Susan Andrews Thompson founded The Andrews Agency in 1990 as a public relations, event management and advertising firm. Previously she was vice president of Bill Hudson & Associates, a Nashville advertising and public relations firm where she worked through college until forming her own company. Her experience there included managing public relations accounts such as McDonald's Corporation of Middle Tennessee, Northern Alabama and Southern Kentucky; Country Music Hall of Fame; Barbara Mandrell Celebrity Softball Classic, Sara Lee Classic, Twitty City and others.
In 1995, The Andrews Agency merged with The Ingram Group for two years where Andrews managed the public relations division. In 1998, The Andrews Agency was reformed with previous clients and staff. The agency's strength is in creative planning, strategic planning, media relations, public relations, event management and crisis management.
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Amanda Virgillito Saad is an Account Supervisor with the agency. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mass Communications. After college she spent nearly seven years with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, handling public and community relations. During her time there she received multiple promotions, ultimately holding the title of Director of Public Relations. She handled roughly 30 ongoing campaigns annually, including TPAC’s Broadway series, TPAC Presents series, TPAC Family Field Trips, TPAC Education, and a variety of society, entertainment and institutional engagements. During that time she consistently averaged more than 150 substantial local and regional press features per year, and cultivated strong working relationships with the media. She supervises accounts including Watermark, The Palm, Woodhouse Day Spa, F|H Design among others. Clients rave about her ability to secure feature stories both locally and nationally. Amanda is an active member of the Public Relations Society of America, and continues to stay active in the arts community.
Landin E. King recently joined the Andrews Agency public relations firm as a full-time account services representative. Landin graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a degree in mass communication focusing in public relations and marketing. He was the vice president of the MTSU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. Landin has completed internships with both the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. He was recently honored by MTSU as one of their outstanding public relations graduates for 2010. Landin has worked in event planning, campaign development, social media strategy, media relations and online marketing.
