Advertising and Marketing, Nashville, TN

Jeffrey Buntin Jr. was featured as the guest speaker at the kick-off of "BUZZ Nashville: The Business of Design" networking series.

Nashville, Tenn. (January 11, 2008) - Nashville, Tenn.-based The Buntin Group will launch its first campaign for Direct General Corporation since being named agency of record for the insurance provider in July 2007 after a national search.

Nashville, Tenn. (November 5, 2007) - The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) honored The Buntin Group and Buntin Out-of-Home Media, the agency's outdoor media management division, with 2007 Out of Home Media Planning Awards for outdoor advertising efforts for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee and Partnership for Drug-Free America.

Nashville, Tenn. (October 25, 2007) - The Buntin Group President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Buntin, Jr. has announced that Greg Stielstra has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Director of Integrated Delivery.

Nashville, Tenn. (August 14, 2007) - The Buntin Group's current methamphetamine campaign for the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) has been honored with a 2007 Jay Chiat Planning Award. The Nashville agency was one of only eight medalist agencies to be recognized from across the globe - for exhibiting the best strategic thinking within the advertising industry - at the American Association of Advertising Agencies 2007 Account Planning Conference in San Diego on August 6.

Nashville, Tenn. (August 1, 2007) - The Buntin Group's latest outdoor advertising effort for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has been honored with a 2007 Stevie Award for the Best Outdoor Advertising Campaign. The award was presented recently during the American Business Awards (ABA) in New York City.

Nashville, Tenn. (July 26, 2007) - After a national search, The Buntin Group has been named agency of record for Nashville-based Direct General Corporation, the financial services holding company best known for providing non-standard personal automobile insurance through its Direct Insurance subsidiary.

Nashville, Tenn. (June 11, 2007) - Nashville-based agency The Buntin Group has announced former DraftFCB Chicago Group Creative Director Matt Horton as Executive Vice President and Executive Creative Director.

Nashville, Tenn. San Diego, Calif. (May 11, 2007) - Jeffrey Buntin, Sr., chairman of Nashville, Tenn.-based Buntin Out-of-Home Media, was among four featured speakers this week addressing attendees here at the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) 2007 National Convention and Trade Show.

Nashville, Tenn. (March 19, 2007) - Throughout history, as businesses go, most new advertising agencies have been fortunate to make it through their first full year - with five years a real rarity. So the odds weren't exactly in Jeffrey Buntin's favor when he opened the doors to Buntin Advertising in 1972. But the company that still bears his name - The Buntin Group - will celebrate its 35th year in business throughout the 2007 calendar year with a retrospective look at its past while preparing for a major remodeling and expansion of its home office.