Nicky McHugh joined Ogilvy PR June 2 as executive director of its New York corporate practice. She reports to Jennifer Scott, managing director.
Most recently, McHugh was deputy practice director and lead of MSLGroup’s financial and professional services teams.
She had oversight of account service/budgeting & forecasting, business development and staffing at the Publicis Groupe’s property.
Her earlier stints included Stanton PR & Marketing and Hill & Knowlton.
McHugh has worked on high-profile businesses such as Qatar Investment Authority in the US, Dubai International Financial Center, Invest in France initiative of the French government, Deloitte and World Gold Council as its North American lead.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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