February 24, 2012
Nashville Post
Published by Philip Nannie
Affinion adding key support staff to existing 500-employee base
If there was a local academy award for “Most Job Announcements” made in a given year, Williamson County would get the nod, few questions asked.
Just ask Matt Largen, the county’s director for economic development, who confirmed this morning that Connecticut-based Affinion Group will add 150 jobs to its Williamson County operations. The jobs will be filled before year’s end and will be divided between Affinion’s two Cool Springs sites.
“We are more than pleased as this is our first jobs announcement for 2012, continuing where we left off in 2011,” Largen said.
Largen confirmed that Affinion’s marketing support functions are growing and that additional jobs will be spread over the company’s Duke Drive and Corporate Centre Drive locations.
Affinion now occupies the first five floors at 801 Corporate Centre building, a significant amount of space for the area, as the company will soon have 650 employees in Williamson.
“We are excited about the prospects for 2012 and this gives us a great start,” Largen said.
Largen said that in 2011, companies announced the addition of 2000 jobs in Williamson County.
Affinion Group is the holding company for a group of marketing and loyalty-program companies that includes the former Progeny Marketing Innovations concern. Revenues for the company’s North American operations through the third quarter of 2011 were $850 million.