Jay Cranford

Cranford Co., the brother-led marketing agency in Little Rock, saw some pro bono work bring a big payday of acclaim recently. A series of posters for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s “Star Wars”-themed concerts a year ago have grabbed some stellar recognition. read more >

Brands brought big stars, special effects and laughs. But local ad pros say the products were lost in the mix. read more >

Most advertisers played it safe this year. One marketing exec described the crop of ideas as "remarkably ordinary." read more >

Marketing pros say two opposing themes drove the most engagement: newness and nostalgia. read more >

The clicking clock of COVID-19 led Arkansas health officials to bypass typical competitive bidding procedures in awarding $8 million in advertising contracts to three Little Rock marketing firms. read more >

Three Little Rock marketing firms led by Cranford Co. land $8 million in state Health Department contracts for advertising to persuade Arkansans to get COVID-19 vaccinations. read more >

Falling lemons hit the nail on the head, and other heads as well, in the most-praised ad in a funny, fractious and fraternal yearly assessment of Super Bowl commercials by Arkansas advertising pros. read more >

The game plan was simple. Not for the Super Bowl, but for judging the ads. read more >

Cranford Co. is moving from the corner of Main and Sixth in Little Rock's "Creative Corridor" down three doors to 512 Main, once envisioned as a space for Ballet Arkansas. read more >

The Little Rock agency Cranford Co. took home an even dozen regional Addys in the 10th District competition of the American Advertising Awards. read more >

Cranford Co. of Little Rock won 20 awards overall in the regional ADDY Awards for the 10th District of the American Advertising Association in Fort Worth, Texas, finishing second to GSD&M of Austin, an agency of 400 employees. read more >

Cranford Co. was the big winner again at the recent Little Rock ADDY Awards at Rock Town Distillery, including Best of Show for its Twitter “Social Events” campaign, Best of Print for CARE’s “Paws on the Runway” and Best of Public Service for “Heifer Integrated Campaign.” read more >

Wade McCune is returning to advertising, public relations and digital marketing agency CJRW as its creative director on May 9. read more >

One year after splitting with the company their father helped found and launching their own, the Cranford brothers still focus on their father’s legacy. read more >

Cranford Co., the advertising agency founded by brothers Jay, Ross and Chris Cranford, announced Thursday plans to move into office space in the Arkansas Building at 524 Main St. in Little Rock. read more >

Jay, Ross and Chris Cranford have formed a new advertising agency called Cranford Co. — actually a limited liability company — to be located in downtown Little Rock. Their father, Wayne, will be “of counsel” to Cranford Co. read more >

Jay, Ross and Chris Cranford, who left Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods this spring, have formed Cranford Co. and are in negotiations for office space in downtown Little Rock. Their father, Wayne Cranford, will be "of counsel" to the agency. Cranford Co. is in negotiations on about 2,000 SF of office space in downtown Little Rock. read more >

Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods of Little Rock has hired Mark Raines as its new vice president of public relations. read more >

The last two Cranfords at Little Rock's Cranford Robinson Johnson Woods are reportedly out, with one having resigned yesterday, and the other "expected" to resign soon. read more >

The shakeup continues at Cranford Robinson Johnson Woods: Last week three executives, including two of the Little Rock ad firm’s namesake Cranfords, resigned. read more >