By Kevin McCauley
Linda Blakley, who was senior director of PR and brand reputation at Wal-Mart, has joined GolinHarris as senior VP new business development. She reports to Ellen Ryan Mardiks, vice chairman.
At the Bentonville giant, Blakley was in charge of promoting products, services and seasonal campaigns.
She spent 16 years at Sears, Roebuck before joining the No. 1 discount chain. Titles at Sears included PR manger, community relations manager and director of corporate PR and reputation management.
Blakley, at the Interpublic unit, will handle prospect development, outreach and new business initiatives.
GH, Cohn & Wolfe (WPP) and Porter Novelli (Omnicom) picked up chunks of Wal-Mart's consumer business last year.
Edelman handles Wal-Mart's PA and environment efforts.
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