Before she came to jhP last spring, Chelle Decker was the marketing director for the Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy. During that time she was in charge of advertising, public relations, printing, design and helping plan special events for TCTA. She was almost a one-woman marketing machine!

In this short clip, Chelle explains the differences between her theatre job and her position at jhP.

This St. Patrick’s Day, we decided to celebrate with a traditional Irish limerick and dance. Watch as graphic designer, Dan Billen, receives a visit from a jigging leprechaun and his poetic partner.

Special thanks to Billy Johnson and Matt Goodwin from Oakland Nazarene for this St. Patrick’s Day surprise. For more information on the looney limerick duo and their fundraising effort, visit www.looneylimerick.com.

Life at jhP was great in 2010! Our family has been expanding – we’ve added clients and staff, so the office was overflowing with jobs and people. In fact, we grew enough to remodel our lower-level space in December to include new offices to accommodate our growing family. Check out the slide show to see our year in review.

We want to thank you for helping make 2010 an unforgettable year filled with new faces, new jobs and new fun! Our success wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the awesome friends, family and community we are proud to call our partners. Thank you – and here’s to another memorable year in 2011!

Our friends at Marian Clinic reached out last week because they are in need of personal hygiene supplies. These products play an important role in the health and comfort of patients seeking low-cost health care services from the Marian Clinic. jhP is holding an internal drive to collect the items listed below, and we invite you to participate.

If you would like to donate, stop by our office and we’ll add your support to our box of supplies. If you haven’t visited the jhP office yet, you can find us in Westboro Plaza on the corner of Huntoon and Lakeside.

The drive for hygiene supplies ends on Friday, Oct. 8, so drop off your donations soon. We look forward to seeing you!

Requested Items:

• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Bath soap
• Hand sanitizer
• Chapstick
• Deodorant
• Toothbrushes
• Toothpaste
• Dental floss
• Talcum powder
• Hand/body lotion
• Cough drops
• Travel-size Kleenex

Last week, jhP threw a going-away party for Sara Bueltel, our fabulous summer intern who is a senior majoring in marketing (with a minor in communications) at Pittsburg State University. Before Sara left, she penned some perspectives on her time at jhP.

Before you enjoy my unique observations of jhP, I’d like to say that being an intern here has meant an amazing few months of discovery for me. Every person you interact with at jhP has the same mindset and message about how important partnership really is. The team possesses outstanding chemistry and produces over-the-top products for great clients. If you ever get the chance to work with the jhP team, I encourage you to jump on the opportunity!

An Intern’s Observations:
• If you can’t find jhP team members at their desks, check the restrooms. They are definitely well-hydrated people. They also take lots of stuff to the bathroom with them, which might be weird if you didn’t know that there is a HUGE counter in the main restrooms. (Just so you know, my desk sat right outside the bathrooms, near the copy machine and printer.)
• On some days you can look around the office and find people with almost identical outfits. Maybe it was the weather or smart planning, but this kind of thing happened more often than you’d think it would!
• If there’s an awkward pause in the conversation, someone really IS thinking about Abraham Lincoln. One of jhP’s former interns shared with the jhP team the little known “fact” that whenever a room becomes weirdly silent, someone is thinking about Abe. (And once that thought seed is planted, it comes true!)
• At jhP, you can always expect to get a personalized, homemade, amazingly designed card for your birthday … and nothing was off limits.
• You could also expect to get some amazing snack food on your birthday because we all know that the jhP team likes to eat!
• jhP is considered to be more “fun” – and that is one of the top reasons that clients prefer to hang out here, especially on Fridays.
• jhP keeps loaded Nerf guns on hand at all times, so beware!
• Most important, the jhP team really is a team and jumps in to help whenever someone needs it. Each person is awesomely adaptable and very welcoming.
• Last, you never know what’s in store for you at jhP tomorrow. In addition to my daily tasks of researching, typing, running errands, entering data, proofing materials, writing blogs, assisting at photo shoots, helping with a video shoot and attending meetings, I was asked to count gumballs, glue pennies, help bring cars into the studio, brainstorm, request materials from several places, stretch my spelling skills on large Post-it notes, conduct experiments to see what cleans pennies best, relearn how to write in cursive, make cupcakes and many other unexpected (and mostly fun!) tasks.