On the Move: H+K Appoints Zhou to Head New Tech Group in Shanghai
Wed., Jun. 9, 2021
By Steve Barnes
Hill+Knowlton Strategies appoints Cecilia Zhou as senior VP, to lead the agency’s newly integrated science, technology & internet-based innovation communications practice. She's based in Shanghai... Allison+Partners promotes David Richeson to managing director, strategic analytics + digital innovation, a newly created role... Pollock Communications hires Dorree Gurdak as senior VP of the agency’s consumer division.
Camden County, New Jersey is looking for an agency that can develop and design a comprehensive marketing plan that positions the county as a great place to live.
The Black Progressive Action Coalition has hired Fulcrum Public Affairs to further its push to harness the political power of Black Americans.
Former M Booth chief people officer Jody Johnson joins 
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America has hired Wendy Wahl to lead marketing efforts at the insurance giant.
Invariant has added Rebecca Christopher as the DC-based lobbying firm builds out its communications and PA capabilities.
West Fargo, which bills itself as the “City on the Grow” due to doubling of its population from 2000 to 2020, wants proposals for a new brand identity and implementation strategy as its explosive growth ebbs.
Hotwire has promoted North America CEO Heather Kernahan to the role of global chief executive officer.
Spire Global has named Hillary Yaffe, a veteran of Prosek Partners, Edelman and Burson-Marsteller, head of communications and investor relations as it readies its NYSE listing.
Kaplow Communications adds Stanley, producer of food and beverage containers... Matter Communications takes on Sage Dental Management... SourceCode Communications lands Kinship Partners, which is “dedicated to reimagining the pet parenting experience”... Magrino checks in at M Social Times Square NY.
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The George Washington Regional Commission is seeking proposals from agencies that can provide marketing and advertising services to promote a free ridesharing service.
Trine Hindklev, a Weber Shandwick and MSL Group alum, has joined FleishmanHillard as senior VP/global media lead for the health & life sciences group.
Cuts to overhead, deferred rents and economic assistance in the form of grants and loans allowed PR firms in the U.S. to yield strong operating profits last year in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent industry survey.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
Reevemark is handling PR and IR for BigBear.ai, the data analytics company that is going public via a $1.6B SPAC deal with GigCapital4.
Consumer backlash to the news that Whatsapp would begin sharing its user data with Facebook was made worse by poor communications as well as misinformation across social media platforms.