John Krisiukenas, a former NHL PR exec and Next Fifteen senior VP, has moved to Marketing Maven as a managing director in its New York office.
MM CEO and president Lindsey Carnett said Krisiukenas will lead business development and East Coast growth for the new office of the Camarillo, Calif.-based firm.
Krisiukenas, as a senior VP for the holding company Next Fifteen, worked business development for its Text 100 and Joe PR units. He was previously director of communications and marketing for the National Hockey League and a VP for Jericho Communications.
He started out in the agency realm with Taylor and Cohn & Wolfe.
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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