Karen Meekins-Benckini has joined Clapp Communications as media director.
Meekins-Benckini will manage all media campaigns for the agency, including University of Maryland University College, Maryland School for the Blind, University of Baltimore, Cohen’s Clothiers and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She officially joins Clapp Communications after freelancing for several months there.
Meekins-Benckini, a Maryland native, brings more than 20 years of advertising, marketing and business development expertise to the company. She was a media supervisor at a local advertising agency where she handled clients such as Strayer University, E-Z Pass Maryland, Maryland Athletic Club and Delaware Eye Institute.
She also served as director of marketing for WBAL-TV and WBFF-TV. During the 2012 political season, Meekins-Benckini placed both issue and candidate advertising across the country while working with a local political agency.
