Profile

Behind every great company is a personal passion. At Circone + Associates, the passion began long before the business and this fervor is assimilated throughout all our marketing initiatives and creative concepts, producing profound brands and brand equity portfolios.

C+A is structured as a unique team-built concept, invested for more efficient and targeted use of resources: thought leadership, marketing strategy, creative conception, media planning and design, converging together from onset to implementation. Every agency associate must have a superior understanding of modern marketing principles.

We are published poets, writers, lecturers and national speakers. We are Addy Awards, MTV, multi-million dollar recording artists and Rock-Roll Hall of Fame Inductees. We are media mavens, award-winning designers, directors and entrepreneurs. We are experts eager to grow your business and turn you on to the brilliance of branding.

We are fanatics. We are fearless. We are focused.

Highlights + Awards

2010 – Pillar Award for Community Service
Charitable works in central Ohio region and commitment to philanthropy

2009 –  Bowlers Journal International Architecture and Design Award
Best Overall New Bowling Center Worldwide (Interior Branding)

2007 – “Addy” Award
Advertising Industry Self Promotion Broadcast
Circone + Associates BrandScape, AdFed of Columbus, Ohio

2007 – “Addy” Award
Elements of Advertising, Music
spinCONTROL™ BrandScape, AdFed of Columbus, Ohio

2006 – “Addy” Award
Advertising Industry Self Promotion Interactive
Circone + Associates Website, AdFed of Columbus, Ohio

2004, 2005 – Citations of Excellence
Direct Marketing, Consumer Campaign/3D-Mixed
AdFed of Columbus, Ohio

2004 – “Addy” Award
Best Self Promotion Web Site
Eclispe Studios, Client, AdFed of Columbus, Ohio

2001 – Recognition of Outstanding Services
Client Direct Services

2001 – Best Model Web Site
Mortgage Originator Magazine

1999 – Outstanding Commitment Award
Kids-n-Kamp, children with cancer non-profit
Development and production of WNCI’s “Charity for Parody” CD
Earned organization in excess of $130,000.00 in 30 days.

The United States Fencing Association
Agency of Record through 2008 Beijing Olympics
Exclusive Sponsorship Agent.

Exclusive Sponsorship Broker
First White Castle, Official Food Sponsorship Program for the Ohio market,
creating on-site retail locations within a high traffic entertainment complex.
Six figure, multi-year deal.

Brands We've Worked With

Adidas
American Cancer Society
AMI Entertainment Network
Anheuser Busch
AT&T
AutoClick
Bacardi
Barrio Restaurant
BJ Novelty
Bobcat
BoMA
Bueter and Associates
Butch Reynolds, 2 time Olympic Gold Medal
Central Ohio Restaurant Association
Central Ohio Takeuchi
Champfund Mortgage
Coke
Columbus Clippers
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Columbus Restaurant Concepts: Polaris Grille/Peppercorn Grille
The Computer Group
ComStation
Consolidated Financial Management Group, LLC
Coors Brewing Company
Diageo Premium Brands (Johnnie Walker, Jose Cuervo, Smirnoff, Guinness)
Dickerson Law Group
Due Amici Restaurant
Eclipse Studios
Eddie Merlot’s
Ellen Tressel, wife of OSU Football coach Jim Tressel
Friends of Hoop
GameFly
Geffen Records
George Karl, Head Coach of the Denver Nuggets
Glavan Feher Architects
GNS Technology Partners
Gordon Food Service
HealthFirst Chiropractic
Heavy Equipment Forums
Hilton Columbus/Polaris
Huntington Bank
Incredible Technologies
John Deere
John P. McConnell (Personal Roast)
Lucas Baja Racing
Kids ‘n Kamp
Killian’s Irish Red
Kroenke Sports Enterprises
The Kroger Company (Media Placement)
LCI International
Leon Paul
Mattress Mart
McCain Foods
Medalist Marketing Company
Merit Entertainment
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft
Mike’s Hard Lemonade
Miller Brewing Company
MJR Sales
Modular Design Technology
Nextel
New York Chiropractic Council
O.C.M.A./A.M.O.A.
Ohio State Chiropractic Association
OhioHealth, “Speaking of Women’s Health”
Pepsi
PGA Tour, Global VR
Phantom Energy Drink, USA
Pilot Travel Centers
PromoWest Productions (Newport Music Hall, PWP Pavilion, Fat Eddies)
Qwest
Red Bull
RoadTalk
Rule 3
Shaffer Distributing
Shaffer Services
Solar Imaging
Sprint
Sysco
The Sharper Image
Time Warner
TouchTunes
Under Armour
United States Fencing Association
uWink
Visa
The WarFare Foundation
White Castle
WNCI