Mintz & Hoke Promotes Sheffield, Banta

Two staffers who have played key roles in Mintz & Hoke’s recent business development have been elevated to vice president.

The Avon, Conn., agency gave Eulah Sheffield, director of interactive services, and David Banta, associate creative director, the additional title of vp. Both will retain their current positions.

The pair will now have more responsibility in deciding the roles that creative and interactive will play in shaping business for the agency. A key goal of both is to expand the shop’s client roster, which last year saw the addition of The Hartford Courant, Sikorsky Aircraft and Electric Boat.

As head of the agency’s five-person interactive services department for two and a half years, Sheffield helped build the department’s client roster with names such as Mass Mutual, Ingersoll Rand, Crompton Corp.