THE LONGEST ESTABLISHED FULL-SERVICE MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY ON THE CENTRAL COAST |
Why we’re qualified - SLA has an extensive list of clients, many for over 40 years. SLA has always focused on achieving client goals with an innovative and experienced marketing team, as well as utilizing the latest technology available in an ever-evolving field of traditional and digital media.
We still believe that our role is to seek out those relevant attributes and qualities a business possesses and create compelling ways to deliver a promise consistent with your image and identity. It’s really that simple. And ultimately, it becomes the focus that brands you. In the face of challenging times, today more than ever businesses are looking for the most cost effective ways to grow. SLA is committed to leverage your current resources to create the most efficient way to market your business. |
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STEVE LOMBARDI OWNER
Steve combines his energy and inherent love for the marketing industry with a commitment to quality and accountability.He has a degree in journalism, but jokes that his diploma from McDonald's Hamburger U's Marketing Division has probably served the agency better. Before joining Gary Suggs in the advertising agency business, Steve worked for the Hanford Sentinel, KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo and KEYT-TV in Santa Barbara. In the early 80's Suggs & Lombardi started Senior Magazine, a publication targeting the growing senior population on the Central Coast. Steve has always felt that the collective ego is more important than the individual ego, thus the line: "When everybody's thinking like me, nobody's thinking very much."
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CLAY PETERSON MEDIA DIRECTOR
Clay joined the SLA team after nearly a decade as Field Media Manager for Anheuser-Busch where he planned, negotiated and executed media budgets for the company’s various beverages. This also meant he would have to “test” those various beverages in order to become better acquainted with them. (Although he refused to offer specifics)
With experience as a Media Buyer, Account and Media Coordinator, as well as having developed media plans for major motion pictures including Napoleon Dynamite, Sideways and the Oscar winning Crash, Clay’s background is sure to provide a long list of benefits to our clients. A graduate of UCSB with a degree in Communication, Clay is a family man with two handsome sons. |
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Tristan Naoe GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Tristan is a Visual Designer who has lived in Central California all his life. He earned his B.F.A at Cal Poly, focusing on Graphic Design. In the past few years, Tristan has redesigned brand identities, designed magazines, illustrated various projects, and worked with ui/ux design. During his free time he enjoys playing video games, trying new food, reading manga and watching shows like One Piece.
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