Phillips-Ramsey To Merge With Knoth & Meads

SAN DIEGO – A deal expected to be completed by the first of next month will merge Phillips-Ramsey, a division of McCann-Erickson, and Knoth & Meads here into a $50-million ad agency, the largest in the San Diego area.
The new agency will assume the Phillips-Ramsey name and that shop’s current headquarters location. Richard Brooks, P-R executive vp/gm, will retain his post. K&M’s Gary Meads becomes senior vp/executive director of client services. K&M’s Tony Durket takes the title of senior vp/co-creative director, and P-R’s Bob Kwait becomes executive vp/co-creative director.
The merged agency has resigned Scripps Clinic and Research Foundations, which had been a P-R client, to avoid a conflict with Sharp Healthcare, a K&M account.