Innis Maggiore Announces Staff Additions

CANTON, Ohio (January 17, 2005) -- Innis Maggiore Group, an advertising and public relations agency, today announced that it has hired three new associates. The agency named Erin Ponn and Jessica Andreae account service representatives and Kelli Hill project manager.

Erin Ponn 
Before joining Innis Maggiore, Ponn was a substitute teacher with the Stark County Board of Education in Canton. Prior to that, she was contributing editor in the public relations department of the Stark County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. She holds a bachelor's degree in public relations from Kent State University and resides in Massillon.

Jessica Andreae
Andreae joined Innis Maggiore from Die Guys Inc. in Medina, where she was an executive assistant and marketing associate. She graduated from Walsh University with a bachelor of arts degree in English and corporate communications.

Kelli Hill
Hill previously was sales and marketing manager at Mosley Companies in Tallmadge. Prior to that, she was production manager at Crowl, Montgomery & Clark Inc. in North Canton and production coordinator at Myers Industries Inc. in Akron. Hill holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Akron and resides in Green.

About Innis Maggiore Group
Innis Maggiore Group is an advertising and public relations firm with nearly 50 associates at offices in Canton and Youngstown, Ohio. The company more than doubled in size between 2000 and 2003, when capitalized billings exceeded $32 million. In 2004, Advertising Age ranked Innis Maggiore the fastest-growing agency in Northeast Ohio for the third straight year. Key clients include Aultman Health Foundation, England Custom Furniture Direct, Flower Factory, NEOUCOM, Nickles Bakery, Parker Hannifin, Progressive Foam Technologies, Republic Engineered Products and Smithers-Oasis Co. Innis Maggiore is a member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, the Direct Marketing Association, the National Investor Relations Institute and the Public Relations Society of America.