By Greg Hazley
New York Area
The Morris + King Company, New York/Leveraging Investment in Creativity, ten-year initiative launched in 2003 to improve conditions for American artists, for PR for its sunset campaign. M+K's strategic consulting unit is collaborating with LINC for a capstone event and final assessment report.
Kellen Communications, New York/Telmar Group, research, data and analytics software for advertising media planning and buying, for marketing comms., PR and PA support.
Gibbs & Soell, New York/Trudeau Corp., kitchen and table products, for integrated communications for its U.S. operations. G&S' consumer marketing practice, led by managing director Greg Sherry, heads the acct.
5W PR, New York/The Dia Method, pre- and postnatal fitness system for women, for PR.
Dixon Schwabl, Rochester, N.Y./Delaware North Companies, as AOR for marketing communications and promotional initiatives at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (Fla.), set for a 2013 opening of its exhibit of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Carolyn Izzo Integrated Comms., Nyack, N.Y./BreaDr, the first company to utilize all-natural flour replacement Glusar in the U.S., for PR.
Southeast
Diamond PR, Miami/Ocean Properties Ltd., adding PR duties for The Resort at Longboat Key club and Lido Beach Resort.
Mountain West
GroundFloor Media, Denver/34 Degrees, makers of all-natural, wafer-thin crackers, as AOR for PR, including strategic planning and online content development and optimization.
West
K/F Communications, San Francisco/BuyVia, online and mobile "smart shopping" service; Recurly, enterprise-class recurring billing mgmt., and FairCom, engineering-level database technology, as AOR for PR.
Shift Communications, San Francisco/CreditKarma.com, credit scores and monitoring, as AOR following a competitive review process. Shift's consumer technology team is tasked with broadening the company's mainstream consumer awareness and aiding in the company's continued growth via consumer and trade campaigns and media events, as well as integration with its in-house social media program.
Kahn Media, Los Angeles/L.A. Prep, 30-year-old vehicle prep and transportation company servicing OEMs and collectors, as AOR, including PR, media outreach, social media mktg. and strategic comms.
Canada
Paradox PR, Montreal/D-Fense Capital, mining exploration, for financial PR and IR on a 24-month contract at $6,500/month, plus stock options.
Latin America
JeffreyGroup, Miami/Facebook, to manage communications in Mexico and Argentina for the social network. Said JG president Mike Valdés-Fauli: "The mission of Facebook is to make the world more open and connected, and we're very proud to help them do that in our part of the world." |