Erwin Penland Named Agency of Record for Cross Pens
November 14, 2011Venerable Brand Seeks to Reengage Consumers with New Products, Marketing Programs LINCOLN, RI – November 9, 2011 – Cross, a leading international manufacturer of fine writing instruments, timepieces and personal…
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Law Management and Marketing Veteran Brenda Stewart Launches Consulting Firm
November 10, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – November 10, 2011 – Upstate resident and legal industry management and marketing veteran Brenda Stewart is using her 27 years of law firm experience in the Carolinas…
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City Of Spartanburg Announces Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport Grand Opening
November 9, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – November 9, 2011 – The Grand Opening celebration of the Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport will take place on Thursday, November 17 at 11:00 a.m. The public is…
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Augusta Road Announces 2011 Holiday Open House and Lights on Augusta
November 9, 2011Augusta Road Business Association (ARBA) celebrates the holidays with two events this year. Holiday Open House will take place the Sunday before Thanksgiving, November 20th from 1 p.m. to 5…
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Hughes Agency Adds Media Supervisor
November 2, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – November 2, 2011 – Hughes Agency, a full-servicemarketing, advertising and public relations firm, is pleased to announcethe addition of Jillian Pugsley as Media Supervisor. Prior to joining…
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Full Circle Public Relations expands team
October 24, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – October 24, 2011 – Full Circle Public Relations welcomes Mollie Williams to its staff as account coordinator. In addition, the agency has promoted Shelley Addis to associate…
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Erwin Penland Wins Seventh Annual South Carolina Excellence in the Workplace Diversity Award
October 19, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – October 19, 2011 – Erwin Penland has been honored with the2011 Excellence in the Workplace Diversity Award by the South CarolinaChamber of Commerce and the South Carolina…
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Crawford Strategy Adds Tara Schools As Copywriter
October 12, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – October 12, 2011 – Crawford Strategy, a strategic solutions company based in Greenville, continues to grow its team. Today the firm announced the addition of Tara Schools…
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DNA Offers Social Media Insight to SC Technical College Officers in Florence
October 5, 2011GREENVILLE, SC – October 5, 2011 -Debbie Nelson, principal of DNA Creative Communications (DNA) and Dana Morgan, Account Manager, travelled to Florence to give social media recommendations and insight to…
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Spartanburg International Festival set for October 1 – Presented by Southwest Airlines
September 26, 2011SPARTANBURG, SC – September 22, 2011 – The annual Spartanburg International Festival celebrates Spartanburg’s diverse multicultural community. And multicultural it is, as people from more than 70 countries actually call…
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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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LHWH Advertising & PR Names New Vice Presidents For Creative, Client Services & Creative Technologies
August 12, 2011MYRTLE BEACH, SC – August 8, 2011 – Lesnik Himmelsbach Wilson Hearl Advertising & Public Relations (LHWH), located in Myrtle Beach, S.C., has announced the promotion of three long-time employees…
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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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The Brandon Agency Selected by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., to Provide Media Planning and Buying Services for 75 Malls and Shopping Centers
August 9, 2011MYRTLE BEACH, SC – August 8, 2011 – CBL & AssociatesProperties, Inc. (CBL), recently selected The Brandon Agency to providemedia planning and buying services for 75 malls and shopping centers…
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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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Chernoff Newman Receives Five Awards from SC Chapter of Public Relations Society of America
April 28, 2011CHARLESTON, SC – April 28, 2011 – Chernoff Newman took homefive awards in the 2011 Mercury Awards presented by the S.C. Chapter ofthe Public Relations Society of America, including a…
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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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