New York Area
Trylon SMR, New York/The Motion Picture Licensing Corp., 25-year-old copyright compliance organization, as AOR for media relations. MPLC provides licenses to more than 250,000 facilities in the U.S. and 450K globally.
The Pollack PR Marketing Group, New York/Stiles Associates, retained search firm specializing in Lean and Six Sigma executive talent, for PR.
G.S. Schwartz & Co., New York/McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union, 75-year-old institution serving 120 businesses and member groups, for PR. Rachel Honig, COO of the firm, noted the financial crisis of the last few years has increased the need for consumer financial education and wellness.
Child’s Play Communications, New York/Produce for Kids, consortium of fruit and vegetable growers, for traditional media and blogger outreach for its 10th anniversary fundraising campaign, "Get Healthy, Give Hope."
5W PR, New York/Promises Treatment Center, California addiction treatment centers, for PR.
East
Kemp Goldberg Partners, Portland, Me./Yale Cordage, custom and specialty rope manufacturer, for marketing and PR aimed to increase the market share and visibility.
Environics Communications, Washington, D.C./The Epilepsy Foundation, national voluntary organization with more than 50 affiliates, for PR following a competitive review.
Midwest
Elasticity, St. Louis/SunEdison, solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, to manage communications for its “Eradication of Darkness” program, which brings solar power to rural villages in third-world countries; Appistry, as AOR for PR for the developer of “big data” cloud-based technology, and Hair Saloon For Men, as AOR for marketing comms. for the national chain of men's grooming shops.
Southwest
Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Dallas/The Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at The University of Oklahoma, as AOR. H+K offices in Austin, New York, Tampa Bay and Washington, D.C., support the work for the four-year-old institution. H+K/Tampa has also picked up Front Row Tampa Bay, a four-day live Web TV broadcast that will highlight economic opportunities across the area during the Republican National Convention in late August.
West
Nadel Phelan, Scotts Valley, Calif./SOTI Inc., solutions for managing, securing, supporting and tracking remote, mobile and desktop computing devices, as AOR for PR.
Christie Communications, Santa Barbara, Calif./Mr. Pink Collections, beverage marketer, for PR supporting a new ginseng drink as well as future launches.
DIÁLOGO, San Diego/Warner Music Latina, Banamex USA and Atel USA, for PR.