Eric Mower and Associates is an integrated marketing communications agency that offers consumer and business-to-business advertising, public relations and public affairs, brand promotion and digital/direct/relationship marketing.[1]
EMA was named a finalist for a PRWeek “Agency of the Year” Award in the small PR agency category for 2010 [2] and 2011.[3] In 2009, the agency was named runner-up in the midsize agency category by BtoB magazine in its annual Top Agencies Special Report.[4]
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Eric Mower joined the agency in 1968 and in 1975 it became Silverman & Mower. In 1980, the firm became Eric Mower and Associates.[5]
EMA combined with Levy King & White of Buffalo, N.Y., in 1990 and Blair BBDO of Rochester, N.Y., in 1991. EMA opened its offices in Albany, N.Y.,[6] in 1996 and in Atlanta, Ga., in 1998. EMA combined with Mitchell, DeTine & Neiler of Buffalo, N.Y. in 1999; Smith Advertising Group of Syracuse, N.Y., in 2000;[7] Sage Marcom of Syracuse, N.Y. in 2001;[8] and Price McNabb of Charlotte, N.C. in 2004.[9] In 2008, EMA combined with Mark Russell Associates of Syracuse, N.Y. and Atlanta [5] and with Sawchuck Brown Associates of Albany, N.Y.[10]
In 2009, EMA was ranked by: BtoB Magazine as one of the top two midsize U.S. business-to-business agencies;[11] PROMO Magazine as #8 retail agency in the U.S. and #30 out of the top 100 promotional agencies;[12] PRWeek as #34 out of the top 156 firms in the U.S.;[13] and Adweek as #61 out of the top 100 major advertising firms in the nation.[14]
In 2011, Doug Bean was named chief operating officer.[15]
ClosetMaid; Dresser Rand ; FedEx; Fisher-Price; Ford Dealers; KI Furniture; Kodak; Labatt USA; LENOX/Newell Rubbermaid; Mattel; Motorola; Nucor; Sorrento Lactalis Transitions Optical; Welch Foods, Inc.[1]>; GE Energy;[16] Dixie Plates (Georgia Pacific).[17]
Eric Mower and Associates has seven U.S. locations: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse (in Armory Square), and Albany, New York; Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; and Los Angeles, California.[1]
The firm has 235 professionals.[18]
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American Association of Advertising Agencies,[29] Public Relations Society of America, IPREX[30]