Founded in 2014, by Lamont Johnson, The Art Department, LLC. focuses on bringing the art, creativity, and strategy to public relations and brand marketing. With over 15 years of public relations experience, we’ve garnered interest and placements for lifestyle, food, spirits, fashion, beauty, real estate, book, and corporate clients.

To date, our clients have appeared on/in: Forbes, Inc., Fortune, Entrepreneur, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Good Morning America, TODAY, and more.

In addition to having our own clients, we also consult and advise other PR and marketing firms on media pitching, strategy plans and securing placements.

PR is perfect for directly reaching your target market(s). Public Relations is the most effective way to get word out about you, your company, your products and services to those who could potentially buy from you or help your company grow.

This includes general consumers, and also other businesses who could potentially buy or invest in your product.

We also specialize in franchise PR. We help companies grow, develop and sell franchises through public relations and brand marketing.

The Art Department has serviced many clients, including: Slaters 50/50, Harvard Debate Council, Carolina Hemp Company, Slutty Vegan, The Original Hot Dog Factory, Nana’s Chicken & Waffles, 300 Entertainment, WEARBRIMS, Sharestates, LVL XIII, Jason Derulo, BookATailor, Lean Kitchen Company, The Stacked Pickle, CRU Hemp Lounge and many more.

Placements for clients include: FORBES, CNN, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Inc, Entrepreneur, Vogue, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Reader’s Digest, BRAVO, Black Enterprise and more.