Polese Clancy | Press Release: Mantoni

AWARD-WINNING CREATIVE JOINS POLESE CLANCY

Boston, MA,January, 2002 – Polese Clancy Inc., an integrated marketing firm serving major players in the business-to-business space, has brought aboard a top creative talent to add additional depth to its creative department.

Leigh Mantoni, who currently serves as President of the Boston Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), will take on the role of Senior Designer. Her first assignments will include brand development evolution and creative strategy and execution for the firm's roster of high technology clients. Mantoni will also assist in developing brand extension programs for other key client areas, as well as in generating new business for the firm.

Mantoni joins Polese Clancy from Art Technology Group (ATG) in Cambridge, MA, where she co-developed the company's current brand identity and creative directed all internal and external communications. Prior to ATG, Mantoni designed multi-tiered visual identity programs for Fidelity and New England Financial.

Mantoni's recent creative work has earned her multiple, national awards for excellence from NEDMA, the Art Directors Club and the Association of Credit Unions and Neena Papers.

"Leigh is incredibly talented," says Ellen Clancy, Creative Director and co-Founder of Boston's Polese Clancy. Mantoni's strong technology and financial service experience, combined with her holistic, purposeful creative style made her a great fit, Clancy says.

Leigh considers herself a communications designer and commented that, in addition to shaping the evolution of B2B brands, she hopes to convey the important difference that design makes. "I was drawn to Polese Clancy by the work. Strategic communication solutions are the central focus here."

This senior-level addition serves to further enhance Polese Clancy's ability to deliver high-end creative and a hands-on client relationship approach.

Polese Clancy has more than 20 years of experience serving B2B companies in the financial services, high technology, biotech,insurance and pharmaceutical industries. The firm has helped over 100 start-up and Fortune 1000 companies achieve measurable results through strategic brand development and cross-media communications. insurance and pharmaceutical industries. The firm has helped over 100 start-up and Fortune 1000 companies achieve measurable results through strategic brand development and cross-media communications.