West

csaLandis Communications, San Francisco, and VPE PR, Los Angeles/California Society of Anesthesiologists, for PR to promote the physician organization and its mission to ensure the highest standards in anesthesiology. Work includes media training and relations, as well as message development. Landis has also picked up NorthStar Memorial Group, end-of-life services, for a strategic comms. campaign for California and Washington State working under Direct Access Marketing; DDG Partners, real estate, to promote its Hayes Valley, 8 Octavia venture, and Save the Redwoods League, to support the non-profit's strategic planning and media relations efforts for a key research initiative.

PMBC Group, Beverly Hills, Calif./Dr.  Robert Demaria, a.k.a. Bob "The Drugless Doctor," for publicity and media.

South/Mountain West

Phoenix Marketing Associates, Phoenix/El Sol Foods, salsa maker, for marketing and PR.

104 West Partners, Denver/FlixMaster, online video platform, and SDL Campaign Management and Analytics, customer engagement, for PR.

Midwest

Big TenWeber Shandwick, Chicago/Big Ten Conference, college athletic conference dating back to 1896, for guidance and comms. counsel on issues like its recent expansion to include the Univ. of Maryland and Rutgers Univ.

RMD Advertising, Columbus, Ohio/Watershed Distillery, micro-distillery producing vodka, gin and bourbon, for social media and PR.

East

ab+c, Wilmington, Del./Eos Medical Group, emergency medical services, for an employment branding campaign following its name change from Pegasus Emergency Medicine in January.

Abel Communications, Baltimore/CohnReznick, national accounting, tax and advisory firm, as AOR for PR for its Baltimore office, including strategic comms. and media relations.

Warschawski, Baltimore/ImQuest BioSciences, pre-clinical research and drug development services, for brand research, messaging and positioning.

French/West/Vaughan, Raleigh/Optek Music Systems, maker of the Fretlight Guitar, and The Royalty Exchange, online brokerage for the sale of music royalties, for PR via the firm's music and entertainment practice.

New York Area

Goodman Media International, New York/Latinum Network, customer insights across global markets, for trade and consumer media relations, and Private Communications Corp., maker of Private WiFi software, for national media relations for its tool enabling secure transmission over public Wi-Fi networks.

Rubenstein PR, New York/The Mark Company, San Francisco-based real estate sales and marketing company, for PR.

RED PR, New York/Zotos Professional AGEbeautiful, anti-aging hair color and hair care line, for PR.

Frank PR
, New York/SquareTrade, consumer electronics protection plans, as AOR for PR, following a review. The London firm opened its U.S. outpost in the Big Apple in August.

Diffusion, New York/HopStop, transit app for Apple and Android, to launch HopStop Live! and position the eight-year-old company as a leader in real-time, crowd-sourced transit data. Weber Shandwick previously handled HopStop.

1 CCU PR, Liberty, N.Y./Greenie Tots, Florida-based all-natural frozen food company for kids, for PR and marketing.

Raker Goldstein, Old Tappan, N.J./Northwaters and Langskib, wilderness experiential learning programs for kids, for PR.

International

Wolf Communications and PR, Tel Aviv/Energtek, natural gas technology, for PR. Wolf is Edelman's Israel affiliate.