MGH Hires Eight and Promotes Four Employees
BALTIMORE (March 15, 2011) - MGH, an integrated marketing communications agency, today announced it has added eight new employees to its growing team, and promoted four.
The new additions are:
- Rachel Cox, Account Executive
Cox joins MGH's account services department as an account executive. She comes to the agency from Renegade Productions in Hunt Valley, Md. Her client at MGH is University of Maryland University College (UMUC). Cox graduated from Towson University with a degree in mass communications.
- Laura Evans, Digital Media Assistant
Evans joins the agency as a digital media assistant, where she will provide digital media buying services for UMUC and Ocean City, Md. Department of Tourism. Evans comes to MGH from Mentzer Media in Towson, Md. Evans graduated from Boston University with a bachelor's degree in advertising.
- Lauren Gallagher, Traffic Coordinator
Gallagher joins the agency as a traffic coordinator, where she will work on a variety of agency accounts. She is a recent graduate from Towson University, where she studied mass communications with a concentration in advertising and public relations.
- Kevin Murphy, Digital Production Director
Murphy joins MGH as a digital production director. Murphy comes to the agency from Carton Donofrio Partners and has more than 20 years of experience in advertising. In his new position, Murphy will be responsible for leading the creation and versioning of MGH's print work and supervising the agency's production artists. Murphy graduated from Towson University.
- Leanne Petti, Senior Copywriter
Petti joins the agency as a senior copywriter. After beginning her career in advertising at Hal Riney Partners in San Francisco, she worked at several other agencies across the country, including, most recently, Crosby Marketing in Annapolis. Her client accounts at MGH will include UMUC, Bozzuto Homes, RCM&D, and Nobel Learning Communities. Prior to Crosby, she served as a copywriter for marketing agencies, companies and non-profit organizations in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Leanne graduated from University of Maryland, College Park.
- Chris Rivers, Web Developer
Rivers joins the agency as a Web developer. He comes to MGH from Travel Advantage Network. In his new position, Rivers will be responsible for building interfaces and acting as a bridge between client-side and server-side technologies for his MGH client accounts, which include MASN. Rivers graduated from Stevenson University.
- Chris Rumbley, Media Buyer/Planner
Rumbley joins MGH as a media buyer/planner, where he will handle media buying and planning for clients including Miss Utility of Maryland/D.C., The National Aquarium, Ocean City, Md. Department of Tourism, and Smyth Jewelers. Rumbley comes to MGH from SNS Marketing in Owings Mills, Md. He graduated from Towson University, where he majored in mass communications.
- Meredith Wells, Account Manager
Wells joins MGH's account services team as an account manager, where she will be working on client accounts including Bozzuto Homes and Nobel Learning Communities. She comes to MGH from gkv, where she managed campaigns for L-3 Communications, co-led a rebranding effort for the merger of two hospitals (Western Maryland Health System), and also worked on the Baltimore Grand Prix. Wells graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.S. in business and Spanish.
Recent promotions at MGH include:
- Amy Basta, Digital Media Planner
Basta has been promoted from associate digital media planner to digital media planner. She will continue to work on client accounts including UMUC, but with her promotion, will be adding the Ocean City, Md. Department of Tourism and Nobel Learning Communities accounts to her client list.
- Ed Repasky, SVP/Account Services Director
Repasky has been promoted from VP, associate account services director to SVP/account services director. In addition to overseeing several of the agency's key accounts, Repasky will now fully manage the agency's account services department.
- Dave Wassell, SVP, Assoc. Creative Director
Wassell has been promoted from VP, associate creative director to SVP, associate creative director. In his new role, Wassell will be responsible for the daily creative supervision of the agency's interactive work.
- Amara Waters, Traffic Manager
Waters has been promoted from traffic coordinator to traffic manager. In her new position, Waters will mainly manage the flow of projects for MASN online, print and broadcast advertising between MGH's creative and account teams. Additionally, Waters will traffic creative for UMUC, The Classic Catering People, Baltimore International College, Nobel Learning Communities, RCM&D, Smyth Jewelers and R&H Toyota.
About MGH
MGH is an integrated marketing and communications agency offering advertising, public relations, media planning/buying, creative design and production, interactive (design, development and marketing), market research, direct response, relationship marketing and social media marketing.
MGH maintains a diverse client base spanning multiple industries. Current clients include Marco's Pizza, Texas Instruments, Visit Baltimore, the National Aquarium, Baltimore International College, University of Maryland University College, Towson University, Nobel Learning Communities, Ocean City, Md., Department of Tourism, and Smyth Jewelers.
Based in Baltimore, MGH is one of Maryland's largest agencies, with more than $65 million in annual billings. Visit http://mghus.com for more information on MGH and its services, or connect with MGH via: Facebook at http://facebook.com/mghus ; Twitter at http://twitter.com/mghus ; or YouTube at http://youtube.com/mghtv .
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