Charleston, SC-based ad and marketing agency The Brandon Agency has acquired Charlotte-NC based digital and creative firm Artizen Studio.
Artizen specializes in digital, print, web, video and photography design, as well as app development and animation. The agency, which was founded in 1996 by owner and creative director Cary Murphy, counts Dean Foods, Snyder’s-Lance, Nucor Corporation and S&D Coffee & Tea as clients.
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Artizen, which has now been rebranded as part of The Brandon Agency, will retain its staff and current client roster. The Brandon Agency, which maintains a Charlotte office, will consolidate its physical location in that city into Artizen’s current headquarters. Murphy has been named Brandon Agency regional president and group creative director.
The acquisition, BA's fourth in the last three years, continues a pattern of robust expansion for the agency. The Brandon Agency in 2013 acquired Cleveland’s Benghiat Marketing & Communications, followed by its 2014 acquisition of Breckenridge, CO-based agency Wilson-Lass and last year’s acquisition of Chattanooga shop KMT Creative.
“Over the past three years, The Brandon Agency has focused very specifically on expanding our clients, our talent, our agency offerings, our areas of expertise, and our geographic footprint across the United States,” The Brandon Agency CEO Scott Brandon told O’Dwyer’s. “We look forward to bolstering our agency's presence in Charlotte in particular in the upcoming years as we build off of Artizen’s strong digital and creative expertise, combined with our own agency's full-service experience and offerings within various niche markets. We know that this is how we will truly deliver business-generating ideas and work for our clients.”
The Brandon Agency, which also maintains offices in Myrtle Beach, SC and Sofia, Bulgaria, was founded in 1959.
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