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Washington, D.C. Marketing Services Firm AXIS Becomes Brunner

Washington, D.C. - February 1, 2010

Two Leading Washington, D.C. Firms Join Forces

Brunner CEO Michael Brunner announced that his agency has assumed the clients and staff of Washington, D.C.-based marketing services firm AXIS after the firm’s founder and CEO, Karen Work, decided to relocate to Arizona. Founded in 1991, AXIS amassed an impressive client roster through the years, including leading brands, such as Time Warner Cable Business Class, NASDAQ, Sodexo, Kaiser Permanente, Intelsat General and Unisys.

“Combining our agencies under the Brunner banner adds to the critical mass of our D.C. office and strengthens core services, such as strategy, creative, and account management,” said Brunner. “Brunner clients benefit from added bench strength in key areas, while AXIS clients benefit from an expanded service offering that includes research, digital, public relations, one-to-one and consumer promotional services.”

AXIS President Peter Roth assumes the position of Brunner vice president and managing director of the D.C. office, reporting to Brunner President Scott Morgan. Shaun Quigley remains as vice president and interactive practice director, and Ernie Mosteller remains as creative director. Work plans to stay on for the first 60 days to help manage the transition. The move more than doubles the current Brunner staff based in that office.

“Knowing that AXIS clients and staff are in such great hands was the driving force making this transition possible,” said Work. “This move makes a vastly expanded offering of digital marketing and advertising services an immediate reality to clients, which would have been nearly impossible otherwise. The DC office, under the direction of Peter Roth, is excited by the synergies that this combined team brings to clients.”

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The satellite office AXIS operates in Pittsburgh is not part of the arrangement.

Brunner’s Washington, D.C.-based clients include American Bankers Association, American Academy of Physicians Assistants, National Association of Broadcasters, CIBT, Career College Association, and American Society of Association Executives.

Brunner entered the Washington, D.C. market in 2003 with the acquisition of direct marketing firm MHI Communications. Today, Brunner’s Washington, D.C. office offers a full range of marketing services.

Brunner is a $200 million independent advertising agency with 200 employees and offices in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. The agency provides a broad range of services in research and planning, branding, advertising, digital marketing, direct/one-to-one marketing, public relations, promotion, and design services to clients, such as Cub Cadet, CONSOL Energy, The Dow Chemical Company, GlaxoSmithKline, GNC, Philips Respironics, and Zippo. In addition to being a Top 100 U.S. ad agency, Brunner ranks among the Top 75 digital marketing firms in the country.