The Tombras Group has added Drew Conklin to its Knoxville staff as an associate media director. Conklin, who most recently served as the media supervisor for Davis Newman Payne, will create media plans and strategies - as well as coordinate budgets, execute buys, and conduct analysis - for several of the agency’s key national and regional accounts.

Conklin’s previous experience includes media posts with Goody’s Family Clothing at its Knoxville headquarters, KATZ Media Corporation in New York City, and several radio and television stations. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Conklin earned his Media Generalist certification from the Society to Advance Media Professionalism, and he serves on the board of directors for the American Advertising Federation of Knoxville.

With annual billings in excess of $76 million and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, The Tombras Group is one of the largest independently owned advertising agencies in the southern United States. Tombras is the oldest Tennessee advertising agency, the largest Knoxville advertising agency and has branch offices in Nashville and Johnson City, Tennessee; Washington, DC; Charleston, South Carolina; and Fort Collins, Colorado. As a full-service advertising agency, Tombras offers advertising, marketing, branding, web design, corporate branding, search engine optimization, integrated marketing communications and marketing research services. For more information, visit www.tombras.com.