New York Area
J Public Relations, New York and San Diego/The Surrey, Upper East Side independent luxury hotel; Paresa Resort Phuket (Thailand); MetWest Terra Hospitality (San Francisco), which has four Bay Area hotels, all for PR.
Susan Magrino Agency, New York/OWN, skincare brand; Twin Farms, Vermont luxury resort, and Warsteiner Beer of Germany, all for PR.
North 6th Agency, New York/BlueRock Energy, electricity and natural gas for commercial and industries customers in the Northeast, for PR and social media products.
5W PR, New York/Voices Against Brain Cancer, for media relations and event support.
East
MZ Group, New York/Boston Therapeutics, biotechnology, for investor relations.
Vitamin, Baltimore/Hammond Wilson Architects, Annapolis, Md., architecture firm, for a re-branding.
Duffy & Shanley, Providence, R.I./Jumpstart, national early education non-profit, for PR for the group which trains college students and community volunteers to serve preschool-age children in low-income neighborhoods.
Southeast
TransMedia Group, Boca Raton, Fla./ReasL, real state sale automation technology, and MyBigMovieBreak.com, online community for people looking to crack the feature film business, for PR.
Midwest
Finn Partners, Chicago/ExactTarget, interactive marketing software, as global AOR, including the U.S., Australia, Europe and Latin America.
Haberman, Minneapolis/New Ulm, Minn., city known for beer brewing and polka, for tourism outreach, including digital, PR and advertising.
Mountain West
Wall Street Communications, Salt Lake City/NUGEN Audio, professional audio plug-ins and software, to develop and maintain a presence for the company in the broadcast and professional audio trade press.
West
Mobility PR, Lake Oswego, Ore./Tektronix, broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, for PR after handling Mixed Signals, which Tektronix acquired in 2007.
The Placemaking Group, Oakland, Calif./Destination Saratoga, a committee of the Saratoga California Chamber of Commerce, for digital marketing and PR to include the development of two websites for visitor attraction and economic development.
Canada
elevator communications, Toronto/Moosehead and Premium Beer Company, for PR following a three-month competitive pitch. It is the first PR AOR. Matt Johnston, VP marketing for Moosehead and GM of the Premium Beer Co., said the hire “gives us the confidence that they are the right partner to help attract new customers across Canada and the U.S.”
Europe
Grayling, Vienna/Kapsch Group, Austrian technology company, for a global communications mandate covering its three subsidiaries – BusinessCom, CarrierCom and TrafficCom. The firm previously handled Poland, Russia and Sweden.