ABOUT
What we do.
The foundation of successful marketing is a powerful brand. But how do you create that unique, powerful brand? Well, we have the answer. (You probably saw that coming.) We call it PowerSource Brand Planning, our proven, four-step process that helps clients identify and shape a powerful brand message.
We research your organization, competitors and customers (actual and potential) to uncover opportunities for positioning. We identify both rational and emotional benefits of the features that make your product or service unique and desirable to potential customers.
Based on the results of the research, we conduct a traditional S.W.O.T. analysis; identify features, rational benefits and emotional benefits tied to your brand; and we help you develop a carefully worded brand position that will serve as the foundation for all of your marketing communications.
We produce creative samples to demonstrate your brand in action. These samples may take the form of a logo, theme line, website home page, or advertising campaign.
We create an integrated brand implementation strategy, including a detailed media plan & budget. You now have everything you need to launch your brand.
PowerSource Brand Planning is a great program for marketers at any stage of the product or company life cycle. It’s indispensible if you’re launching a new product or company. And if your product or organization has been around for awhile, a rebranding campaign can really invigorate awareness and sales.
CG offers the PowerSource Brand Planning program both as an a la carte service or as part of our “agency of record” services. To learn more, contact us.
Meet our team.
Jeff Whitcomb
President
Joined Communicators Group in 1984 right out of Ithaca College as a copywriter, broadcast producer and account manager
Spent seven years as Director of Customer Communications for Eastern Mountain Sports, then returned to CG in 1998 as President and became sole owner in 2008
Buffed up his management skills raising a sitcom-worthy five children
Danielle Cutler
Vice President, Account Service
Holds a BA in Business Management from Hartwick College and specializes in project coordination, branding & identity, and marketing strategy
Held various brand, product, and communications management positions at FiberMark, and prior to joining CG, was Brand Manager at Neenah Paper, a leading global specialty material company
Has visited 38 U.S. states and her favorite international destinations include Gran Canaria, Positano, Paris, Akumal, and the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa
Cole Moore Odell
Vice President, Creative Director
Earned a BA in Creative Writing and American Literature at Middlebury College; began in advertising as an Account Executive at Biggs-Gilmore in Kalamazoo, MI before landing a spot in the creative department, where he could stop wearing ties
Joined CG as a copywriter in 2001; became Creative Director in 2013
Holds down Saturday afternoons as a DJ at the community radio station; now taking requests
Cindy Zett
Office Manager,
Assistant Account Manager
Holds a BA in Marketing from Franklin Pierce University
Former Administrative Assistant at Cheshire Medical Center, WYRY Radio, John J. Cronin III Law and CFX Corporation, where she built a career as Director of Public Relations at CFX Corporation before being promoted to Stay-at-Home Mom and Paraeducator II for NH SAU #63
Thrilled to be back in the world of advertising and marketing
Tina Ellis
Senior Account Executive
Earned an associate’s degree in Marketing from Champlain College, and a B.A. in Business from Trinity College
Worked as Marketing Director at Tamarack Service, CFX Bank and Imtec before joining CG in 2001
Serves as the agency’s official Tchotchkes Queen
Chloe Jones
Senior Account Executive
Studied communications at the University of Hartford, holds certifications in Google Analytics, is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Educator.
Ran her own marketing and design company for 17 years supporting B2B and B2C companies, universities, manufacturing companies and nonprofits. Prior to owning her company, she worked in Marketing and Communications and Web Administrator roles for FiberMark, Otis Elevator Company, and Cushman & Wakefield.
To get rid of her fear of heights, jumped off a perfectly good mountain hang gliding … it didn’t work. She’s still afraid of heights.
Jessica Butterfield
Senior Art Director
Holds a B.F.A. in Art from the University of New Hampshire; worked for the Holstein Association USA, as Advertising Manager at Mount Snow, and as art department manager at the Boston Phoenix before joining CG in 2002
Is the agency’s go-to art director for Web design and functionality
Makes wicked awesome birthday cakes (again, we have pictures)
Nicky Dumont
Senior Art Director
Graduated art school with a degree in illustration; joined Communicators Group in the early 90’s for an 11-year first tour as an art director and production manager.
Spent 10 years at a leading publisher of custom healthy lifestyle magazines in the natural product category as art director and executive art director
Can deadlift 175 lbs. and is an enthusiastic DIY-er (restored the wavy-glass windows in her antique cape)
Falyn Arakelian
Art Director
Earned her BFA from the Art Institute of Boston
Started her design career with an agency in Southern Vermont where she stayed for 13 years before joining the CG team
Has a knack for replying to texts with the perfect GIF
Nate Terrill
Art Director
B.S. in Graphic Design and Digital Marketing from Champlain College
‘All-in-one’ designer currently assigned to one of CG’s super-busy longtime healthcare clients
Will be your best friend when you get his witty movie/TV references
Luke Stafford
Digital Media Director
Before joining CG to accelerate digital strategy, spent 10 years building Mondo Mediaworks, a marketing agency specializing in digital content
Studied journalism and media production at Saint Michael’s College
Is an Eagle Scout who lives on a mountainside in Vermont, where he heats his home entirely with wood that he cuts down himself
Raven Gill
Social Media Manager
Graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design from Keene State College and was the first student to graduate from the Morris-August Honors Program with a Graphic Design degree
Holds certifications in Google Search Ads, Google Display Ads, Google Mobile Ads and LinkedIn for Business
Has a mirror twin sister who makes everyone do a double take when she stops by the office
Donovan Cronkhite
Digital Media Strategist
- After graduating with a BS in Scientific and Technical Communication from Michigan Tech, put his degree to good use writing website code instead of instruction manuals.
- Has over 20 years experience working every aspect of the digital ecosystem, from digital marketing strategy and web development, to SEO, SEM and analytics.
- Made first 1/4 mile drag strip pass on a training permit and will still race anything with wheels given the chance.
Roxy Rubell
Copywriter
Sharpened her skills as a public relations and marketing account/senior account executive at Hill & Knowlton and Manning, Selvage & Lee for clients including Proctor & Gamble, Chock full ‘o nuts coffee, Haagen-Dazs, DuPont, Schering-Plough (Coppertone), Equitable Insurance, California Lottery; was Director of PR for California Pizza Kitchen Corporate
Had her own PR and marketing business in Los Angeles before moving back to NH and joining CG
Can sing like Cher while Baking Whoopie® pies
Patience Merriman
Copywriter
Writes copy that is as efficient as it is effective, as represented by her shelf of Addys and other awards
Worked as a newspaper reporter, ran her own agency, and toiled in the copywriting cubicles at several Philadelphia ad agencies before joining CG in 1998
Knows the lyrics to a nearly impossible number of advertising jingles