Brogan & Partners
Ellyn Davidson was 36, the mother of a toddler, a Kindergartner and second-grader, and Account Director at Brogan & Partners when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now a fifteen-year survivor, Ellyn is actively involved in the community. She’s a currently a member of the Michigan Region BBYO Commission, on the board of Winning Futures and on the board of Make-A-Wish Michigan.
While fighting for her own life, she’s inspired hundreds of women to fight for theirs—personally and professionally. Ellyn has helped create and market multi-million dollar brands, while still finding the patience and energy to be a mom and actively mentor young professionals. Whether the hospital room, board room or dining room, Ellyn is acutely aware of how important it is to help support other women.
Since joining Brogan & Partners in 1994, Ellyn has left big fingerprints all over the 39-year-old agency. She started in the media department where she quickly rose to media director. Then, Ellyn moved into account management, where her abilities and energy were rewarded with responsibilities for managing several of the most important clients. Ellyn has a dazzling ability to oversee and coordinate teams on complex projects. In 2017, Ellyn purchased the agency.
Today, Ellyn brings her talents, experience and expertise together to focus on strategy, business development, morale, technology and what’s next for Brogan & Partners and the clients.
Ellyn received a BBA in marketing and operations management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an international business specialization from the London School of Economics.
Ellyn is a breast cancer speaker and has multiple honors for her dedication to the community. Most recently, she was honored as a Notable Women in Marketing by Crain’s Detroit Business. In 2017, she was honored with a Career Mastered leadership in action award. She was recognized as an Esteemed Woman of Michigan by the Dr. Gary Burnstein Health Clinic in 2015 and in 2013, she was recognized as a RARE Everyday Hero by Winning Futures. Under her leadership, the Karmanos Cancer Institute recognized the agency as a Hero of Breast Cancer in 2014 and a 2020 Forbes Small Giant. Ellyn is a former member of the CDC Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women and a former Board Chair of FORCE.
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Brogan & Partners
Brogan & Partners was founded by Marcie Brogan in 1984. Creative, charismatic and wildly clever, Brogan built the agency in her likeness. She surrounded herself with talented people who had an insatiable hunger for success and drive to get things done. She fed her team inspiration in the form of marketing challenges, impossible deadlines, blank canvas and mystery trips. The end product is creative strategy that works hard, breaks through and gets results. Managing Partner and Brogan protégé Ellyn Davidson runs the show today. Under her leadership, we help clients achieve greater success by connecting them with their target audience, amplifying their brand and growing their business. How do we do it? We provide a wide array of specialized services including: strategic branding and marketing planning, corporate branding and identity, advertising, media planning and buying, digital marketing, social media, mobile marketing, content management, market research, diversity marketing, publications, public relations and non-traditional media. Because it takes a whole lot more to get noticed these days. Our philosophy of an inspiring workplace and culture pays off with long-term employees and satisfied, long-term clients. Our Ferndale, Mich. office is aglow with shelves and shelves upon awards—Mobius, Emmy, Telly, Athena, Mercury, Webby, Addy, Caddy, D Show, Healthcare Marketing, Aster, Cannes and Clio awards, among others. These represent just a sampling of our hundreds of coveted national and international awards for our strategically superior, break-through creative product. Because we don’t just promise results. We prove it every day. Specialties Advertising, Social Media, Convergence Marketing, Healthcare, Retail, Tourism, Public Relations, Website Development, Digital Marketing, Non-Traditional Media, Media Buying & Planning, Marketing to Women