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SRA Hires Managers for Account Teams

LINCOLN, Neb. (August 1, 2007) - Swanson Russell Associates (SRA), Nebraska’s largest marketing communications firm, welcomes new arrivals in its account service department.  Laura Wiese and Christopher Lee have joined the agency as account managers and Jeremy Stanislav serves as an associate account manager.

Wiese, Lee and Stanislav serve as liaisons between SRA and clients.  They are responsible for developing and initiating strategic plans based upon clients’ marketing objectives, and work with internal teams to ensure successful execution of clients’ marketing communications projects.

Wiese works with soil solution provider PROFILE Products LLC.  Before coming to SRA, Wiese was program coordinator of the Advanced Scholars program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL).  She has also worked as a business manager for Clinique Laboratories/Dillards, Inc. and was an administrative assistant with the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.  Wiese is originally from Lincoln and earned both a teaching certificate and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from UNL.

Lee manages several of SRA’s outdoor recreation accounts including Humminbird, Minn Kota and Bullet Weights.  He hails from Grand Forks, N.D.  While in Grand Forks, he was the director of marketing and promotions for the University of North Dakota’s athletic department.  Lee also worked in community/public relations for the Kansas City Royals and was a marketing coordinator at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks.  He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from UNL and is a member and conference representative of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA).

Stanislav works with optics manufacturer Leupold and other outdoor recreation accounts.  Prior to joining SRA, he was marketing director for a Lincoln-based remediation company, Bockmann, Inc.  He also worked for the Pickering Creative Group, also located in Lincoln, in the marketing services department.  Stanislav is from Prague, Neb., and received a bachelor’s degree in journalism with emphasis in public relations from UNL.  He is a member of the American Marketing Association and Lincoln’s Young Professionals Group.

Founded in 1962 and with offices in Lincoln and Omaha, SRA offers its clients advertising, public relations and other marketing communications services.  SRA serves a wide variety of businesses and other organizations across the country and specializes in the outdoor recreation, agribusiness, health care and green industries.  For more information, visit www.swansonrussell.com