Group CJ

Based on Old Vine in Lexington, Kentucky, Group CJ works with businesses in the region, including restaurant and hospitality clients and public education and outreach campaigns. The agency traces back to CJ Advertising, founded by Connie Jo Miller in 1987, and later evolved into Group CJ with a broader mix of branding, traditional marketing, public relations, broadcast production and digital marketing. The team is small, built around Miller and creative/new media specialist Nancy Diedrichs, supplemented by a network of outside creative partners brought in as needed for individual projects. The agency's stated services include brand development and brand refresh work grounded in research into a client's business, goals and target customer, alongside media planning and placement, describing itself as a high-volume media buyer in Central Kentucky. Other listed capabilities cover in-house production and broadcast, traditional campaign and media development, website and digital marketing, social media, events and public relations, and employee training. Sector-specific experience is mentioned in restaurant and hospitality marketing, including engagement work tied to Lexington Restaurant Week, and in public outreach campaigns for education-related clients. The service list also names logo and identity work, marketing strategy and search engine optimization as part of its offering, positioning the agency as a generalist marketing shop handling both strategic branding and executional media and digital tasks for local and regional clients.