Boca Raton, FL-based PR agency TransMedia Group has appointed Sonja Warner vice president of global corporate communications.
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In her new role, Warner will help develop U.S. business and communications for TransMedia’s clients in Russia, Ukraine and Europe. (Warner is fluent in English, German, Russian, Croatian and Ukrainian.). She will also assist startup companies with their branding and sales messaging, and will help recruit Russian models for TransMedia Models, the talent practice the agency launched in January.
TransMedia Group founder and CEO Tom Madden told O’Dwyer’s that division is “growing internationally very fast,” and a New York office will soon open to accommodate the practice.
Warner was previously managing partner at communications agency Worldwide Innovative Communications, Inc. Prior to that she was general manager of government affairs consulting firm People Republic Consulting and was head of organizational development and corporate communications at Robert BOSCH Ltd.
TransMedia Group accounted for more than $1 million in net fees in 2015, according to O'Dwyer's rankings of PR firms.
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