Getting attention and coverage for our client partners has made us newsworthy, too.
2010
04.13.2010
(add)ventures, a multidisciplinary brand communications firm, announces Graham Lubie as the new director, interactive/technology. Lubie will provide additional expertise to (add)ventures’ extensive portfolio of interactive work. With his more than 15 years of technology development and marketing experience, Lubie will also play an integral role in the ongoing expansion of (add)ventures’ product and service offerings.
03.10.2010
(add)ventures has named Nora Crowley manager of Social Impact. Crowley is charged with helping (add)ventures and its client partners drive positive and sustainable social change through corporate citizenship and cause marketing endeavors.
2009
10.26.2009
(add)ventures congratulates Mary Sadlier, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, for being re-named to the board of directors for the March of Dimes Rhode Island.
At (add)ventures, Sadlier works extensively with client partners to solve their marketing problems, particularly in the areas of public relations, crisis communications, media strategy and event planning. She is a recipient of a Providence Business News “Top 40 Under 40” award and a graduate of Leadership Rhode Island.
09.28.2009
Providence, R.I. (September 28, 2009) – When a record 10,000 runners and walkers hit the streets of Providence for the 20th annual CVS Caremark Downtown 5K, (add)ventures was right where it wanted to be – in the thick of things. While PR/Strategy team members rolled up their sleeves to direct news media and coordinate interviews at media headquarters, other (add)ventures team members laced up their sneakers to take part in Rhode Island’s largest road race! Nothing like breaking a sweat for a great client partner!
04.20.2009
Angie Moncada, managing director, strategy/pr for (add)ventures, recently authored an op-ed in PR News, an industry publication read by senior communications professionals worldwide.
Her piece, entitled “Engaging Employees via Internal Corporate Blogs,” was featured in the April 20th edition of PR News. The article offers tips on how organizations can engage employees in meaningful ways online, while protecting and enhancing their reputations and mitigating management concerns.
04.09.2009
(add)ventures, a multidisciplinary communications consultancy, recently expanded its executive management team by naming Joseph Miech to the newly created position of chief operating officer. As (add)ventures continues its unprecedented growth, Miech will oversee the firm’s operations and improve its procedures and organizational planning. He will also help implement the firm’s strategic global expansion, including overseeing the company’s Latin American gateway office in Miami, Florida.
03.21.2009
With just a few months in Miami, (add)ventures is already starting to feel right at home. Of course the great winter weather helps, but so does the wonderful network of professionals we’re getting to know. In fact, (add)ventures and our friends are playing a part in advancing that network of communications professionals across the region. Our managing director, Angie Moncada, recently co-founded the Latin America Communicators group with Vivian Kobeh, communications director for Latin America at Nokia.
03.17.2009
Scott Maiocchi has joined (add)ventures as the new director, video/animation. He is an award-winning director of photography and editor with more than 15 years of experience. Scott has worked with corporate and commercial clients such as Motorola, HBO, CNN, PBS and numerous Fortune 500 companies. He also had a 14-year stint in the U.S. Army. Scott will enhance our multiple capabilities including videography, animation, and interactive media, as well as manage onset blues, our in-house production studio.
02.11.2009
(add)ventures, a multidisciplinary communications consultancy, announces the promotion of Andrea Reed to vice president, marketing/branding.
01.23.2009
There’s a friendly new face in (add)ventureland. Ashley Barge of Cranston is one of the first people to greet you in our new corporate headquarters. (add)ventures is also pleased to announce the well-deserved promotions of two team members, Andrea Reed, vp of marketing/branding and Erin Henneous, director, design/quality.
2008
10.16.2008
Actor Martin Sheen was in Providence with Congressman Patrick Kennedy for a fundraiser, and stopped to meet some of the leaders of City Year Rhode Island, including Pete Rumsey, board chair of City Year; Jennie Johnson, executive director of City Year, and Steve Rosa, a City Year board member.
10.15.2008
One of Providence's best kept secrets for brain-tingling innovative stimulation is the Business Innovation Summit - known as "BIF." Four team members from (add)ventures attended BIF-4, which featured fashion designer Mark Ecko, Bruce Nussbaum from Businessweek and Tony Hsieh of Zappo's. Team members Steve Rosa, Wayne Vieira, Mary Sadlier and Madis Idarand attended the storyteller format event.
