Hill Holliday Adds Erwin Penland Nameplate to New York Office
September 14, 2011Move Formalizes Long-Standing Partnership with Agency’s Greenville, S.C., Operation NEW YORK – September 14, 2011 – The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday today announced it is adding the Erwin Penland nameplate to…
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DNA Creative Communications Welcomes Elizabeth Lapidus, as Account Coordinator
September 13, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – September 13, 2011 – DNA Creative Communications, LLC announced Elizabeth Lapidus, of Greenville, SC, as an Account Coordinator and newest addition to their team. Lapidus is a…
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Jeff Dezen Public Relations (Jdpr) Selects Three Upstate Collegiates For Executive Management Assistance Program
September 13, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – September 13, 2011 – Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) has selected Sellers Grantham, Emmalee Hoitt and Stephanie McKinney to join the company’s Executive Management Assistance Program (EMAP).…
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Crawford Strategy Announces Four New Team Members
August 29, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – Augusta 29, 2011 – Crawford Strategy, a strategic solutions company based in Greenville, continues its rapid expansion by adding four new members to its team. Erin Phillips…
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Erwin-Penland Earns National Magazine Honor as One of the “Best Places to Work” In Marketing Industry
August 29, 2011Ad Age names agency one of the 30 top employers in the country GREENVILLE, SC – August 29, 2011 – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday…
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Sofield Trains at The Women’s Campaign School at Yale
August 11, 2011NEW HAVEN, CT – August 12, 2011 – Executive Speech and Presentations Coach Deb Sofield returned to The Women’s Campaign School at Yale University to train emerging women leaders in…
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Erwin-Penland Promotes Galloway, McMahan, Nugent, Sexton and Stinson
August 8, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – August 8, 2011 – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday and one of the largest advertising and marketing firms in the South, has…
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6th Annual Youth Leadership Summit Planned for August
August 5, 20116th Annual Youth Leadership Summit Planned for August SPARTANBURG, SC – August 5, 2011 – Youth from all over Spartanburg County have been invited to participate in the free Youth…
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Merge Expands, Launches National and International Projects
August 3, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – August 3, 2011 – Merge, a leading digital agency in the Upstate, completed a successful second quarter with the June launch of a new website for Orion…
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emediagroup Inc. announces expansion in Greenville County
July 28, 2011$2.25 million investment expected to create 20 new jobs GREENVILLE, SC – July 28, 2011 – Gov. Nikki Haley, the South CarolinaDepartment of Commerce and the Greenville Area Development Corporationtoday…
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Former Verizon Vice President Joe Saracino Joins Erwin-Penland as Chief Marketing Officer
July 18, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – July 18, 2011 – Joe Saracino, who spent more than a decade and a half at Verizon in a variety of management positions including vice president of…
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Erwin-Penland Hires Ellis, Promotes Henry And Sasser
July 15, 2011GREENVILLE, 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…
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Erwin-Penland Hires Hendrick, Promotes Davenport, Howell and Milliman
July 5, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – July 1, 2011 – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday and one of the largest advertising and marketing firms in the South, has…
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Jeff Dezen Public Relations Promote Tiffany Deluccia to Account Executive
June 29, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – June 29, 2011 – Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR), a Greenville (SC)-based marketing/PR firm in its 21st year of operation, has promoted Tiffany Deluccia to Account Executive.…
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City Considers a Downtown Destination For Dogs
June 29, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – June 28, 2011 – The City is considering utilizing the city owned vacant parcel across from the Clock Tower next to the Herald-Journal building as a fenced…
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Local Company Creates Custom Quick Response (Qr) Codes
June 29, 2011Use your Smartphone on the QR Code above to visit Space Designs GREENVILLE, SC – June 29, 2011 – Space Designs a 2-year old graphic design and mobile…
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City of Spartanburg’s Express Track Lane Wins Track Meet
June 28, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – June 29, 2011 – The 3 rd Annual City of Spartanburg Express Lane Invitational was held Saturday, June 11th. This Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) sanctioned event was…
