Erwin-Penland Promotes One, Hires Three for the Verizon Wireless and Advance America Teams
July 22, 2010
GREENVILLE, S.C. (July 22 2010) – Erwin-Penland (EP), one of the five largest advertising and marketing firms in the Southeast and a division of Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday, has promoted Sarah Will to senior account executive and has hired Zoe Meeran, Brian Lord and Matthew Owings.
Will had previously served as an account executive, working on Verizon Communications and L’eggs pantyhose. She has been with EP for four years and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing and management from the University of South Carolina.
Meeran comes to EP from Dallas, Texas, where she worked for SpotPlus on accounts including Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell. She joins the Advance America team as a media planner. Meeran holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in media studies from Penn State University.
Lord joins the Verizon Shopper Marketing team as a graphic designer from Business Cards Tomorrow, located in Columbia, S.C. A University of South Carolina graduate, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic design with a minor in art history.
Owings has joined EP from the Capital Group of South Carolina as an operations coordinator. He is a graduate of Wofford College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government.
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).
EProgress
The Spring 2010 edition of Erwin-Penland's newsletter shares the exciting news of VP, Executive Creative Director Andy Mendelsohn being awarded the prestigious Silver Medal Award, a review of Advance America's "America Deserves A Raise" campaign, a profile on VP, Director of Communications Barry Finklestein, an overview of the Greenville Drive creative that won the ADcheivement Overall Award of Excellence from the National Sports Forum, a look at a "Very Downtown Campaign" for Thrive, a division of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and a bit more than just the tip of the ScanSource Icebergs.