Leopold Ketel & Partners Hires Two, Promotes Two
Monday, 03 December 2007
Leopold Ketel & Partners, one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading advertising, design and public relations agencies, continues its steady growth with the addition of two new staff members and the promotion of two others.
LKP recently hired Austin Hilde as an art director. Hilde will be working on a variety of accounts including Oregon Public Broadcasting, Tillamook Cheese and the Old Mill District. Hilde earned a fine arts degree in advertising from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in May 2007. After his graduation and prior to being hired as a full-time employee, Hilde spent five months doing freelance projects for LKP.
An LKP team member since November 2006, Lauren Finley recently was promoted to account coordinator. She will work on several accounts including OHSU, Pendleton Whisky, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Springbrook Properties. Finley attended the American University of Rome in Rome, Italy where she earned a B.A. in media communications.
Former office coordinator Melissa Colman has been promoted to become the newest member of LKP’s public relations team. Prior to joining LKP, she worked as an account coordinator specializing in luxury real estate and golf for Olson Communications, Inc., a full-service PR firm in Phoenix, Ariz. An Arizona native, Colman received a B.A. in communication from the University of Arizona in May 2006.
Krissy Brunsman has been hired as office coordinator. Previously, she worked with Entercom Radio and was manager of Music Millennium, the oldest music store in the Pacific Northwest. Brunsman received a degree in business administration and marketing from Portland State University.