Special to Realty/Builder Connection
It's a 30-year anniversary for a Jacksonville advertising company: Stephens Advertising has been helping real estate industry clients get their message out to customers since 1982.
What began with marketing and designing visual media for the old Charter Companies from a small office on the Southside in the early '80 has grown to focus on projects from the Northeast to Texas and California. Stephens Advertising is headquartered in a 20,000 square foot facility with state of the art equipment.
"Over the past 30 years clients have challenged us with their ideas. We take our expertise and turn those ideas into reality," said company president Ann Hicks.
Longtime employees are more like family at Stephens Advertising with 100 years of combined design and production talent and experience on staff including Brooks Brandal, creative director; Steve Riensche, creative designer and fabricator; Bobby Salmon, graphic designer; Andy Kuzera, fabricator and production supervisor and comptroller Margie Oakes.
"We needed a new look for our brand identity and they took our ideas and logo and created a very nice brand message that will stand out at our project sites," said James Pyle, president of LandSouth Construction, currently building four new multifamily developments throughout the Southeast.
A member of the Chamber of Commerce, Hicks is also active in the Women's Business Owners Association. Over the past three decades the company has won numerous awards from the Northeast Florida Builders Association and Northeast Florida Association of Realtors for outstanding marketing.
"They are versatile, creative, and resourceful. At the height promoting the annual Parade of Homes and other highly visible association events and promotions, Ann and her staff always paid attention to detail to ensure proper assembly of complex signs and logos," said Arnold Tritt, retired executive vice president of the Northeast Florida Builders Association.