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About This is the part where we tell you that we’re a full-service marketing communications firm working on some of the biggest brands and most impactful projects around the world. But that doesn’t totally define who we are.

Our Mission

To make a positive impact through creativity.

At Pinckney Hugo Group, we believe in creativity with a cause. It means that we recognize the power not just in what we do, but in why we do it: to make a positive impact on each other, our clients, our community and our world.

Our Vision

Transform the expectation of what an agency can be.

Our Values

As we strive to achieve our mission and vision, and as we continue to grow and face new challenges, our five values will help guide our behaviors, support our goals and make sure we’re strengthening the culture we want to have at PHG.

Attitude

ATTITUDE

A great mindset is our greatest asset

Collaboration

COLLABORATION

Every effort is a team effort

Ownership

OWNERSHIP

We take initiative — and responsibility

Performance

PERFORMANCE

The extra mile makes us extraordinary

Community

COMMUNITY

We are built on belonging

Our Team

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Full-time Team Members
Jef Collier
Senior Systems Administrator
Jef Collier
Kristin Rolfe
Senior Digital Designer
Kristin Rolfe
Sam Merlin
Motion Graphics Designer
Sam Merlin
Tana Heer
HR Director
Tana Heer
Maureen Swick Farina
Senior Vice President of Client Engagement
Maureen Swick Farina
Deanna Pomeroy
Media Buyer
Deanna Pomeroy
Matt Olsen
Talent and Culture Specialist
Matt Olsen
Jake Wolfanger
Digital Media Buyer
Jake Wolfanger

Our Partners

Pinckney Hugo Group

Doug Pinckney 
Doug knows what it's like to be a client because he's been one. Prior to co-founding Pinckney Hugo Group, he spent nearly two decades in senior marketing positions that took him all over the world. This has given him a unique perspective that allows him to be uncommonly effective in solving marketing challenges. Also, he's pretty good at the golf thing.

Chris Pinckney  
Chris likes to create great work that works. He oversees PHG's award-winning team of creatives in making sure everything our agency does is not only amazing—but effective. Before PHG, Chris worked as a senior creative for agencies in New York and Connecticut. Before that, he carried cement.

Aaron Hugo 
Aaron is our clients' secret weapon. He creates and executes strategies designed to make our clients happy and their competition miserable. With both agency and client-side marketing experience, Aaron has worked on everything from small startups to the biggest brands in the world. In short, he makes things happen.

Syracuse HQ

The Courtyard

Our private courtyard makes a great spot for a meeting, lunch, and the occasional hotdog eating contest.

Employee Lounge

The employee bar and lounge offers a place to relax and get social— offline, that is.

Conference Room

It would take 63,069,600 of our conference room tables to reach from the Earth to the Moon. (It still wouldn't be long enough to handle some of our all-staff meetings.)

Our Culture

From employee events and shared milestones to professional development and committees, here’s a look at what makes us, well, us.

PHG Pride
PHG Pride 

Celebrating our LGBTQ+ employees and local community this Pride month and continuing our work towards a more creative and inclusive future.

PHG Kickball
PHG Kickball 

Congrats to Team PHG for overcoming the odds yet again to win back-to-back kickball champions! Did someone say dynasty?

PHG Learns
PHG Learns 

We’re big on staying on top of trends, sharing best practices and learning something new. We’re also big on lunch. Our PHG Learns professional development sessions bring it all together.

PHG Committees
PHG Committees 

Whether it’s making PHG a better place to work, finding new opportunities for learning or helping out in our communities, we have plenty of ways for the team to get involved.

Changing things for the better
Changing things for the better 

In 2016, Michela Hugo discovered an unmet need in our community. So we worked with her to start the CNY Diaper Bank. We are deeply committed to this cause, and so far we’ve been able to distribute over five million diapers to local families in need. Nope, not a typo. Five million.

Mental Health Week
Mental Health Week 

With Mental Heath Awareness Week at the agency, we can’t thank the team enough for creating this week of talks, pet therapy, activities and resources to help make mental health a priority at PHG.