The story of Jenn Lee Design Co., an East Greenwich-based advertising, marketing and public relations firm, is largely the story of the woman who founded the agency in 2003...

...While teaching at Katharine Gibbs, [Jennifer] Bogutt began bringing Web development projects from local businesses and organizations into her classroom, offering students working on their final projects a glimpse of the type of work they would do at an agency.

The students apparently did too good a job under Bogutt’s tutelage; businesses began asking her to continue doing Web development work for them...

...Jenn Lee Design also has a satellite office in Providence. In its early years, the agency has worked mostly with business and organizations in the hospitality industry, but Bogutt said she recently has begun pushing aggressively to do more business with manufacturers and health care companies and organizations. The advertising, marketing and public relations industry is very competitive in Rhode Island, Bogutt said, but she welcomes the competition, which she said forces her agency to maintain its commitment to its clients and reach new heights of creativity.