Erwin-Penland Promotes Three and Hires One

GREENVILLE, SC – September 20, 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 Beth Moats, Julie Quaranta and Katie Blaker, and has hired Keith Lynch.

Moats has been promoted to senior account supervisor, continuing to manage consumer advertising in the Midwest and South areas on the Verizon Wireless account.  She celebrates four years at EP and is a graduate of Valdosta State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Quaranta is now associate director of direct marketing and will lead EP’s acquisition list research and procurement efforts across all agency clients.  Next month will mark four years at EP for Quaranta.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina Upstate. 

Blaker has been promoted to graphic designer and will continue her work on the Advance America and Verizon Wireless accounts.  She has been at EP since 2009 and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University.

Lynch arrives at EP from St. John & Partners located in Jacksonville, Fla., where he served as an account manager and senior buyer for clients including Ford, Zaxby’s and Smoothie King.  At EP, Lynch will serve as a senior print production manager on the Verizon Wireless account, managing various production assignments. 

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).