
OH, THAT’S GOOD: Trust Me!
By Matt Smith Today’s column is not about a great, inspiring piece of creative work produced by an agency in our region. Instead it’s about a primary ingredient…
Crosby Expands Social Media Team with Three Additions
Crosby Marketing Communications added three members to its team of social media professionals. Lydia Whiteford (on left) joins the agency as an Associate Social…

NRA Sues Former PR Firm Ackerman McQueen
The National Rifle Association, based in Fairfax, VA, sued Ackerman McQueen in federal court, demanding its former public relations firm remove from its website…

Crosby Adds Two to Growing Digital Team
Crosby Marketing Communications welcomed two new members to its growing digital marketing team. Chris Coelho, left in photo, has been hired as a Director,…

Richmond Updates: NDP, Elevation and PRSA Richmond
NDP launched Neathawk360, billed as “a media solutions division with a talented team of experts in all aspects of media planning and buying, analytics,…

D.C.-Area People in the News: Yolanda Brignoni Joins Subject Matter, Paul Kolebuck Joins Abt Associates, Patty Abramson Died
Yolanda Brignoni joins Subject Matter as Vice President of Client Services. Brignoni, shown above, comes to Subject Matter after eight years with AARP, where…

Navy Federal Credit Union Selects MullenLowe and Mediahub as Agencies of Record
Navy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the U.S. with a self-reported $106.1 billion in assets and 8.6…

Maryland News: Updates from R2i, MGH, Compass, Sinclair, MGH and Clapp Communications
Independent digital marketing agency R2i hired Andréa Waite as VP of Media Services. Over the course of her career, Waite has worked with some…

BerlinRosen to Promote Virginia Tech’s $1B Innovation Campus Near Amazon’s HQ2 in Northern Virginia
BerlinRosen will promote Virginia Tech’s $1B Innovation Campus that will anchor the National Landing District, future home of Amazon’s HQ2 complex, reports…

Digital Agency BRINK Relaunches as BRINK Creative Group
By BRINK Creative Group When you’ve been a digital agency for more than 25 years, you inevitably go through many moments of reinvention…

D.C.-Based REQ Buys San Diego-Based Internet Marketing Inc.
District-based digital marketing company REQ is “leveling up its staff, customer base and revenue with the purchase of San Diego-based Internet Marketing…

OH THAT’S GOOD: The Secret of Producing Great Creative Work? You’ll Never Guess …
By Matt Smith I’ve had the great good fortune of working for some of the top creative agencies in the U.S. and…

Two Are Better Than One: RMR & Associates Named to Multiple Rankings for the 2019 Washington Business Journal Book of Lists
RMR & Associates, Inc. (www.rmr.com), one of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area’s leading integrated marketing, advertising, and public relations firms,…

Richmond Agency Updates: Spurrier Group and Elevation
Wunderman Thompson Atlanta and Richmond-based Spurrier Group have been selected as the agencies of record for a three-year contract with the North…

Spencer Ramsey Joins MDB Communications Account Management Team
Spencer Ramsey is the latest addition to MDB Communications account management team. Supporting several of the agency’s consumer accounts, he will work on…

