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What You Should Know About Interning at an Agency 

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During my time at MP&F, I learned a lot about working on a larger team, not to mention staying on top of projects in a fast-paced environment. Here are some of my top tips for a successful agency internship:  Write it down  The notes app on my phone got me only so far once I began my time as an intern. I’ve never been a planner or Post-it Note person, but I found myself benefiting a lot from writing out my to-do lists. I even developed my own system of organizing tasks and projects depending on the due dates. I …

Kate Chinn Joins MP&F Strategic Communications 

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Chinn Becomes Seventh Partner in 35-Year-Old Agency NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 8, 2022) – Nashville native and business and community leader Kate Sherrard Chinn has joined MP&F Strategic Communications as a partner, it was announced today. Chinn most recently served as vice president and head of community and civic engagement at AllianceBernstein, a post she held for nearly four years. In this role, she was instrumental in establishing the firm’s local presence and corporate social responsibility strategy through the transition from New York to Nashville, including corporate philanthropy, community disaster response, volunteerism and employee engagement. In 2021, Chinn scaled this strategy …

Communications Internship Fall 2024

MP&F Staff Internships

MP&F Strategic Communications is seeking interns who are college juniors, seniors, graduate students or recent graduates to take on a variety of projects across all agency service lines including public relations, marketing and advertising. Interns will be assigned to specific client teams to perform tasks such as research, writing and editing assignments of all kinds, media relations, event planning, print and digital media monitoring, social media monitoring and content creation, project management, advertising basics, tasks related to integrated marketing and analytics, and more. Students applying for a fall or spring internship must be able to dedicate 20-40 hours a week. Students applying for …

Award-Winning Team Bailey and Cocke Reunite To Lead Creative Department at MP&F 

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Bailey joins, Cocke promoted to director of Creative Services roles  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 17, 2022) – MP&F Strategic Communications today announced that Don Bailey and Tom Cocke, two industry powerhouses, will lead and grow its award-winning creative team as directors of Creative Services.   Bailey, a multi-time Art Director of the Year award winner, will join the agency as director of Creative Services, Design. Cocke, an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, joined MP&F last year and has been elevated to director of Creative Services, Copy. Bailey and Cocke assume the leadership roles following Mary Elizabeth Davis, the …

MP&F Strategic Communications Names Knight Stivender as Partner in Firm

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 24, 2022) – Marketing veteran Knight Stivender has been named a partner at MP&F Strategic Communications, it was announced today. Stivender joined MP&F in 2018 as the firm’s first director of integrated marketing and data analytics. She led a growing team of marketing professionals on behalf of a variety of clients, including Log Still Distillery, Aegis Sciences Corporation, ADS Security, United Way of Middle Tennessee, Solstice Senior Living and the University of Tennessee. “Knight began making a difference in this company from the first day she arrived,” said Jennifer Brantley, MP&F’s managing partner. “Her marketing and data …