
D.C. Agency Updates: Spectrum, Ketchum, SteerPoint Marketing and OmniStudio
John Seng, founder of Spectrum Science Communications, announced that Jonathan Wilson will succeed him as CEO. Wilson joined Spectrum as president in 2014 and assumed management of the firm that…
Carousel30 Wins Corporate Culture Award from SmartCEO for Second Year in a Row
Carousel30, a strategic agency based in the Washington, D.C., metro region, was awarded one of the coveted 50 Corporate Culture awards from SmartCEO…

Crosby Marketing Communications Named to Baltimore Sun’s 2016 List of Top Workplaces
Crosby Marketing Communications, a nationally recognized integrated marketing communications firm, has been named to the Baltimore Sun’s 2016 List of Top Workplaces. Crosby…

MDB Communications Adds Two to Media Team
MDB Communications announced the expansion of its media team with the hiring of Kelsey Daddio (left in photo) as Media Planner/Buyer and Katie…

Robert Mathias, Regional CEO for Ogilvy North America and Head of its D.C. Office, to Leave at End of Year
Robert Mathias, Ogilvy Public Relations regional CEO for North America, will leave the agency at the end of the year, reports PRWeek. Mathias has…

Carrie Fox, Head of C.Fox Communications, and Carolyn Berkowitz, Former President of the Capital One Foundation, Form Mission Partners
Carrie Fox, head of Bethesda-based C.Fox Communications, announced that on January 1, she will launch a new strategic consultancy called Mission Partners…

MDB Communications Celebrates 35th Anniversary – A Milestone Only Reached by Three Other Current Area Agencies
D.C.-based MDB Communications hosted a 35th anniversary celebration at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., on Nov 28. MDB’s longevity places…

Remembering and Celebrating 35 Years of Success: Some Years Were Just Better than Others
By Cary Hatch, CEO of MDB Communications 1981: the year that MDB first opened its doors. Somehow, it feels like both a lifetime and…

HZDG Named Agency of Record for Maryland Marketing Partnership
HZDG has been named agency of record for Maryland Marketing Partnership, an entity formed earlier this year in collaboration with the State of Maryland’…

D.C. Agency Updates: Environics, Burson-Marsteller and Massie Government Relations
In honor of #GivingTuesday, Environics is donating $20,000 of pro-bono communications and marketing work to two Washington, D.C.-area non-profits.…

Spurrier Group Awards $5,000 Scholarship to VCU Brandcenter Student
Eric Enninful, a second-year student at Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter, is the 2016 recipient of a $5,000 annual scholarship from Spurrier Group,…

United Bank Launches New Website Designed and Built by Carousel30
Carousel30, a strategic digital agency based in the Washington, D.C., region, partnered with United Bank to launch the new bankwithunited.com website. United…

Maria Cannon Joins Crosby Marketing Communications as Digital Program Manager
Maria Cannon, a digital media and communications strategist, joined Crosby Marketing Communications as Digital Program Manager. Cannon will oversee web content development and digital…

Buzz in Baltimore: News from Fastspot, Clapp Communications and Firedrive Marketing
Baltimore interactive design agency Fastspot announced new hires: Anne Petersen is the agency’s new director of user experience; Julie Higgins holds the newly…

Agency Couple Behind Baltimore’s Light City Festival Files Countersuit, Posts Open Letter About “Standing Up to Those in Power”
The couple that came up with the idea for the Light City festival in Baltimore has asked a federal judge to bar the city…

