Despite a depressed outlook for hiring among  local marketing firms, marketing technology firm IdeaEngine today announced the addition of three new hires for the company located in a suburb of Greater Cleveland.

Danni Bennett: Hired as Project Manager, Bennett will implement and enhance client-based project management processes, control traffic and assignments, and interface with clients to ensure project success. Previously, Bennett worked at IdeaStar as director of Project Management and Foundation Software, developers of construction accounting software, Foundation for Windows.  A resident of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, Bennett attended Marietta College in Ohio.

Krista Newill: Hired as Senior Media Designer to oversee all client-based design at IEI. A Silver and Bronze Addy winner, Newill previously worked as Art Director at Canton, Ohio-based Innis Maggiore. A resident of Streetsboro, Ohio, Newill is a graduate of Cuyahoga Community College.

Ryan Pastorelle: Hired as Web Developer and responsible for integrating functionality into client's websites. Pastorelle previously worked as web developer at Cleveland-based IdeaStar. A graduate of Bowling Green State University, Pastorelle currently resides in Lakewood, Ohio.

"Each of our new employees brings significant strength to IdeaEngine's philosophy of creating thoughtfully-branded solutions to a personalized digital strategy for each client," said Christopher Peer, founder of IdeaEngine Inc. "We not only hire candidates who have the technical and intellectual skills to meet customer needs, we also hire those who bring the same vitality and passion we have to grow our own business and the business of each one of our customers."