Firm Rebrands as Proof Advertising and Merges With Creative Boutique
AUSTIN, TEXAS (September 21, 2010) Kolar Advertising & Marketing – one of the country’s top mid-size, national ad agencies -- has been acquired by the agency’s general manager and former McCann Worldgroup senior executive, Bryan Christian.

The agency also has been renamed Proof Advertising and is merging with SJ&J Advertising, an Austin-based, award-winning creative boutique that will add more resources to the agency’s already strong creative team.

Founded in 1989 by Rhonda and Mike Kolar, the company has grown steadily over the years and today has 70 employees, generates $60 million in annual capitalized billings and is the agency of record for a wide range of industry leaders including:

·     3M (advertising, digital, packaging and channel marketing for four business units)
·     Subway Restaurants (nearly regional 30 markets, representing more than 4,000 stores)
·     Baylor University (student recruiting and branding)
·     Aquatic Bathware (rebranding)

Additional clients include Mattress Firm, Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau, Cargill, Hyatt Resorts, Samuels Jewelers and U.S. Army. In the last three years alone, the...