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There’s usually never a long line at our water cooler and we like it
that way. It means we can spend more time with our clients, and continue
to produce effective work.
Here’s a short list of our core personnel:
Kay Colmar Pullen
President/Account Services
Before cracking the whip at Pullen Advertising, Kay ran with the big
dogs at Wyse Advertising, Benton & Bowles and Ketchum Advertising. And
on accounts like Hardee's, Digital, Smuckers and Clairesse, she combined
her passion for art directing with strategic thinking. It was this type
of work that caught the attention of JayRay, who brought her on and
watched her create award-winning campaigns for the Tacoma-Pierce County
Visitor and Convention Bureau, American Plywood Association and Mount
Rainier Guest Services.
Not one to rest on her laurels, Kay soon thereafter embarked on her
latest adventure—providing clients with highly-creative work and
results-driven communications. She accomplishes this rare feat at Pullen
Advertising, where she still insists being involved in every project,
honing the message and whipping every little one of your advertising
dollars to their intended audience.
Scott Bailey
Creative Director
Scott declares himself an artist, yet he is actually an advertising
strategist. You see, Scott learned early on as an Art Director for
JayRay and Creative Director at Signature Media that advertising was
more than just pretty pictures. There were pretty words too. And there
were pretty pictures and pretty words that made you think without you
realizing that you were thinking. His clients have included Boeing,
Weyerhaeuser, The News Tribune, Scitex Digital Video and Frank Russell.
And Scott’s admirers have included the Addy, Creativity and Telly award
committees.
You’ll also find Scott helping the artist community as president of
Artists Exchange, a nonprofit arts organization. He does this in his
spare time. Two hours, every other week.
Jack Browne
Technical Guru
We all pretend to know where the gigabytes begin and the megabytes end but only Jack knows every bit and byte in between.
With degrees in English, Philosophy and Mathematics (with a minor concentration in Electrical Engineering), Jack’s a technical virtuoso who takes the complex mish-mash, strips away its mumbo adds a little jumbo and makes it all understandable to readers from all walks of life.
Of course, when Jack’s not busy with his head buried in books or journals, he’s writing for them. Most notably, Jack worked for Microwaves & RF magazine for 26 years, of which 10 years were as Editor and Publisher (he maintains this relationship serving as their Technical Director). In fact, in his more than 30 years of technical publishing, Jack has penned more than 2000 technical articles on topics ranging from digital-signal-processing techniques to optical communications systems to words we don’t even recognize. (But Jack promises to explain them to us later.)
The few minutes a day when Jack’s not reading and writing, he’s composing and playing on the stage and in his self-built, multitrack recording studio. One day he promises to encode his compressed MPEGs up on our website (whatever that means).
Skip Jackson
Copywriter
Being a top-notch copywriter requires more than talent, skill and
experience. For Skip, it required a 3000-mile long journey. You see,
back in 1990, Skip sunk his last $680 into a 11-year old station wagon
and headed from Boston to the greener, mossier pastures of the Pacific
Northwest.
He caught on early with Microsoft in their direct response department.
Deciding that millions in stock options weren’t for him, he continued in
the world of advertising, moving to Ogilvy & Mather and Publicis where
he worked on high profile clients such as Intel, AAA of California,
Washington State Tourism, Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Lottery.
Along the way, Skip started collecting awards as well: Soundies, Lulu’s,
Pioneer’s. It’s just too bad he doesn’t have that station wagon anymore
to lug them all around.
Kim Hamilton
Copywriter
Confucius said, “Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” This may explain why Kim has been writing for so long, and so well.
Her journey begins with a passion for the reader — your customer. For Kim, a blank page is an opportunity to engage your customer. And through thoughtful, meaningful copy, a connection is made, a need is uncovered and a relationship is built. By the time your customer gets to your logo at the bottom of the page, you’re simply irresistible.
Kim has been winning hearts, minds (and yes, wallets) of customers via award-winning marketing solutions for more than 20 years. Along the way she’s danced with top advertising and direct marketing firms in the Northwest, but now enjoys the smaller, more intimate setting of working directly with clients. Some of her favorites include: Boeing, T-Mobile, Washington Mutual, Group Health, Boeing Employees Credit Union, Nintendo, Sonic Care and Holland America.
Besides appealing to your customers, Kim satisfies her muse through poetry, bird watching, sea kayaking and flirting with the tango.
Howard Clark, Clark and Company
Research Analyst
A remarkable thing happens when you fuse together creative advertising and strategic insight. Our clients name this phenomenon results. We call it “Howard.”
You see, Howard isn’t your ordinary numbers cruncher. Numbers are too valuable. So unlike other analysts, Howard doesn’t rely on data alone. In fact he does something quite unusual, he talks to people. From phone interviews to leading focus groups, Howard gets people speaking in real terms. He then develops quantitative and qualitative analysis and builds strategic message testing to refine your communications, to ultimately increase your sales, extend your product lifespan and strengthen your overall brand.
