March, 2010 - NIA Welcomes Jessica Dawson, Sr. Account Director

NIA is pleased to announce the addition of Jessica Dawson as Sr. Account Director. Jessica comes to NIA Creative with 12 years of progressively responsible experience in business development and project management focused primarily on the building industry where she coordinated large development projects from national home builders, and eventually went on to manage an outside sales team. Jessica also held senior account management positions in the insurance industry where she sold health, long-term care, life, property and casualty policies. As Sr. Account Director for NIA Creative, Jessica will focus her talents on developing and maintaining relationships with new and existing clients, as well as managing their projects to ensure communications goals are met. Jessica majored in Education at Anne Arundel College. She is an avid blogger and social networker as well as a creative writer, having had her poetry published in several magazines.

Managing Director Jennifer Finetti notes, "Jessica is filling an important role for NIA, serving as primary liaison between customers and the creative team. As our business - and our customers' business - continue to grow and evolve, it is critical that our customers feel not only that their needs are met, but also that we can anticipate challenges and respond at-the-ready no matter what the situation may be. We have built our reputation on both our response time and the quality of our work; Jessica will ensure that reputation continues to precede us as we move forward."

About NIA Creative:

NIA Creative was founded in 1996 and has grown to become a trusted go-to marketing partner for healthcare and technology companies and public sector/non-profit organizations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and U.S. In 2005, NIA launched its healthcare division, NIA Creative Health, to better meet the needs of device, pharma, diagnostics and consumer health firms. NIA is unique in that both traditional agency and full-scale production services are available in-house. Services include advertising and branding, web development, video production, animation, interactive media development and tradeshow/event marketing. Clients include Baxter BioScience, Biogen Idec, Cadence Design, Carl Zeiss Meditec, City of San Jose, Clarity Medical Systems, eHealthInsurance.com, Genentech, HA Logistics, Kaiser Permanente, Marin County Department of Health & Human Services, NuGEN Technologies, SellPoint, Tensilica, Themis, Workday and Zhone Technologies. For more information, visit www.niacreative.com and www.niacreativehealth.com.