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— Miami Ad School (@miamiadschool) March 19, 2015
Advantage Advertising’s Chuck Christopher Supports University of Idaho’s JAMM Program
Excerpted from the University of Idaho’s Letter from the President, February 27, 2015.
Generous Gift Supports Award-winning JAMM Program
When Chuck Christopher ’84 graduated with a bachelor’s degree in advertising from the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences, he was prepared for success in his career. As a participant on the University of Idaho’s award-winning advertising team in the School of Journalism and Mass Media (JAMM), Chuck developed the skills and experience needed to become president of Advantage Advertising in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1987. “Being on the ad team gave me the precise experience to take into my career,” said Chuck. “The ad team prepares the best talent for success in the industry.” Chuck and his wife, Mindy, recently gave to the Advertising Team Endowment so that current Idaho students can prepare for their own future successes. The ad team, advised by JAMM faculty member Justin Barnes, has won the five-state regional competition for two years in a row.
Comings and goings at DaviesMoore
DaviesMoore has been going through a growth spurt as of late. Here are some of their latest hires:
Ben Adams — Digital Media Planner / Buyer
Jessca Hellwinkel — Account Services Assistant
Erin Westendorf — Accounting & Billing Assistant
Lindsey Schultz — Office Manager
Dustin Jones — Web Developer
In addition to these new hires, DaviesMoore has also had a couple of notable promotions:
Tyler LaDouceur is now Account Services Manager. He’s been with DaviesMoore since 2007, and was most recently Digital Media Planner/Buyer & Media Buyer Senior Account Executive.
Tanya Vaughan has been promoted from Vice President of Digital to Chief Digital Officer, and is now a partner in the firm.
On the goings front, Isaac Squyres is no longer with DaviesMoore. According to his LinkedIn profile he left in November and has formed Squyres Strategic Communications.
And finally, after 33 years in the business, Jeff Nielsen retired at the end of 2014.
So you want to bring Draplin back to Boise, huh?
Well, you’d better get over to NKTRNL Design Co.’s Bring Back Drap Kickstarter right away.
Seriously, what are you waiting for?
Liebenthal returns to Boise as Creative Director at CLM
John Liebenthal has returned to Boise, this time as Creative Director at CLM Marketing & Advertising.
Prior to joining CLM, John was associate creative director at Young & Rubicam Group Seattle, and also served briefly as ACD at Draftfcb/Hacker Group, also in Seattle.
Diving further back into the history books, John spent about five years as associate creative director at Oliver Russell, and a couple of years as senior copywriter. He also spent about five years with Publicis in Boise, as senior copywriter and creative director.
Welcome back to Boise John.