Edelman hired WCG's Spike Jones in Austin as senior VP to oversee business development and regional strategy in the southwest.
At San Francisco-based WCG, Jones was group director of engagement for its Austin outpost.
WCG ranks No. 1 in Austin with 2012 fees of $10.1M. Edelman’s Austin/Dallas/Houston units combined for fees of $9.1M.
Earlier, Jones was with FleishmanHillard’s office in Texas’ capital and a 10-year veteran of Brains on Fire (Greenville, SC).
Jones is author of “Brains on Fire: Ignite Powerful, Sustainable, World of Mouth Movements.”
Edelman’s Austin office is the independent PR firm’s “center of analytics.” Helen Vollmer heads Edelman’s southwest operations.
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