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Trumpet Advertising will expand its workforce by 21 percent following its$15 million win of Venture Health Partnership Group.
Six new hires will join the staff of 28 soon, said Jim Gradl, Trumpet co-founder. Four staffers will work at the New Orleans headquarters and two at Trumpet’s four-man office in New York.
Trumpet has also added a public relations department with the arrival last month of Brian Oberkirch, a transfer from Gleason/Calise/Associates of Dallas, who brought $300,000 in new business.
The 4-year-old agency was founded by Gradl, Robbie Vitrano and Pat McGuinness when New Orleans’ oldest ad shop, Bauerlein, collapsed in bankruptcy liquidation.
“We started out with a reputation as a creative boutique, but we’ve grown into a full-service agency,” Gradl said.
Trumpet’s billings have climbed from $13 million in 1999 to $30 million today.
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