There’s some new leadership at Osborn & Barr Communications. Like Steve Kunkel here who is now Vice President of Client Services for the St. Louis office.
Steve came to O&B with a proven record of business growth. Prior to joining the agency, he served as managing partner and account director at Copper Advertising in Kalamazoo, Mich. and directed new business efforts that won accounts with AAA Michigan, HoMedics Personal Care Products and Cielo Baths by Whirlpool Corporation. Steve also served as a vice president and account supervisor for The Puckett Group in St. Louis, where he played an instrumental part in helping the agency more than double its billings and staff in five years.
Suzan Knese has been hired as the Director of Human Resources and oversees all human resources activities within the agency. She also serves as a valuable member of Osborn & Barr’s management team.
Suzan gained extensive knowledge of the advertising industry and the human resources needs of an agency during her nine years as the vice president/director of human resources at D’Arcy Advertising, where she implemented new evaluation plans and assisted the corporate officers with culture integration during two mergers and acquisition. Her prior experience also includes running her own human resources consulting firm, Source One.