Tag: jena powell

The Powell Sisters Talk Out of Home

Last week Billboard Insider had coffee with Haleigh Bayer Powell and Jena Powell, two of the four Powell siblings who work for Huntington Outdoor.  Jena is the company’s VP of Sales and Marketing and also a representative in the Ohio State House. Haleigh Powell Bayer is the company’s Director of […]

Company of the Day: Huntington Outdoor

Company: Huntington Outdoor Markets: Ohio, Indiana Headquarters: 524 1/2 S. Broadway, Greenville, OH  45331 Phone: 800-704-5973 Email: office@huntingtonoutdoor.com Huntington Outdoor operates a billboard plant with over 1800 displays in the Midwest.  The company was formed by Justin Powell in 2008. Justin, how did you enter the out of home business? I started Huntington Outdoor in […]

Justin Powell on growing to 1,800 faces in 13 years.

Today’s podcast guest Justin Powell talks about founding Huntington Billboards in the middle of the 2009 great recession and growing the company to 1,800 displays over 13 years. Some of the highlights. How did you enter the out of home business? I graduated from college.  I was 20 years old…  […]

Huntington Outdoor on Surviving the Covid-19 Pandemic

In addition to serving in the Ohio House of Representatives, Jena Powell is a VP of Marketing at Huntington Outdoor.  In the post below Jena shows us how Huntington is communicating with its small business clients during the covid-19 crisis. By Jena Powell, VP Marketing, Huntington Outdoor As business owners […]

New and Noted February 2, 2019

Media Village has a piece titled: Year of the woman: In Congress, IN hollywood and In OOH.  The article cites prominent female OOH leaders – Nancy Flether, Kym Frank and Jodi Senese – and mentions the Billboard Insider list of 362 women OOH executives. Huntington Outdoor’s Jena Powell made the […]

Billboard Leaders Become Lawmakers

Kam Buckner of OUTFRONT Media was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Illinois General Assembly, representing parts of downtown Chicago and the Hyde Park area. Among those who reached out to congratulate Buckner was former President Barack Obama, said RB Brooks of OUTFRONT Media. At OUTFRONT Media, Buckner is […]

Huntington Outdoor Seeks GM

Huntington Outdoor has grown from 300 to 550 faces over the next year.  The company is seeking a GM/Sales manager for its Greenville, OH headquarters to take everything to the next level.  Insider talked with Jena Powell, Huntington’s VP of Sales and Marketing and a newly elected member of the Ohio […]

The election: what it means for out of home.

A billboard start-up exec was elected to the Ohio Legislature.  The legal-cannabis category expanded.  And some states will have more road money.  That’s what voters decided Tuesday. Jena Powell, VP of sales and marketing at Huntington Outdoor Advertising in Greenville, OH, was elected to the Ohio House with 75 percent […]

OOH People in Public Office

By Nancy Fletcher OAAA President and CEO Civic engagement is an industry tradition. For some, that means serving in public office. As an election approaches, this article spotlights a few of those officeholders. There are many others; please send along information about colleagues in public office (nfletcher@oaaa.org). For years Daniel was […]

Huntington Outdoor’s Jena Powell wins OH primary

The Dayton Daily News reports that Huntington Outdoor’s VP-Sales Jena Powell won the republican primary for Ohio State House of representatives district 80 with 49% of the vote.  She faces a Democratic write-in candidate in the November 6 general election. If elected Jena will be join Elevation Outdoor’s Martin Daniels […]