Ascentium Continues to Grow With Expanding Roster of New Talent

SEATTLE, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentium Corporation, an experience agency that changes how brands engage the world, announces a series of strategic new hires across its creative, account and technology teams to keep pace with its growing business and the evolution of the marketing industry.

Among the over 20 new hires since January 1 is Debbie Yount as managing director. Her credentials in the traditional advertising and digital agency worlds bring a unique blend of industry experience, knowledge and leadership to Ascentium.

Yount joins Ascentium after serving as chief client officer for MRM Worldwide and as chairman and CEO of Publicis Dialog USA. With over 30 years of experience, she has held executive roles at multinational agencies such as Grey Global Group, Bozell Worldwide, Poppe Tyson and N.W. Ayer.

"I am thrilled to be a part of Ascentium," said Yount. "The agency world is reinventing itself yet again and Ascentium is one of those places attracting talent who share a passion for bringing branded experiences to life. And that's what innovative agencies like Ascentium do for their clients."

Some of the best talent recruited from traditional and digital agencies includes Susan Boivin, creative director, previously from Draft FCB; George Vakoutis, account director, from Digitas and Draft FCB; and Keith Cornia, solutions architect, from Expedia and Microsoft. These hires demonstrate Ascentium's continued dedication to consistently delivering exceptional customer experiences.

"Ascentium is committed not only to being one of the country's top digital agencies but also to redefining the agency landscape," said Ascentium CEO Curt Doolittle. "Part of that journey is acquiring the top talent in creative, technology and client services. This change will make good on our promise to help our clients and their brands engage the world."

ABOUT ASCENTIUM

Ascentium, an experience agency, changes how brands engage the world. By fusing strategic account planning with innovative emerging technologies and world-class creative, Ascentium melds a passion for big ideas with an obsession for performance that delivers engaging experiences from awareness to conversion and, ultimately, loyalty. With offices in Seattle, Spokane, Portland, Los Angeles and London, Ascentium provides innovative, business impacting results across multiple channels for some of the world's top brands. As testament to our customer zeal, Ascentium was called out as the agency with the "highest client satisfaction" on the 2009 Forrester Wave™ of Top Interactive Agencies.

SOURCE Ascentium Corporation