Director, Corporate Communications Jenny supports business development efforts, marketing and internal communications for Fahlgren, Inc. and has more than 10 years of marketing communications experience. She has served a variety of business-to-business, business-to-consumer and non-profit clients in building brand awareness and creating industry thought leadership, including a recent "Best of Show" award from Central Ohio PRSA for the Dublin Irish Festival, the second largest of its kind in the U.S. She was also recognized by Business First in 2009 as a Forty Under 40 honoree. Outside work, Jenny is part of the 2009-2010 class of Leadership Worthington, immediate-past vice president of fund development for the Central Ohio Ronald McDonald House Young Professionals Board, and a member of the Central Ohio Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.

By Jenny Fuerst, Director, Corporate Communications

“This Best of Show award reminds us that TV continues to be a powerful medium for connecting with target audiences. Traditional advertising is not dead; it’s not an either/or. It’s about the art and science of selecting the right mix of channels to run great, engaging creative that connects and engages your target audience,” said Pete McGinty, President, Fahlgren Advertising.

 ”As a leader in the central Ohio advertising community, we’re reinventing ourselves everyday while staying dedicated to developing unique and insightful campaigns that not only gain recognition from our peers, but most importantly, move the needle for our clients.”

Get more details on the campaign and the other ADDYs we won in the full news release.

By Jenny Fuerst, Director, Corporate Communications

Fahlgren, Edward Howard to Join Public Relations Businesses

Alignment Forms Independent Powerhouse:

Largest Firm in Ohio and Top 30 Nationally

The acquisition, which joins the capabilities of Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations and Edward Howard, is expected to close during the first quarter of 2010 although integration and coordinated new business and marketing efforts will begin immediately.

Check out more details of today’s exciting announcement in the news release.

By Jenny Fuerst, Director, Corporate Communications

News From The Top

Neil Mortine, president of Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations, has been named chairman of Fahlgren, Inc. The move is in conjunction with the announcement that current chairman and CEO Steve Drongowski will step down at the end of the year and remain a consultant to the business. Mortine will be named CEO at that time.

For more details, click through to the news release.

By Jenny Fuerst, Director, Corporate Communications

For those who like lists.

In case you missed it, you might want to check out the April 13 issue of ADWEEK and April 27 issue of PRWeek, both include their annual agency rankings. Fahlgren Advertising moved up the ranks from 99 to 91, while Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations jumped 10 spots from 80 to 70. Both lists are based on revenue.

By Jenny Fuerst, Director, Corporate Communications

Now that our creative group and interior designers have agreed on the color palette, furniture and accessories that best reflect the Fahlgren brand (nothing short of a miracle!), and now that most of us have figured out our new phone system and conference room technologies (another miracle), we thought it was time to officially break in the place with more than 500 of our closest friends. So, we did — in true Fahlgren style.

On October 1, we hosted our open house in our new headquarters at Easton Town Center. If you were able to join us, hopefully you enjoyed a tour of our new 30,000 square feet of space, learned about all of our environmentally friendly design initiatives and got your fill of appetizers and refreshments complete with sushi, a dessert bar and a full offering of beverages. And, if you weren’t able to attend, we hope you can come see us soon. Either way, take a peek at the pics from our special event.

We moved to our new office space at Easton this July, and we were able to combine our more than 120 employees who were in two Columbus offices (Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations and Fahlgren Advertising) under one roof in the heart of this retail Mecca. The location makes sense considering that much of our business is about engaging consumers and helping our clients sell goods and services.

You don’t have to take it from me what a great new space we have. Check out what Advergirl had to say about our new digs and our open house festivities, and feel free to let us know what you thought of the party and new HQs.