Doner Media

To celebrate the holidays and as a thank you for a year’s worth of hard work, Doner treated employees to a Hollywood inspired holiday affair. The night was filled with bright lights, glamour and, of course, lots of tinsel!

Food, drinks and desserts were enjoyed throughout the evening while jazz standards filled the air and brought people onto the dance floor.

We welcomed all the guests who dressed as movie characters and celebrities to take the stage and compete for best dressed. Dave Wysocki won for funniest costume, dressed as Tom Cruise in “Risky Business.” Jake Thompson and Bob Beras tied for best lookalike.  Jake transformed himself into the Old Man from “Up” and Bob came as the Dude. Ken Spera and Mike Brooks won for best couple, dressed as “Pulp Fiction”.

Guests chatted, danced and posed for the paparazzi in the photo booth until it was time to leave the flashy lights of Hollywood behind.

The holiday party was a great way to celebrate the agency and the season.

Check out some photos from our Tinseltown event below.

Happy Holidays! See you in 2012.

Chip Apthorp, Patti Cullen, Alex Keto and Emily Beach have joined Doner.  They’ll be bringing their skills to the Perkins® Restaurant & Bakery brand leadership team, contributing to the growth of brand equity and restaurant traffic.

Chip, Patti, Alex and Emily each bring extensive experience in field marketing and Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) branding.  In their new roles Chip, Patti, and Alex are VP, regional brand leaders and Emily a regional brand leader. They will be working closely with franchise locations to provide regionalized marketing to create targeted promotions.

For details on Chip, Patti, Alex and Emily’s backgrounds read more from the press release here.

Chip Apthorp                                                   Patti Cullen

Emily Beach                                                                      Alex Keto

Employees showcased their sports team pride and tailgating finesse at our first annual September Dunkin Doner tailgate.  Along with bragging rights and the joy of inter-office competition, the winners Trisha Field, Gail Offen and Grant Hawkins won gift cards in honor of their Fandemonium.

The event included a competition amongst six employees to see who tailgates in best fashion.  Sarah Reading won with a “I’m Thinking Sparties” themed car.   The impressive spread included Arby’s Big Chill paraphernalia, cornhole and lots of State pride.  To congratulate her on a well-outfitted tailgate, Sarah was awarded a Coleman steel belt cooler, to further cement her awesome tailgating capabilities for future events.

In celebration of all things great about Michigan in the fall, we enjoyed craft beers from around the state with our chili and hot dogs.  All the bottle caps were donated to the Lingenfelter TableTop project making our Tailgate a green event.

No day of football would be complete without sports highlights and the ads (after all the greatest day of commercials is accompanied by a football game) so an outdoor flat screen TV showcased a compilation of our most recent creative work alongside clips of classic football moments.

A football toss competition completed the event.  Participants threw footballs through tires to test their quarterback capabilities, competing for a pair of tickets to see the Lions take on the Carolina Panthers. The winner was Daniel Councilor.

Enjoy some pictures from our Tailgate below.

Caroline Emmet has joined our Cleveland office as VP, brand leader. In this role she will spearhead our strategic development and the daily operations for our OhioHealth account. We look forward to drawing upon Caroline’s extensive healthcare marketing and advertising experience to continue to achieve great things for OhioHealth’s entire portfolio of hospitals.

Join us in welcoming Caroline to Doner!

Click here to get more details from the press release.

We’re pleased to announce two new employees who have recently joined the agency, Matt Casselton and Gary Gonya.  Matt joins Doner as executive VP, director of digital strategy where he’ll serve as a key member of our management team. His focus will be on enhancing the agency’s digital resources and programs with an emphasis on our approach to social media.  Gary holds the position of senior VP, director of account planning where he is responsible for consumer and business insights along with creative inspiration for several of the agency’s accounts. Matt and Gary will both play a role in our new business efforts.

Matt and Gary each bring a unique strategic point of view and a strong understanding of the consumer. We look forward to drawing upon their experience and insight from working on world-class brands to apply a fresh perspective to our work.

For more details from the press release click here.

                        Gary Gonya                                                        Matt Casselton