Fickett Studios reboots with new name
Laura Fickett reintroduced her advertising and marketing business earlier this month as Culture Media Co. She started her company in October as Laura Fickett Studios.
The Fayetteville-based firm focuses on helping companies build a brand. Fickett said she hopes the new name highlights her work across several platforms including photography and graphic and Web design. She also created a new website, culturemediacompany.com.
Fickett is a Northwest Arkansas Community College graduate and began creating her business model in 2009 as she worked for larger companies.
She does most of the work herself but also employs one part-time employee and is interviewing interns.
Culture Media Co., 101 W. Mountain St., Suite 109, is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment.
Saatchi & Saatchi draws praise from P&G
Saatchi & Saatchi X was one of four ad agencies recently recognized by Procter & Gamble for being what the company called top-performing global business partners. Other agencies honored were SelectNY, Carat and Starcom.
The four shops won P&G's "External Business Partner Excellence Award." The packaged goods company has 75,000 external vendors, suppliers and agencies with which it works. Of these, approximately 500 were evaluated for the award and 1 percent received it.
Saatchi & Saatchi X was recognized for shopper marketing expertise. The Fayetteville-based firm specializes in shopper marketing with the purpose of growing businesses and brand effectiveness. It is part of Saatchi & Saatchi, the Lovemarks Company, and a member of the Publicis Groupe, one of the world's largest communications companies.
Historic Alliance lauds Capitol work
Several local businesses were honored for helping restore the state Capitol dome. The Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas presented the project with an honorable mention award in the Excellence in Preservation through Restoration category during an awards banquet Jan. 9 in Little Rock.
The project included repairing the damaged plaster work on the dome's interior, recreating the original color scheme of the rotunda, replacing the original winch and its platform that raised and lowered the large ornamental chandelier, and performing routine maintenance to the dome, its lighting and windows to protect the interior surfaces.
The design team included:
• Architect of record: Hight-Jackson Architects Inc. of Rogers.
• Electrical design: HSA Consulting Services Inc. of Fort Smith.
• Preservation consultant: Clements & Associates/Architecture Inc. of North Little Rock.
• Painting conservation: Evergreene Architectural Arts Inc. of Chicago.
Construction Team
• Scaffolding: Darraugh Co. Inc. of Lowell.
• Construction manager: Baldwin Shell Construction Co. Inc. of Little Rock.
• General painting: McCormick Painting Co. Inc. of Little Rock.
• Decorative painting: Evergreene Decorative Arts Inc. of Chicago.
• Plastering: Oaks Brothers Inc. of Greenbrier.
• Waterproofing/sealants: Roberts McNutt Co. Inc. of North Little Rock.
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