Erwin-Penland Hires Ellis, Promotes Henry And Sasser

July 15, 2011

GREENVILLE, SC – July 15, 2011 – Erwin-Penland (EP), a divisionof The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday and one of the  largestadvertising and marketing firms in the South, has hired Brandee Ellis asa junior account executive and promoted Jeff Henry to accountsupervisor and Laura Sasser to account executive. 

 
Ellis (pictured above, right) will work on the team supportingEP client Lennar, one of the nation’s largest homebuilders.  Mostrecently she served as a marketing director at Performance Tennis atBrookstone Meadows in Anderson, S.C.  Ellis earned a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in marketing from Clemson University.
 

Henry (pictured above) has been with EP for six and a halfyears and has been promoted from senior account executive.  In his newrole he will continue working on the agency’s Verizon experientialbranding team.  Henry received his undergraduate degree in businessadministration from Furman University in Greenville, S.C.
 

Joining EP one year ago, Sasser (pictured above) has beenpromoted from junior account executive and will now provide strategicdirection to the creative, media and production staff working on theBI-LO account.  One of the recipients of the agency’s 2011 NewcomerAward, Sasser received a Bachelor of Arts degree in advertising andmarketing from the University of Georgia.
 
About Erwin-Penland

Based in Greenville, S.C., Erwin-Penland (www.erwinpenland.com)is a full-service marketing firm that provides advertising, eventmarketing, interactive, public relations and strategic planning servicesto clients including: Verizon Wireless, Denny’s, Lockheed Martin, BI-LOSupermarkets and Advance America.  The 275-person firm is part ofBoston-based Hill Holliday, one of the nation’s largest ad agencies and amember of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG).