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In the beginning, there was New York advertising. Then came Harry Jacobs. The former chairman/creative director of The Martin Agency in Richmond, Va., inducted last week into The One Club Hall of Fame, spent his career demolishing the “regional equals second-rate” stereotype.
His quest began in the late 1960s at Cargill Wilson & Acree in Charlotte, N.C., with exquisite, focused print work for Hanes and Scripto. “I realized that to compete with New York, you needed a strong creative component,” says Jacobs.
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