FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2008

Hodgson/Meyers Hires Additional Account and Creative Staff
to Support Growth

Hodgson/Meyers, a full-service marketing and communications agency, has hired three industry veterans to play important roles in account management and design production. Colleen Richardson joins Hodgson/Meyers as a production manager, Willem Buys as a production designer, and Shaye Mitchell as an account coordinator/project manager.

"Colleen, Willem and Shaye are superb additions to Hodgson/Meyers," said Gary Meyers, president and creative director at Hodgson/Meyers. "They will enable us to keep delivering exceptional results to our clients while we continue to grow and take on additional accounts."

As the production manager, Colleen Richardson will be responsible for optimizing workflow within the agency to meet clients' product, timeline and budget requirements. Richardson has extensive marketing experience on both the advertising agency and corporate client side. Recently, she worked as a marketing project manager for Hacker Group, where she oversaw internal production and worked with vendors to complete often complex projects. Previously, Richardson worked as the marketing communications manager for Spacelabs Healthcare and in various marketing roles at Data Dimensions, American Health Products, and Colle's McVoy advertising agency.

Willem Buys comes aboard the agency as a production designer, bringing with him a wealth of design and production experience. Previously, Buys was a production designer for Kendall Ross. Additionally, he has worked as a graphic designer for LizardTech and as a freelance graphic designer, creating advertisements, direct mail pieces, collateral and more for a bevy of different clients. Buys received a bachelor of arts in visual communications from the Graphic Arts Academy in Amsterdam.

Shaye Mitchell joins Hodgson/Meyers as an account coordinator/project manager. Mitchell's experience includes her recent position as marketing project manager for Hacker Group, where she managed the estimating, scheduling and production of projects. There, she coordinated vendor pricing and worked closely with internal account and creative teams. Mitchell has a bachelor of arts in mass communications from Seattle University.

Richardson, Buys and Mitchell arrive at Hodgson/Meyers as the agency continues to grow to support a burgeoning list of local and national clients, including HomeStreet Bank, which recently selected Hodgson/Meyers as their agency of record.

About Hodgson/Meyers
Hodgson/Meyers (pronounced Hodsun/Myerz) is a Kirkland-based marketing communications agency that provides integrated strategy and creative services for business and technology clients. Clients include the Puget Sound Business Journal, Perkins Coie, Fair Isaac Corp., Philips Medical Systems, HomeStreet Bank, F5 Networks and Microsoft. Hodgson/Meyers was named one of the top 100 B2B agencies in America for 2007, the only Washington agency to receive this designation.