Clients such as Cinnabon, Mercedes Benz, Procter & Gamble, American Express, Coca-Cola and the St. Lucia Tourist Board have all benefited from Howard’s unique blend of providing key insights, strategic planning and actionable data. And besides earning the respect of his peers by serving as president of the Atlanta Advertising Club, he has also won two national Gold EFFIE awards for outstanding marketing effectiveness.
And in all, we think that’s pretty phenomenal.
Colleen Gray
Senior Art Director
Oh, Colleen, Colleen. Where to begin? Editorial Illustrator or Yoga Trainer? Ad Solutions Systems Manager or Pickle Jar Packer? Point is, Colleen has come across more than her fair share of business models and marketing situations. And in her nearly two decades of advertising and design experience, she‘ll likely be able to grab your marketing challenge and turn it into an opportunity faster than you can say, “Pass the gherkin.”
With an innate ability to understand computer systems, design software and print production like most Seattleites know their espresso machines, Colleen brings a wealth of technical experience to Pullen Advertising found in no other agency. Still, with her roots in delivering strong, conceptual ideas, you’ll find Colleen just as happy sketching out client solutions on the edge of a napkin.
Colleen has also taught graphic design at Pacific Lutheran University, which comes in handy, since she’s always answering staff and client questions around the office. Some of us even refer to her as “colleen.com” since she’s our constant, 24/7 resource — except unlike most computer systems, she never crashes.
Terry Springer
New Media Director
Terry is a web junkie. Big deal. Who isn't these days? But Terry
brings a rare thing to the world of new media. Middle age.
While other web techies tell you the top three sites to upload Halo,
Terry spends his time figuring out how your business can best leverage
the internet. How will people arrive at your website? What should go on
the top of the page? How long will the average reader spend on your
site? When do you need flash and when do you need a simple solution?
After almost 30 years of running his own shop, Terry's developed a keen
ability to blend strategy, creativity and reality. Even in the world of
new technology, experience counts. And leading corporations, such as
Weyerhaeuser and Puget Power (now Puget Sound Energy) have leaned on
Terry for marketing CD-ROMs and web technology.
So when you need a corporate identity web site, company intranet, web
banners and ads, a full-blown e-commerce site or anything else to help
bring your organization into the information age, Terry’s your man with
the technical savvy, the business know-how, and just a few grey hairs.
Kelly Huff
Full Service Media Planning and Buying
How do you reach your target audience? What do they read, watch and
listen to? When are they most tuned in? It’s easy. Just ask Kelly Huff.
Though it may sound like rocket science, Kelly uses her more than 16
years of experience to bring down to earth the most complex and
challenging market situations. Kelly has spent that time planning and
buying all types of media - television, radio, newspaper, trade and
consumer publications, as well as non-traditional opportunities, such as
event and product sponsorships. And along the way, she has built a very
impressive client list, including Alaska Airlines, Port Of Seattle,
Virginia Mason and City University.
Her coordinated efforts will maximize the exposure and effectiveness of
your campaign, with value added promotions. She explores opportunities.
She gets down to the details.
She has gone where no media planner and buyer has gone before.
Janda Black,
Soapbox Communications
Public Relations
In the arena of public relations, Janda always takes the center
stage. Or to put it more accurately, her clients do.
Janda has 12 years of high-level experience in event planning, media
relations and marketing communications on local, national and
international levels. Her expertise in delivering coveted national media
placements, managing international media efforts and winning over
influencers has won her high praise from clients.
Before starting her own consulting practice, Janda worked for Elgin DDB,
Publicis, and as vice president of JLM Partners. Janda’s client list
includes the likes of The Washington State Department of Health/Hanford,
Midas’ Safe Baby Project, and The Washington Education Association. More
importantly, she’s placed press for these clients in The Wall Street
Journal, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, ABC, CNN and NBC plus
numerous local media outlets. She’s traveled extensively on the job,
with campaigns taking her from Nepal to Central America.
And by the way, not only does her audience take notice of her work her
peers do too, which is why she’s won numerous awards from the Public
Relations Society of America, including a national award for her
promotion of the EPA’s Energy Star program.
World traveler. World class. And she lands in a tiny office in Tacoma.
Go figure.
Gregory Guldin, PH.D.
Cross-Cultural Consultant
When we're speaking to the world, Dr. Greg Guldin checks our
cultural punctuation.
As a professor of applied anthropology at Pacific Lutheran University,
Greg has made it his life's work to understand people, their cultures
and what influences their growth and development. At Pullen Advertising,
you get to take Greg’s understanding to today's multinational
marketplace and apply it to your own advertising efforts.
Greg has several published books on China to his credit and has
contributed to a book on cross-cultural design. More recently, he has
been working with the World Bank, helping them study the impact of
building new roads through remote rural areas of China.
Greg's expertise in cross-cultural advertising is more than just
academic, it’s an important ingredient in this multicultural stew we
call our own American backyard—an essential part of your marketing mix.
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