09.21.2008
Under clear blue skies, the (add)ventures corporate team of Erin Henneous, Deanna Holt, Stephanie Cunha, Nicole Acampora, and Amy Capece placed 20th in the Female Open Corporate Team division at the CVS Caremark Downtown 5K. Congratulations to all the members of the (add)ventures family who participated in the Downtown 5K.
Entrance fees for the entire team of 15 participants were supported by (add)love, the company's leadership, opportunity, volunteerism and education committee.
07.14.2008
(add)ventures, a multidisciplinary communications consultancy, announces the addition of Michaela Ward, of Cumberland, R.I., as the newly appointed marketing/branding specialist.
As a member of the strategy team, Ward is responsible for the development and implementation of advertising, marketing, moving pictures and public relations projects. She will assist with the overall marketing strategy for client partners including research for client partners, coordinating on-going project requests, and assisting with new business development efforts.
06.23.2008
(add)ventures, a multidisciplinary communications consultancy, announces the addition of Donna Hart, of Coventry, R.I., in the newly created position of manager, quality/production.
As a member of the creative team, Hart is responsible for managing the quality and production aspects of all client partner campaigns to ensure that projects meet or exceed client expectations. Hart is focused on print production, trade show displays, color correction and ensuring the quality of all (add)ventures production partners.
04.21.2008
(add)ventures, a multidisciplinary communications consultancy and Minority Business Enterprise, announces two new members of its strategy and creative teams. Jason Pamental is the new director of interactive/technology and Andrea Barbosa is manager of public relations/social impact.
03.02.2008
Alexis Gorriarán, Director, Marketing/Multicultural, lead a discussion at the International Special Events Society Northeast Regional Education Conference March 1. The session included: integrated marketing strategies to grow or establish brands or events; marketing tips in a digital world; and simple steps for branding, marketing and advertising success.
02.13.2008
In this world of vastly different ideas, perceptions and lifestyles, communicating with each other is more important than ever.
No one knows this better than Angie Henderson Moncada, public relations manager for (add)ventures, a worldwide advertising and marketing agency based in Providence, RI.
“Thanks to the internet, work can be done anywhere on the globe,” notes Moncada, who will join a panel to discuss international public relations during Communication Week 2008.
2007
03.19.2007
"At the age of 25, long-time City Year Rhode Island board member Steve Rosa did what many that age have dreamed of but few have dared: he quit his corporate job and struck out on his own. His gamble paid off. (add)ventures, the company he began 18 years ago, has grown into an award-winning 30-person full-service creative agency with multinational clients and the capacity to give back to the community both financially and through contributions of time, talent, and expertise."
03.09.2007
The Public Relations Society of America’s Southeastern New England Chapter and the Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce of Rhode Island invited (add)ventures’ Art Director Pablo Rodriguez-Masjoan to share his expertise March 22nd at their event, titled “Reaching the Hispanic Market.” In addition to his work in design services and multicultural affairs at (add)ventures, Pablo has fifteen years of experience in the advertising industry, working in all aspects of the creative side.
02.26.2007
Full-service advertising firms such as (add)ventures in Providence are seeing more and more requests for streaming video.
"(add)ventures recently completed its first streaming video for a Massachusetts client, The First Years, which develops and markets products for babies and infants.
The company planned, scripted, shot and produced a one-and-a-half-minute infomercial on the client's Clean Air Odor Free Diaper Pail."
2005
10.04.2005
(add)ventures Hires Alexis M. Gorriarán for Newly Created Marketing Position
(add)ventures has named Alex Gorriarán as Manager of Marketing. This new position will enhance client relations for a diverse and growing client base. Gorriarán will be responsible for the development and implementation of strategic marketing campaigns, interactive, event production and moving pictures productions. He will also develop programs and marketing tools to recruit diverse clients and better serve multicultural markets.
10.04.2005
(add)ventures, a full-service advertising, design, interactive and public relations agency in Providence, Rhode Island, has announced Nicole Acampora as Graphic Designer.
Acampora will build off her recent experience at the Providence Phoenix to develop creative designs and advertising layouts for clients in (add)ventures’ Food, Fun and Hospitality group, such as Johnson & Wales University.
Acampora graduated from Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA, in 2004, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design.