Myron Jackson

Little Rock ad executive Myron Jackson feels that he’s in a bad light, no doubt because a front-page piece in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette March 5 put him there. read more >

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

Myron Jackson, CEO of The Design Group, still has advertising in his lifeblood, even after his recent open-heart surgery. 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 >

The Design Group of Little Rock added to its Pine Bluff clients list Friday as the city’s Advertising and Promotion Commission named the Black-owned advertising firm as its competitive-bid winner and agency of record. 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 >

Westrock Group CEO and co-founder Scott Ford and Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams are among the featured executives scheduled to speak during the spring 2021 Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy. read more >

Vice Chancellor Braque Talley of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff knows well that teenagers don’t watch TV or turn on the car radio as their parents and grandparents do. read more >

Myron Jackson, CEO of The Design Group in Little Rock, took a long view of the civil rights and Black Lives Matter movements last month during an interview on multicultural marketing, reminding Whispers that George Floyd had a famous Arkansas-born forerunner. read more >

The advertising gods giveth, and they taketh away, particularly these days. read more >

Black pain is not an ad campaign, multicultural marketing scholar Phil McKenzie likes to say, “but there’s always an opportunity to engage.” read more >

Myron Jackson, CEO of The Design Group in Little Rock, is giving back to his hometown by donating work for the city’s “Stay In and Tell a Friend” ad campaign. read more >

Growing up in southwest Little Rock, Frank Scott Jr. dreamed of chasing the mayor’s office. Ten days ago, his 240th day in office, he said he felt like the dog who finally caught the car. read more >

While The Design Group's Myron Jackson may rub shoulders with the elite, he also encounters childhood friends haunted by criminal records or drug addiction. read more >

When Myron Jackson saw images of white supremacists marching last month in Charlottesville, Virginia, he noticed more than swastikas, Dixie flags and hatred. As much as he dislikes putting it so bluntly, he also spotted opportunity. read more >

The Design Group, a Little Rock marketing firm, has won a two-year, $220,000 contract to help Little Rock Wastewater, the city's sewer service provider, develop public education and outreach programs. read more >

Myron Jackson directs day-to-day activity at The Design Group and is the firm’s strategic thought leader. read more >