Erwin-Penland Strengthens Public Relations Team with One New Hire and Two Promotions

 GREENVILLE, SC – November 15, 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 hired Renata Parker as a senior account supervisor, and promoted Amanda Lenar to account supervisor and Elizabeth Baker to senior account executive.

Parker joins EP as a senior account supervisor after managing her own public relations firm and serving as a feature writer and photographer for TALK Magazine.  With more than 20 years of industry experience, Parker has previously worked for agencies including Fitzgerald & Co., Hill & Knowlton, Price McNabb and Henderson Advertising.    Formerly serving clients such as Cirque du Soleil, Nestle and Quikrete, she will add exceptional public relations talent to the agency’s list of accounts including Denny’s, regional economic development organization Upstate SC Alliance, and Barely There®, a shapewear sister brand of Hanes Brands Inc.  Parker holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina. 

Lenar has been promoted from senior account executive, continuing to provide strategic public relations guidance on agency accounts including the BI-LO supermarket chain, Barely There® and Food For Thought, an annual conference developed by Erwin-Penland to showcase the Upstate South Carolina region.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree in communications from the University of Miami, and joined EP after working as an account executive at Jeff Dezen Public Relations in Greenville.

Baker has been promoted from account executive and will continue to serve the public relations needs of clients including BI-LO Charities, BI-LO’s extensive charitable giving program, and Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits.  She earned a bachelor of mass communications degree in public relations from the University of South Carolina.  Baker has been at EP more than two years.  

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).