Skip to content

News

Pinckney Hugo Group Welcomes Alexandra Owens

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, has hired Alexandra Owens, of Whitsett, North Carolina, as a staff accountant. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Owens was previously a staff accountant at Converge Technology Solutions out of Toronto. Before that, she was a staff accountant at FORVIS in Greensboro, North Carolina, and an accounts receivable specialist at Labcorp in Burlington, North Carolina. Owens has a master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in accounting from Western Governors University. Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group Announces Promotions

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, recently announced the promotion of 15 team members across various departments. Media Suzanne Rice, of Marcellus, New York, was promoted to director of media operations. Rice was previously manager of media operations and has been with the agency for over five years. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication and rhetorical studies from Syracuse University. Geoff Shumer, of Rochester, New York, was promoted to associate director of digital strategy.… Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group Welcomes Kristen Fitzgerald and AnnMarie Giannino

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, has hired AnnMarie Giannino, of Syracuse, New York, as an office coordinator. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Giannino was previously a patient program coordinator at CancerConnects. Before that, she was director of communities at Lyfebulb out of New York City and held a similar position at Wisdo. Giannino has a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group Recognized as an Economic Champion of Central New York for the 15th Time

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, was recognized as an “Economic Champion of Central New York” by the CenterState Corp. for Economic Opportunity. This is the 15th year that the agency has received the distinction. Since its inception in 2002, Pinckney Hugo Group has experienced organic growth from five to over 100 employees. In the past year, the agency added team members to support growth and continued to amplify its commitment to diversity, equity and… Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group Welcomes Victor Minella

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, has hired Victor Minella, of Cincinnati, Ohio, as a digital media strategist. Before joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Minella was a senior digital media strategist at Curiosity Advertising and a senior search marketing specialist at Orchard Digital Marketing in Cincinnati. He is a Google Qualified Individual with certifications in Google Ads Search, Google Ads Display and Google Ads Video. Minella has a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the Carl H. Lindner… Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group Promotes Erin Brown

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, has promoted Erin Brown, of Camillus, New York, to vice president of finance. Brown has been with the agency for nearly two years and was previously director of finance and accounting. In her new role, Brown is responsible for the daily oversight and management of the agency’s finance and people operations. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Brown was the controller at Sonbyrne Sales Inc., the convenience store division of Byrne Dairy. She is… Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group’s “It’s Not Just” Campaign Featured in Preventing Chronic Disease Journal

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group’s “It’s Not Just” campaign was recently featured in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Preventing Chronic Disease journal. Developed in partnership with Tobacco Free New York State, the campaign aims to educate people across New York State about the tobacco industry’s historically inequitable marketing and promotion of menthol-flavored tobacco products to specific communities. The peer-reviewed article, “It’s Not Just: Evaluation of a Media Campaign to Motivate Action Around Targeting of Menthol Tobacco in Black Communities,” highlights the… Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group Welcomes Jake Wolfanger

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, has hired Jake Wolfanger, of Rochester, New York, as a digital media buyer. Before joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Wolfanger was previously a marketing specialist at Meta. He is a Google Qualified Individual with certifications in Google AI-Powered Shopping Ads, Google Ads Creative, Google Ads Display, Google Ads Search and Google Ads Video. Wolfanger has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from The University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group Welcomes Summer Interns

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, welcomes eight summer interns, its largest intern class since the program’s inception. Katherine Amico, of Fayetteville, New York, works in the client engagement department. She is expected to graduate in May 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and management and leadership from the Madden College of Business and Economics at Le Moyne College. Corinne Becker, of Canastota, New York, works in the copywriting department. She is expected to… Read More »

Pinckney Hugo Group Welcomes Kari Fineman

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing communications firm, has hired Kari Fineman, of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, as a proofreader. Before joining Pinckney Hugo Group, Fineman was previously a freelance proofreader. Prior to that, she was a brand marketing manager at Atlantic Broadband (now Breezeline) out of Boston. She also gained experience in marketing working at Harron Communications (when it did business as MetroCast Communications) and TEKsystems. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of… Read More »