Founded in 1977, Hughes is one of the leading strategic and creative marketing communications agencies in St. Louis. It is a channel-marketing agency that serves the arts and cultural, educational, nonprofit, health care, and home improvement and decoration markets. The agency offers brand positioning, corporate identity, direct and guerrilla marketing, graphic design, interactive media and public relations services. Hughes also provides media relations and planning, advertising, sales promotion, and Web site design and development services. Its clients include AG Financial, American Red Cross, Benefis Healthcare, Blessing Health System, Charter Communications, Cooper Industries, Elsevier Science and Grow Media. The agency is a member of MAGNET, a collaborative, global network with more than 30 partner agencies representing over 800 clients throughout the world. Hughes is located in St. Louis.