Jacki Keating joins team and agency included in Charlotte Business Journal list

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 1, 2016) – Local agency SPARK Strategic Ideas has lots of growth to celebrate this month. SPARK recently hired Jacki Keating as Account Executive (a.k.a. Jacki-Of-All-Trades), expanding the agency’s account service team, and was also named to Charlotte Business Journal’s Largest Charlotte-area Advertising and Marketing Agencies List. 

Keating joined SPARK after working as an account executive at Style House Public Relations in New York City, where she was in charge of all client consulting and PR for various fashion brands. Past editorial placements and features consisted of Cosmopolitan, Glamour, InStyle, Marie Claire, O The Oprah Magazine, SELF, Seventeen, and Teen Vogue among others. Keating also previously worked as a SaaS Media Sales Consultant where she cultivated strong business relationships with Fortune 500 companies and maintained monthly sales goals.

“This is a new start for me, and I’m looking forward to working with brands outside of the fashion industry. I’m hoping to bring fresh ideas to the table to help SPARK and our clients build long-lasting relationships,” said Keating. 

A testament to SPARK’s continued growth, both with the hiring of new employees and taking on new accounts, the agency also made the Charlotte Business Journal’s list of top advertising and marketing agencies in Charlotte for the first time. The list was compiled by submitted data, and the newspaper ranked each advertising and marketing agency in the Charlotte-area by total revenue from 2015.

“Our agency has grown steadily and consistently over the past few years, and it’s exciting to now be recognized as one of the largest advertising agencies in Charlotte,” said Anne Marie Holder, SPARK CEO. “Making the Charlotte Business Journal’s list is an honor and means a lot to the SPARK team who always works so hard.”