IDEA HALL ADDS SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNT STAFF;MOVES TO METRO POINTE IN COSTA MESA
Costa Mesa, CA—August 2, 2005—Reflecting the agency’s continued growth, Idea Hall announced today the addition of Greg Young, APR as Senior Account Manager and Stephen Fry as Senior Creative Director, as well as account executives Lauren Smith and Jessica Neuman and account coordinator Lauren Gilomen. The agency also announced its move to new offices in Costa Mesa, located at 950 South Coast Drive, Suite 155. Established in 2003, the agency has grown to seven full-time team members.
Young has 15 years of corporate and agency public relations and marketing experience and was previously Associate Vice President at Euro RSCG Magnet where he managed the Southern California consumer practice. He is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and is past president of the organization’s Orange County chapter.
As Senior Creative Director, Fry heads the creative and design studio, overseeing services that include branding, advertising, websites, collateral, and video production. Prior to joining the Idea Hall team, Fry worked with agencies in Hawaii, South Africa and Southern California designing collateral and multi-media for well-known regional and national companies including Toyota Parts, California Choice, In-N-Out Burger, Hualalai Village, CalAid and City of Lakewood.
Smith previously worked with consumer, non-profit and business-to-business clients at an agency in Indianapolis and is a current member of the Public Relations Society of America. She has also been awarded several Marcom Creative Awards for her management of marketing campaigns.
Neuman brings award-winning media relations experience to Idea Hall. Previously, she worked at a marketing and public relations agency in Irvine where she helped launch the award-winning national media campaign for Westminster-based First Vietnamese American Bank. She also interned at Foreign Policy In Focus, a think tank in Washington D.C., where she organized event media attendance, assisted in the coordination of special events, and pitched reporters covering Senate hearings on Capitol Hill.
Gilomen comes to the agency from Villanova University, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Communication. She was an active member of the Public Relations Student Society of America at Villanova and was a member of Delta Delta Delta. She recently interned at Jenny Craig Inc. in Carlsbad, CA and assisted with media relations, internal communications, collateral research and writing and program analysis.
About Idea Hall
Idea Hall, established in 2003, is a marketing communications agency offering strategic counsel and integrated solutions through public relations, branding, advertising, design and digital/interactive services. The agency develops results-oriented programs for clients, with specialized experience in commercial real estate development, investment and finance, mortgage finance, architecture and building, economic development, business-to-business, home furnishings, consumer products and restaurants. To request more information about the agency, please contact Rebecca Hall, APR at 714-436-0855
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