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Maris, West & Baker Wins Big at 2025 American Advertising Awards
Agency Celebrates Multiple ADDY Wins for Work with Top Mississippi Tourism Brands Maris, West & Baker (MWB) is proud to announce an outstanding showing at the Mississippi Gulf Coast 2025 American Advertising Awards, bringing home multiple Gold and Silver ADDYs for...
Jana Bell named MWB President
Jana Bell Named President of Maris, West & Baker (JACKSON, MS) — January 6, 2025 — Maris, West & Baker (MWB), a creative company based in Jackson, Mississippi, has named Jana Bell as its new President, effective January 1, 2025. Bell moves into this role after...
MWB and Visit Mississippi win big at ESTO
MWB's "Wanderers Welcome" campaign for Visit Mississippi received a top honor at the U.S. Travel Association's 2023 ESTO (Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations) Awards. The state won the Mercury Award for Broadcast Advertising: Television & Smart TV. "We...
MWB wins national Addy for civil rights history commercial
MWB, a Jackson, Mississippi, advertising agency, won a national ADDY award at the American Advertising Awards held in St. Louis, MO, on June 2, 2023. The agency received a Silver Addy Award in the "Elements of Advertising: Music with Lyrics" category for a TV...
MWB Raises Forks to Support Jackson Restaurants
Going into 2023, Jackson restaurants have had it rough. The water crisis had a major impact on them, and we wanted to do something to help. In true MWB form, we created a restaurant takeover promo to encourage everyone, including us, to get out and support Jackson...
Jana Bell named Partner at MWB
MWB, a creative company headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, has named Jana Bell as the firm’s newest partner. Jana first joined MWB as the vice president of agency marketing in 2015. She has served as the executive vice president of operations since 2020. As MWB’s...
Welcome new members!
We're proud to announce two new members to MWB's creative team. Cole Furlow brings over 13 years of experience in music, sound design, and other creative disciplines. Cole is a graduate of the prestigious Delta Music Institute at Delta State University (Cleveland, MS)...
MWB Wins 19 ADDY Awards after an Unprecedented 2020
So, we cleaned up at the 2020 ADDYs presented by AAF Jackson. As in 19 ADDY Awards — four gold, nine silver, two Best of Show, and the Mosaic Award. In the midst of COVID, pulled out some stellar campaigns for our partner clients, specifically for broadcast, online...
The Whirling Dervish of C
Embrace YOUR own creativity! Take a journey through the land of Sketch with the Whirling Dervish of C., a tale of creativity for all ages. Illustrated by Emily DeVault Foose Written by Tim Mask and Marc Leffler Music by Alice McPhail Narration by Cookie and Marc...
Why The Resurgence Of Tourism Is Instrumental To Mississippi’s Economic Restoration
24 million visitors, $6.7 billion in spending and over 120 thousand jobs - these are the numbers that the tourism industry contributed to Mississippi’s economy in 2019 alone. Just think about those numbers for a second. The tourism industry played a huge part in...
Why Your Blog Stinks and What You Can Do To Fix It
What’s that smell you can’t seem to pinpoint? It’s your blog - it stinks. It’s not effective. Having a blog has a lot of similarities to a company’s social media efforts. So many do it because somebody told them it needed to be done. Don’t even bother with it if you...
MWB50 Mississippi Tourism with Marlo Dorsey
The first series in MWB's 50th anniversary "Create For Good" focuses on the impact that tourism and hospitality have for Mississippi. Tourism is BIG business for the cities and regions across our state. Joining us in-studio to discuss both statewide tourism as well as...
Why Now Is The Perfect Time To Crank Up Your Marketing Efforts
Many people are questioning whether now is a good time to crank up their marketing efforts. In short, yes - now is the time to double down. Just think about it for a second. Everyone is on their devices, streaming, watching tv and looking for any kind of content to...
MWB Adds New Talent, Partner Clients
In the first few months of 2020, MWB has added new talent to our creative staff, expanding our service offerings and capabilities. We are additionally thankful for new partner clients who have tapped MWB for brand development and marketing services.New HiresBobby...