Amanda M. Franko
By Joshua Burd
Amanda M. Franko has joined Avison Young as a marketing coordinator in the company’s New Jersey office, the commercial real estate services firm said.
In the new role, Franko will provide internal support for Avison Young professionals in the New Jersey region, produce business development materials and utilize her background in graphic design to enhance the team’s marketing efforts, according to a news release. She will be based in the AY’s Morristown office.
“We are absolutely delighted to welcome Amanda to Avison Young New Jersey,” Jeffrey L. Heller, principal and managing director of the firm’s New Jersey office, said in a prepared statement. “We initially sought out a new graphic designer position, but we are truly fortunate to have found Amanda as she is able to go above and beyond graphic design responsibilities.
“Her background in both marketing and graphic design, coupled with her dynamic personality, make her an instant asset to our team.”
Franko is a 2010 graduate of Syracuse University, where she obtained a bachelor of fine arts in advertising design, the news release said. She joins Avison Young from the nearby Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, where she spent four years in a marketing and graphic design role and was responsible for art direction for all promotional materials, brochures and ads amongst her other responsibilities.
