Check out Brunner
The corner of Stanwix Street and Fort Pitt Boulevard no longer looks bare now that the landmark revolving sign located at 11 Stanwix Street has been replaced. Building owner, 110 Gulf Associates of Pittsburgh, and locally based ad agency, Brunner, whose name has been featured on the sign since 2001, removed it over the summer to update it. The change came as a result of the agency shortening its name from Blattner Brunner to Brunner earlier this year.
Originally featuring the iconic Westinghouse “W” for several decades when that company occupied the building, the sign was changed to Blattner Brunner when the agency moved into the building in 2001. Brunner has been a leading member of the Pittsburgh advertising community since its inception in 1989. Today, the agency is one of the Top 100 ad agencies and Top 75 digital marketing firms in the U.S. Brunner also has offices in Atlanta and Washington, DC.
CEO Michael Brunner, who is also one of the firm’s founders, announced in June 2008 that Blattner Brunner would become Brunner, and its award-winning digital marketing group, formerly bbdigital, would become Brunner Digital. Mr. Brunner was sole owner of the agency from January 2003, when co-founder, Joe Blattner, sold back his shares, until this year when he named three new partners: Scott Morgan, president; Mary Kay Modaffari, EVP, Pittsburgh managing director; and Petra Arbutina, EVP, director of contact strategy.
Brunner is an independent advertising and marketing services firm with 200 employees and $200 million in annual capitalized billings. The agency provides advertising, digital, direct, public relations, and design services to clients that include American Bankers Association, Atlanta Bread, Beazer Homes, CONSOL Energy, Cub Cadet, The Dow Chemical Company, GlaxoSmithKline, GNC, Philips Healthcare/Respironics, and Zippo.
