MP&F Public Relations has named Mary Elizabeth Davis, former managing editor of Southern Living magazine, as its first Creative Services director.

At Southern Living, Davis was responsible for directing brand operations and overseeing the production of editorial content. She has deep experience working across multiple brand platforms to identify and execute new business opportunities, and has worked with brands such as Swanson, Delta, South Walton Beach and Thermador.

Davis will manage MP&F’s six-person Creative Services department, which is responsible for clients’ graphic and digital design needs such as marketing materials, advertising, websites and videos.

“A communications strategy that integrates topnotch graphic and digital design is critical to successful campaigns,” said MP&F partner Katy Varney. “We have an extremely talented and versatile Creative Services team at MP&F, and are thrilled to bring in Mary Elizabeth to help grow our agency’s efforts in this area.”

Davis is returning to her native Nashville, after nearly 10 years working at Southern Living in Birmingham, Ala. She is a graduate of Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., where she studied graphic design. Davis and her husband, Evan, have a son, Hobbs, age 2.

For more information, please contact:

Hamlet Fort, (615) 259-4000, hfort@mpf.com

About MP&F Public Relations

MP&F Public Relations is an award-winning, full-service public relations firm in Nashville, Tenn. MP&F provides total communications and marketing services for a diversified client mix at the local, regional and national levels. MP&F is also one of the largest independent public relations firms in the Southeast. For more information, go to www.mpfnewsite.wpengine.com.