After losing Eddie Snyder to Florida’s Zimmerman Agency, ivory has refreshed its direction with a new Creative Director. Brad Ashton was named Senior Vice President and Creative Director of the agency and is positioned to help the company sustain its growth and encourage its ascension to becoming one of the nation’s leading agencies. President and CEO, Terry Sagedy said, “[Brad’s] love for entertaining and effective advertising combined with his vast experience in consumer marketing make him an incredible addition to ivory.”

Ashton got his start at a high-tech, B2B agency in D.C. and has worked for such agencies as J. Walter Thompson in Houston, Texas, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. in addition to Lewis Communications in Birmingham, Alabama, and D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles in St. Louis.

He has produced campaigns for the likes of the U.S. Marine Corp., TWA, Pac Bell, Southwestern Bell, HGTV, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Anheuser Busch, Shell, and Texaco. Welcome Mr. Ashton.