Schifino Lee recently added five new hires and plans to look for more creative talent in the near future.
The Tampa-based media and communications agency was founded in 1993 by Ben Lee and Paola Schifino. The firm specializes in integrated communications, including digital, experiential and traditional media. Services include market strategy and planning, creative work and media buying.
The company has experienced recent growth, leading to the addition of five new hires -- four in the creative realm and one account executive, bringing them to 22 employees in all. They are currently hiring a Copywriter and hope to bring in additional account managers in the near future.
The growth is attributed to the economic climate and client demand.
"The economic climate is good in the Tampa Bay area," says co-founder and principal Ben Lee, noting that clients don’t need to go to Chicago or Los Angeles for good quality advertising work. The Tampa Bay advertising market is on the same level playing field as anywhere in the country.
A native of Tampa, Lee returned to the area to start Schifino Lee after living in New York and the Netherlands and receiving an MBA at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Tampa has gained national recognition for being a good place to be, a good place to do business." says Lee. "Clients are coming here expecting great work out of the area."
Schifino Lee’s local clients include
Alessi,
Wellcare Health Plans,
Gerdau and
Lowry Park Zoo as well as pro-bono clients the
Tampa Bay Partnership,
Tampa Museum of Art and the
Shelton Quarles Foundation.
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