Project Team QualificationsDeborah Edmondson, owner of Gazelle Communications Group, has over 20 years of marketing experience. Her career includes marketing managerial positions with major corporations such as JC Penney, Johnson Publishing Company and Essence Communications; and she has consulted with several corporations in Asia and Africa desiring to open in the US market.The firm's initial focus, when it began in 1995, was small business development. Today Gazelle Communications Group is a multi-service agency focusing on creative integrated marketing concepts for new and small businesses. Clients have included the Native Island Business & Community Affairs Association, Hilton Head Island Chamber of Commerce, Companions, Nurses and Nannies and Coastal Cardiovascular Clinic, to name a few. Gazelle Communications Group meets the needs of small businesses and organizations looking to increase market share. Carolyn Grant , owner of CG Communications, has been in the field of communications for 19 years. Her background includes journalism, marketing, public relations, grant writing, speech writing and event planning. She has combined her experience as a professional journalist for a local newspaper and her experience in marketing and public and community relations to offer a range of professional services for clients. Clients have included Abe's Native Shrimp House, Terry Grant Enterprises, the Hilton Head-Bluffton NAACP, Professional Elite, the Native Island Business and Community Affairs Association, the Fast Lane Track Club and Hilton Head Public Service District #1. She has provided free-lance articles for Hilton Head Monthly Magazine, Minority Golf Magazine and The Island Packet newspaper. She has done considerable pro bono work for local organizations that needed assistance with public relations, marketing, grant writing and other communication services. The basic philosophy of CG Communications is to develop effective and creative communications to support marketing and public relations strategies. |
