Buntin Out-of-Home Media Announces New Staff and Promotions

September 29, 2009

Nashville, Tenn. (Sept. 29, 2009) – Buntin Out-of-Home Media President Howard Greiner today announced several staff additions and promotions.

David Kelleher joins as Account Supervisor with management responsibility for select national agency accounts. Bringing eight years experience, he began his advertising career as an Account Manager at Buntin in 2001 and has spent the last two years as an Account Executive for J&A Integrated Thinking, Nashville working on the Taco Bell account.

Joe Kirschbaum joins as a Field Account Manager after graduating fromMarquette University, Milwaukee and gaining account management experience in internship positions with CRW Marketing & Advertising, Milwaukee and Shine Advertising, Madison, WI.

Brandon Easterwood joins as a Field Account Manager after gaining sales-related experience in positions with The Southwestern Company and UPS.  Most recently, he was Management Trainee with Enterprise Rent-A-Car.  He earned his undergraduate degree in 2007 from the University of Mississippi.

Lindsay Sevier has been promoted to Director of Operations managing operations, field services and administrative functions across the agency.  With Buntin for six years, she has worked in both operational and account management roles, most recently serving as a Senior Account Executive directing activities on behalf of several national accounts.

Chris Randall has been promoted from Field Account Manager to Account Executive helping to manage client strategy and execution. He joined the agency in 2007 after graduating from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and completing marketing-related internships with Scripps Networks and Citadel Broadcasting.

Katie Least has been promoted from Field Account Manager to Senior Field Account Manager with expanded responsibility for contract management and negotiations.  She joined the agency in 2006, after graduating from Middle Tennessee State University and gaining sales and promotional experience in positions with Granton Marketing, Dell Computers and Charlotte Russe, Inc. 

Among the leading independent out-of-home planning and placement companies in the U.S., Buntin Out-of-Home Media delivers expertise in national planning, local buying, execution and stewardship through use of its proprietary GeoTrak® system.  It is a division of The Buntin Group, the largest brand communications agency in Tennessee and one of the top 100 in the country, with $144 million in annualized client billings.