of Georgia graduate, Thomas received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising.

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 250-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).lace, also located in Greenville, where he served as Service Manager. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree at Bob Jones University. At EP, van Reijn will provide support for various IT requests throughout the agency.