GREENVILLE, S.C. (Oct. 29, 2010) – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday and one of the five largest advertising and marketing firms in the Southeast, has promoted Martin Salisbury to account supervisor and hired Ross Smith and Lauren Hunt.

Salisbury has been promoted from senior account executive, continuing to manage the localized print-on-demand and digital systems within the Verizon account. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communications and advertising from the University of South Carolina. Salisbury has been at EP for almost five years.

Smith joins EP after working as the event services coordinator at the County Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tenn. He will work with the Verizon experiential branding team by handling the responsibilities for several sponsorship venues and properties. Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Tennessee.

Hunt arrives at EP as a junior account executive providing support to the Verizon national direct team. She previously worked for G-Five Inc., in Greenville, S.C., as a sales consultant. Hunt is a Clemson University graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing. About Erwin-PenlandBased 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).