Diane Carnevale Jones Launches New Company

May 9, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Accessories on May 10, 2011

Diane Carnevale Jones, former owner of Professional Marketing, has formed Carnevale Jones Group, offering strategic consulting services and high profile project work.

She will continue to target markets where her expertise lies: gift and home, non-profit and trade organizations, consumer product manufacturing, retail, and technology.  

Carnevale Jones has sold Professional Marketing is under the ownership of Jillian Lambert and Gwen Vryhof, both long-time employees of the company. Carnevale Jones will continue as executive director of the Gift and Home Trade Association, while Professional Marketing will handle the day-to-day operations of the organization.

Carnevale Jones's client list over the years includes companies such as Swarovski, eBay, Royal Doulton, Charisma/Marie Osmond, Ganz/Webkinz, Christopher Radko, Zondervan/Inspirio, Thomas Kinkade, Brandwise, Whereoware, Mud Pie and Hospice of Michigan. 

Professional Marketing has been honored numerous times by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and other award programs for its public relations campaigns and innovations; and Carnevale Jones was recently recognized as one of Grand Rapids Business Journal's Top 40 Women-Owned Businesses in West Michigan, 2011, as she was in 2007.

"When I started my business 29 years ago, it was my intent to work independently," said Carnevale Jones. "But over the years, my business evolved into an agency, and I thrived in this environment with my colleagues and clients. In recent years, however, I identified special projects and unique opportunities that would best be handled independently, so I made the decision to return to my original business model as a sole practitioner. I embrace my new role as innovator and consultant."