Erwin-Penland Promotes Three, Hires Three

GREENVILLE, SC – March 18, 2011 – 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 Michael Johnson to senior account supervisor, Ashley Woods to senior art director and Jennifer Chew to senior account supervisor.  EP has also hired Kate McHugh as public relations account executive, Josh Greeley as experiential branding project manager and Sara Haulik as junior account executive.

Johnson has been promoted from account supervisor and will continue his work for BI-LO, managing client relationships and overseeing program launches.  He has been with the agency for nearly two years and received his degree from Appalachian State University.

With EP since 2003, Woods has been promoted from art director and will continue her work on the Verizon and L’eggs accounts.  She is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design.

Chew has been promoted from account supervisor and will manage sponsorships and advertising portfolios for Verizon and the Greenville Drive.  She has worked at EP for three and a half years.  Chew received a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing from Auburn University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Georgia.

McHugh joins EP’s public relations team as an account executive after serving as a director of media relations for Crawford Strategy, also in Greenville.   She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Missouri.

Greeley (pictured left) arrives at EP’s experiential branding team as a project manager.  He comes to EP from Commercial Casework Inc. in Greenville.  Greeley attended Greenville Technical College pursuing a degree in architecture.

Haulik (pictured left) arrives at EP as a junior account executive on the Verizon team after previously serving as a management assistant at Enterprise Rent-a-Car in San Diego.  She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism and mass communications.

About Erwin-Penland
Based in Greenville, S.C., Erwin-Penland 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).