New York Area
Geoffrey Weill Associates, New York/QT Sydney (Australia), hotel slated for Sept. 17 opening, for North American PR.
Imagine Communications, New York/Ellenborough Park, Cannizaro House and the Draycott Hotel, English hotels which are part Preferred Boutique Hotel Group's Mantis Collection, for PR in the U.S.
The Halo Group, New York/Mount Airy Casino Resort (Pa.), for a new website.
East
Hager Sharp, Washington, D.C./U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health, a longtime client, for health communication and website work. Subcontractor Palladian Partners will work with HS to create and implement a strategic communications plan, manage the office's websites for women and girls and its toll-free help line, handle health writing for web and publications, promote its campaigns and initiatives, and grow its partnerships. Budget is in the $4M range.
French/West/Vaughan, Raleigh, N.C./Sports Endeavors Inc., soccer retailer dba Eurosport/SOCCER.COM, for brand strategy and creative development in support of its catalog and online distribution channels, following a multi-agency search process.
Southeast
Arketi Group, Atlanta/National Down Syndrome Congress, for pro bono PR, digital marketing and brand development for the remainder of 2012.
The Buzz Agency, Delray Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Symphony; "Steve's Outdoor Adventures," Outdoor Channel game hunting show; Waste Management, for graphic design and PR for its Dine for Promise charity event, and the G.W. Bailey First Responders Charitable Fund, for PR for two upcoming events sanctioned by the South Florida presidential debate in October.
Fetching Communications, Tarpon Springs, Fla./Village Animal Clinic (Ardsley, N.Y.); Healthy Paws Pet Insurance & Foundation; Memphis Veterinary Specialists, animal hospital, and PetMed Emergency Center (Memphis), for PR and digital support.
Midwest
Henson Consulting, Chicago/Giordano's Pizza, 38-year-old Windy City stuffed pizza maker, for PR. The food-centric firm was named AOR for Kraft's Philadelphia Cream Cheese earlier this year.
Broadhead, Minneapolis/Boehringer Ingelheim, as AOR for animal health company's Canada cattle division, including advertising, collateral and PR. The firm already handles the unit, Vetmedica, in the U.S.
West
The Pollack PR Marketing Group, Century City, Calif./“Portraits of Service,” Patton Publishing (2012), for consumer and media outreach for the book, which centers on the experiences of more than 60 veterans. PP benefits the Patton Foundation for veterans and their families. The firm also picked up LuxeYard, online curator of luxury living and style merchandise, for media relations and consumer PR.
aLine media, Los Angeles/FrontRowMonthly.com, online arts and culture magazine, for PR.
P3R Publicity, Beverly Hills, Calif./Inessa Obenhuber, Silicon Valley angel investor with ties to Russia, for PR.