OCMC Hires New Director of Communications
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OCMC Hires New Director of Communications
November 8, 2005
The Orthodox Christian Mission Center, St. Augustine, FL - The Orthodox
Christian Mission Center has hired Mickey Hodges to serve as its new
Director of Communications. He steps in for former director Sofia
Lopoukhine, who is now working in a similar capacity at St. Vladimir’s
Orthodox Seminary.
“Sofia will be missed,” says new director Hodges. “She deserves
accolades for all her hard work. There’s no way I can ever match her
output. In fact, I’m thinking about having her old keyboard bronzed.”
“In addition to writing skills, Mr. Hodges brings a wealth of marketing
experience to OCMC,” adds Father Martin Ritsi, Executive Director of the
Mission Center.
Prior to joining OCMC, Hodges ran Adzooks, his own marketing
communications firm, for 13 years. His projects have included print,
broadcast and interactive work for clients such as: FedEx, Hilton,
ServiceMaster, International Paper, Smith & Nephew, Thomas &
Betts, Memphis Zoo, First Tennessee Bank, Bryan Foods, Philips,
Terminix, and more.
Over the years, his work has received numerous local, regional and
national accolades, including recognition in Communication Arts
Advertising Annual, the Athena Awards, the Print Regional Design Annual,
the London International Advertising Awards, Best Of Show/Print in the
Little Rock Addys and Best of Show/Broadcast in the Memphis Addys.
Hodges also has taught a class in advertising creativity at the Memphis
College of Art.
Prior to his 20-plus years in advertising, Hodges served as the chief
writer and first editor of Timeless Insights (now called Closer Walk), a
monthly devotional guide published by Walk Thru the Bible Ministries.
His work also appears prominently in the Closer Walk New Testament
(Zondervan, 1990).
A Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate in Classical Languages at
Furman University, he holds a Master of Arts in Classics from Vanderbilt
University. Hodges also translates ancient Greek and biblical texts
(particularly Byzantine liturgical hymns) for the Orthodox Church,
including parts of the soon-to-be-published Orthodox Study Bible (Summer
'06).
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