Hoopes, there he is

Yeah, I went there

Drake Cooper recently announced that Patrick Hoopes has joined the team as their newest Creative Director.

Hoopes began his career as a copywriter at Sponge in Chicago, and rose through the ranks to become Associate Creative Director before jumping to GTB, formerly Team Detroit. He then ventured client-side for a stint before returning to the agency world, as a Creative Director at 90Octane in Denver.

Read more about Patrick on Drake Cooper’s Reverb.

SMG has a new SAM

Be gone, acronym soup!

Stoltz Marketing Group recently announced that they’ve added Kirstin Delp to their team as a Senior Account Manager.

Before joining Stoltz in March, Delp was most recently a Senior Strategic Account Manager with Boulder, Colorado-based Ascent360, and held a similar role with Leisure Trends Group prior to that. She is originally from Vancouver, B.C., and is a graduate of the University of British Columbia.

New faces on the Oliver Russell team

Oliver Russell recently added a few new team members. In addition to Sienna George, who we previously covered, the announcement in the Idaho Business Review puts the spotlight on Dave McKay and Alyssa Stephens.

Dave McKay now serves as Oliver Russell’s Design Director. Based in Bozeman, Montana, he brings branding, strategy, and inclusive design experience from the likes of Hypermatter, PartnersCreative, SAP, Oracle, PayPal, saltStudio, J. Walter Thompson Worldwide and JWT INSIDE.

Alyssa Stephens has taken the role of Junior Graphic Designer. She is a recent MFA graduate of Montana State University at Bozeman.

New hire at Senestre Creative

Senestre Creative recently announced that they’ve added Amanda Lubbers to their team as an Art Director.

Prior to joining Senestre, Amanda spent the past five years with the Idaho Lottery–most recently as Web and Digital Design Specialist.

New hire at Oliver Russell

Spotted recently on LinkedIn:

Oliver Russell has added Sienna George to their team as a Social Impact Strategist.

Sienna is a recent graduate of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at University of San Diego, where she received her Master of Arts in Social Innovation.