By: Deborah Johnson Wood
Highland Group,
a full service advertising agency at 645 Cherry SE in Grand Rapids’
East Hills neighborhood, aims to fill six newly created jobs. The new
positions, a result of the company’s 24 percent revenue growth last
year, have proven to be harder to fill than company leaders expected.
“If I could find the right people, I’d
hire them yesterday,” says Scott Crowley, a company partner. “We’ve
been actively interviewing since the beginning of the year. They have
to fit into our “family”. Getting that out of people during the
interview process is hard because everyone wants a job right now. We’ve
got recruiters working for us, and we’re on the cusp of hiring one
person but we don’t know if they’re going to accept.”
The positions include account
executives, senior level directors and planners, conceptual designers,
graphic designers, and frontend and backend developers.
Crowley says Highland Group swept the West Michigan Addy Awards,
walking off with 18 gold and silver Addys, two judges choice awards and
best of show. The winning projects include advertising for the Grand Rapids Kids’ Marathon, Steelcase Green Giants and Holland Hospital.
Source: Scott Crowley, Highland Group
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Deborah Johnson Wood is development news editor for Rapid Growth Media. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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