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City Of Spartanburg Announces State Directed Electronics Ban In Waste Collection
June 28, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – June 27, 2011 – Effective July 1, the City of Spartanburg will not be allowed to pick up electronics in our waste collection. It will be against…
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City Offices Closed in Observance of Independence Day
June 28, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – June 29, 2011 – City offices will be closed Monday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Due to the Independence Day holiday, recycling pick up normally…
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Erwin-Penland Promotes Hunley, Hires Beamer and Hunnicutt
June 20, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – June 20, 2011 – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday and one of the largest advertising and marketing firms in the South, has…
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Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) Selected as PR Group for Golf Interact™
June 16, 2011Local PR Agency To Support Brand Communications For Innovative Developer of Golf Gear GREENVILLE, SC – June 16, 2011 – Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR), a Greenville (SC)-based marketing/PR firm in…
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Three Upstate Collegiates Selected To Join JDPR’s Executive Management Assistance Program
June 10, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – June 9, 2011 – Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) selected Justin Thomason, Jill Shepard and Quenton McClure to join the company’s Executive Management Assistance Program (EMAP). A…
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4th Annual Creative Taste of Spartanburg Showcases a Variety of Local Restaurants, Food Products, Beer, Wine, Art & Music
June 6, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – June 6, 2011 – A variety of local restaurants, not-for-profit bake sales and food related vendors are coming together to participate in the 4th annual Creative Taste…
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The City of Spartanburg Receives National Award For The C.C. Woodson Community Center Project
June 6, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – May 26, 2011 – On Wednesday, The National Development Council (NDC) awarded The City of Spartanburg an award in the category of creative financing for the C.C.…
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Crawford Strategy Continues Job Creation, Adds Account Executive, Three Interns
May 31, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – May 31, 2011 – Crawford Strategy has hired a junior account executive and added three interns to its growing team. Virginia Offerle joins the Greenville-based strategic solutions…
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Erwin-Penland Promotes White, Hires Lewis and Tribble
May 16, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – May 16, 2011 – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The Interpublic Group’s Hill, Holliday and one of the largest advertising and marketing firms in the South, has…
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Jeff Dezen Public Relations Promotes Ashley Baker to Account Executive
May 11, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – May 11, 2011 – Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR), a Greenville (SC)-based marketing/PR firm in its 21st year of operation, has promoted Ashley Baker to Account Executive.…
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AkzoNobel Debuts New Global Design Center
May 11, 2011Featuring The 6th Annual Global Color Trends Presentation from ForeseeFor Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Cosmetic Packaging, & Lifestyle Product Designers LANCASTER, SC – May 11, 2011 – AkzoNobel Specialty Plastics announces…
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City Of Spartanburg Introduces Spartanburg Academy for Innovative Youth Leadership
May 5, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – May 5, 2011 – In partnership with Clemson University, the City of Spartanburg introduces Spartanburg Academy for Innovative Youth Leadership (SAIYL). SAIYL replaces the City’s former Summer…
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Spartanburg to Hold 3rd Annual Neighborhood Conference
May 5, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – May 4, 2011 – The City of Spartanburg and Spartanburg County are sponsoring the Building Communities – Bridging Gaps Neighborhood Conference. The purpose of the Building Communities-Bridging…
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Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) Selected As PR Group For Sligo Wear
May 3, 2011Local PR Agency To Support Brand Communications For Trend-Setting International Golf Apparel Company GREENVILLE, SC – May 3, 2011 – Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR), a Greenville (SC)-based marketing/PR firm…
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Erwin-Penland Promotes Two, Hires Three
May 3, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – May 3, 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,…
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2011 Call for Downtown Walking Map Artwork Announced
April 27, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – April 25, 2011 – The City of Spartanburg invites all artists to submit original work in any appropriate medium that represents the city for the 2011-2012 Downtown…
