Motion Agency acquires Vehr Communications. Cincinnati firm will join Motion on October 1, expanding the independent agency to nearly 90 employees across three US offices. CINCINNATI - The Motion Agency has acquired Cincinnati-based Vehr Communications, expanding the independent integrated communications agency's presence in the Midwest. The acquisition is effective October 1. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vehr founder and CEO Nick Vehr will join Motion as executive VP, focusing on business development and growth. The combined agency will have nearly 90 employees across Cincinnati, Chicago and Nashville. Motion, which is headquartered in Chicago and led by founder and CEO Kimberly Eberl, first expanded into Cincinnati through its 2023 acquisition of Rick Miller Communications. The agency is also searching for its first creative director based in Cincinnati. Founded in 2006, Vehr Communications is an integrated marketing and PR agency working with businesses and nonprofit organizations. The firm has been a member of the IPREX communications network since 2018. Motion was also founded in 2006 and works across consumer, healthcare, nonprofit, manufacturing and B2B sectors. The agency is a certified woman-owned business. Article tags News direct to your inbox The agency playbook. The PR industry's most comprehensive listing of firms from every region and specialty.

Chicago firm acquires Vehr Communications. Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago-based marketing and communications agency, The Motion Agency, announced Aug. 26 that it will acquire local brand strategy firm Vehr Communications for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2006, Motion is a woman-owned firm established by CEO Kimberly Eberl. The deal marks its second acquisition in Greater Cincinnati, following its 2023 purchase of Rick Miller Communications. Local Fortune 500s make Cincinnati a branding hub. In a statement, Eberl said the acquisition in her hometown of Cincinnati will beef up her agency's abilities in the region, which is known as a branding and marketing mecca thanks to Fortune 500 companies (and huge advertisers) like Procter & Gamble and Kroger. "(The deal) bolsters Motion's presence in one of the Midwest's most respected marketing and branding hubs," Eberl said. "We are doubling down on a core belief that the future of brand building is being shaped in cities like Chicago, Cincinnati and other Midwest communities." Motion has been named one of the country's fastest-growing agencies by magazines Inc. and Adweek and a "Top PR Agency" by Forbes. Firm grows to almost 90 in three locations. The deal expands Motion payroll to almost 90 between its Chicago headquarters and offices in Cincinnati and Nashville. Vehr will operate under Motion's name. Motion also said it is searching for a Cincinnati-based creative director. The deal will close on Oct. 1. Vehr founder Nick Vehr will become an executive vice president at Motion, focusing on business development and growth. "Cincinnati has always played an outsized role in shaping the region's marketing and public relations industry," Vehr said in a statement. "This partnership allows us to build on that legacy while providing access to expanded capabilities and resources." Vehr added his agency's clients would keep working with their advisors, while benefiting from Motion's "substantial additional talent, technology and capabilities." Motion Agency head has Cincinnati ties. Though Vehr is being taken over by a Chicago firm, its founder has local ties. While she has spent much of her career in Chicago, Eberl attended Mount Notre Dame High School in Reading in suburban Cincinnati. Besides founding his firm, Vehr is a former member of Cincinnati's city council as well as the former vice president of economic development and marketing for the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber.