GMK Adds Sales Professional to Interiors Staff
July 7, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – GMK Associates, Inc., announced that Jeremy M. Ellison has joined the firm’s Interiors Division as a sales and business development professional. In his role with the firm, Mr. Ellison will primarily focus on the senior living industry.
Mr. Ellison possesses eight years of sales and marketing experience and has been instrumental in developing, executing, and managing business strategies and public relations campaigns. He was previously employed by Mast General Store in Columbia, SC, as a sales/marketing associate with responsibility for establishing collaborative partnerships with local businesses and community leaders to further economic development of Columbia’s Main Street corridor. Prior to then, Mr. Ellison served as business manager for Senior Matters Extended Services, LLC, a provider of geriatric and disability case management, legal guardianship, and caregiver/companion services. He began his career with Cumulus Media Group as an account executive.
“Jeremy is an ambitious and dedicated sales professional with a diverse background in business development and marketing,” said Barbara Summerford, president of GMK’s Interiors Division. “We are very excited to have him join and complement our growing interiors team.”
Mr. Ellison is a cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina and holds a bachelor of science degree from the University’s School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management.
As one of five distinct divisions of GMK Associates, Inc, GMK Interiors has a national reputation specifically in senior living/retirement, continuing care retirement community (CCRC), resident-centered care, hospice, and hospitality facility design and construction. GMK Interiors delivers enhanced design environments that drive heightened marketability of facilities through traditional interior design and innovative delivery methods such as limited design/build services (known as Pink Hard Hat).
GMK Associates, Inc., is a multi-disciplinary planning, design, and construction services firm focused on the healthcare, education, government, utility, senior living, and hospitality industries. Established in 1966, the firm is based in Columbia, SC, with satellite offices in Greenville, SC, Raleigh, NC, and Augusta, GA. GMK employs close to 70 professionals and is comprised of five distinct divisions — architecture, engineering, interior design, design-build, and construction services.
