Turtledove Clemens
American marketing communications agency
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Company type
PrivateFounderEarl Heims
Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Integrated marketing communications |
| Founded | Portland, Oregon, United States (1942) |
| Founder | Earl Heims |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Jay Clemens (CEO/President) Stuart Samuelson (Vice President) |
| Website | www.turtledove.com |
Turtledove Clemens is an American privately owned integrated marketing communications agency based in Portland, Oregon. The agency's offices are in the historic Jefferson Station building.[1]
Works
Founded by Earl Heims in 1942, it is one of the oldest currently operating advertising agencies in Oregon.[2]
The agency provides local and regional clients with advertising, interactive, media buying, graphic design, and public relations services. The company has produced work for Oregon for Kennedy (1960),[3] Oregon State Health Division (1987)[4] and Oil Can Henry's.
Timeline
- 1942: Earl Heims & Associates founded
- 1958: Harry Leonard Turtledove joins Earl Heims and the agency becomes Heims and Turtledove Agency, which later became Turtledove Clemens, Inc.[2][5]
- 1959: Produced campaign featuring appearance by Playboy Playmate Lisa Winters for opening of Nudelman's University Shop in Downtown Portland
- 1960: Handled advertising for John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in Oregon[6]
- 1969: Produced child abuse campaign for the State of Oregon; a poster produced as part of the campaign was later placed in the Smithsonian collection
- 1972: Jay Clemens joins agency
- 1977: Clemens becomes a partner and the agency is renamed Turtledove Clemens
- 1986: Produced Oregon Health Division AIDS awareness campaign
- 1992: Acquired majority interest in Seattle agency Ballard Bratsberg[7]
- 2007: Moved into current offices in Jefferson Station building
- 2008: "Visiting Friends & Relatives" campaign produced by Turtledove Clemens for Clackamas County Tourism & Cultural Affairs[8] wins Gold Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) David Ogilvy Research Award[9][10]
- 2011: Harry Turtledove dies[11]