# Star Group

> Star Group Communications was a privately held, women-owned integrated marketing agency founded in 1985 by Linda Rosanio-Talamo and Jan Talamo. From its Voorhees base, it combined advertising, public relations, digital, social, CRM, broadcast production, branding and business consulting for national clients. Its distinctive pitch was that an agency should help build the business, not merely make the campaign. By 2014 it had nearly 300 people across six offices, but debt and a failed recapitalization preceded an abrupt shutdown on July 1, 2015 and a Chapter 7 case that closed in 2021.

- **Founded:** 1985
- **Headquarters:** Voorhees Township, United States
- **Founders:** Linda Rosanio-Talamo (Co-founder and CEO), Jan (Jannaro) Talamo (Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer)
- **Products:** Integrated marketing communications, Digital, social and CRM, Broadcast and content production, Healthcare marketing through Calcium, Business incubation and equity participation
- **Notable:** Described in contemporary industry coverage as the largest women-owned marketing communications agency in the United States., Ranked first among New Jersey advertising agencies by 2009 capitalized billings in a 2011 business listing, at $189 million., Reached nearly 300 employees across six offices after the 2014 healthcare combination.

## Products & services

- **Integrated marketing communications** — Brand planning, advertising, public relations, crisis communications and coordinated campaign strategy under the firm's Synegration model.
- **Digital, social and CRM** — Website development, internet marketing, social influence programs, customer relationship marketing and performance measurement.
- **Broadcast and content production** — Creative development and broadcast production for consumer and business audiences.
- **Healthcare marketing through Calcium** — A combined healthcare communications operation formed from Star Life Sciences, VoxMedica/IHSG and Calcium NYC.
- **Business incubation and equity participation** — For selected ventures, the firm extended into business planning, partnerships, capital introductions and equity-oriented brand development.

## Achievements

- Described in contemporary industry coverage as the largest women-owned marketing communications agency in the United States.
- Ranked first among New Jersey advertising agencies by 2009 capitalized billings in a 2011 business listing, at $189 million.
- Reached nearly 300 employees across six offices after the 2014 healthcare combination.
- Linda Rosanio entered the New Jersey Advertising Club Hall of Fame in 2006; Jan Talamo followed in 2014.
- Work attributed to Star teams received regional awards across identity, print, websites, multimedia campaigns and annual reports.
- Built a client roster spanning Comcast, Teva, Wharton, Tropicana Entertainment, Fox Rothschild and Delaware Lottery.

## Latest updates

- **2014-04** — Star combined Star Life Sciences with VoxMedica/IHSG and Calcium NYC, creating a larger healthcare marketing group operating as Calcium.
- **2015-05** — PNC sent Star a formal default notice, according to allegations summarized in a later federal opinion.
- **2015-06** — A proposed Allied Financial Group debt purchase fell through on June 23, according to the same court record.
- **2015-07** — Star ceased operations on July 1 after 30 years in business.
- **2015-08** — Three creditors commenced an involuntary Chapter 7 proceeding on August 17.
- **2017-08** — A federal judge partly granted and partly denied PNC's motion to dismiss counterclaims by Linda and Jan Talamo; the opinion did not decide the ultimate merits of the surviving claims.
- **2021-03** — The bankruptcy case was closed on March 4, 2021.

## Links

- Website: https://stargroup1.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-star-group
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Star_Group_1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheStarGroup

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