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33rd Annual Spring Fling Scheduled for May 6-8
April 27, 2011Come Celebrate Mother’s Day Weekend in Downtown Spartanburg SPARTANBURG, SC – April 25, 2011 – Spring time is here and in Spartanburg that can only mean one thing – it’s…
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4th Annual Creative Taste of Spartanburg Moves to June 11
April 27, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – April 27, 2011 – Previously held in September, the City of Spartanburg’s annual Creative Taste of Spartanburg event is moving to June 11 for this year’s event. …
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Greer PR Woman Is South Carolina’s SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year
April 25, 2011COLUMBIA, SC – April 25, 2011 – Taryn Scher, president of TK PR in Greer, is South Carolina’s 2011 SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year. The SBA’s Young Entrepreneur award…
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Spartanburg Area Regional Transit Agency Receives Award
April 20, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – April 20, 2011 – Spartanburg Area Regional Transit Agency (SPARTA) recently was awarded the Corporate Service Award from SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition (SHRCC) during their annual meeting…
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South Carolina’s Top Public Relations Campaigns Recognized at Annual Mercury Awards
April 19, 2011Rawle Murdy, Touchpoint Communications and Chernoff Newman Awarded COLUMBIA, SC – April 14, 2011 – The South Carolina Chapter of thePublic Relations Society of America (SCPRSA) hosted its annual MercuryAwards…
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Teresa Skinner Joins Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, Inc. As Marketing Coordinator
April 18, 2011AURORA, IL & TRAVELERS REST, SC – April 18, 2011 – Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that Teresa Skinner has joined the company as Marketing Coordinator.…
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New Water Line To Be Installed At The Intersection of Church Street and Evins Street
April 14, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – April 12, 2011 -Beginning today, work will commence on a new 12 water line starting in the center of N. Church Street (Hwy 221) at the intersection…
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Erwin-Penland Promotes One, Hires Five
April 11, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – April 11, 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,…
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Erwin-Penland Promotes Three, Hires Three
March 21, 2011GREENVILLE, 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,…
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DNA Creative Communications Selects the Cancer Society of Greenville County as its 2011 LIVE HERE GIVE HERE Partner
March 3, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – March 3, 2011 – DNA Creative Communications, LLC (DNA) is pleased to announce the selection of the Cancer Society of Greenville County as the recipient of DNA’s…
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DNA Welcomes New Intern
February 22, 2011DNA Creative Communications Welcomes New Intern Amy Bulger GREENVILLE, SC – February 22, 2011 – DNA Creative Communications (DNA) is pleased to announce Amy Bulger of New Providence, NJ, as…
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Erwin-Penland Promotes Three, Hires Three
February 21, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – February 18, 2011 – Erwin-Penland (EP), a division of The InterpublicGroup’s Hill, Holliday and one of the five largest advertising andmarketing firms in the Southeast, has promoted…
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Crawford Strategy Adds Two New Team Members
February 15, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – February 15, 2011 – Crawford Strategy is pleased to announce that Hannah Dillard and Pandora Baldree have recently joined the company. Dillard has been added to the…
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Crawford Strategy Welcomes Five New Interns
February 10, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – February 10, 2011 – Crawford Strategy is pleased to welcome five interns to its team. Virginia Offerle, Sara McGee, Maddie Blair, Grace Herlong, and Samantha Miller will…
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Three Upstate Collegiates Return To JDPR’s Executive Management Assistance Program
February 7, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – February 7, 2011 – Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) selected Jenn Atkins, Charlotte Bissell and Drew Dezen to re-join the company’s Executive Management Assistance Program (EMAP). A…
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Erwin-Penland Promotes Three, Hires One
February 7, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – February 7, 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,…
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Full Circle Public Relations Promotes Caitlin Greeley
February 3, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – February 3, 2011 – Greenville-based Full Circle Public Relations recently promoted Caitlin Greeley from account coordinator to associate account executive. Greeley will continue to carry out day-to-day…
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