PRESSIUS RELEASUS

January 18, 2008 - Cincinnati, Ohio - Cincinnati-based advertising firm, the Creative Department, has added a Senior Brand Strategist to its advertising division. These additions comes at a great time for The Creative Department as their client base and project load are growing by the day.

Jacqui Killen joins the Creative Department as a Senior Brand Strategist. Jacqui began her career at Backley & Gingrich Advertising and most recently served as an Account Supervisor for Northlich in Cincinnati. A 1990 graduate of Emerson College where she earned a Bachelors of Science in Communications – Advertising/Public Relations, Jacqui brings more than 14 years of brand management and new product development experience and has already taken a lead in new business development as well as the management of clients like Busken Bakery and Union Institute & University. A native of Northern California’s wine country, Jacqui is an active mentor with H.O.S.T.S., Helping One Student To Succeed, in Cincinnati.

Founded in 1992, the Creative Department is an award-winning ad agency that has built business by breathing life into brands and framing communications in delightfully compelling ways – whether traditional, interactive, or guerrilla. Their rebel band of 18 (and counting) highly creative individuals includes creative directors, brand directors, writers, art directors, content managers, project managers, designers, and interactive marketers and developers. Their now-bursting portfolio includes advertising campaigns for the world’s best clients including The BMW Store and Schmitt Söhne Reisling, website launches for Silkflowers and i-wireless, as well as local initiatives with Busken Bakery, the Fine Arts Fund, and several divisions of Procter & Gamble.