Public Communications Inc.
Public Communications Inc.
Partner in the WORLDCOM Public Relations Group
One East Wacker Dr., 24th flr., Chicago, IL 60601
312/558-1770
ideas@pcipr.com
www.pcipr.com
A national, independent communications agency of creative professionals providing digital and social marketing services, crisis counsel, and integrated communications for healthcare, conservation/environment, education, culture and destination marketing, government and nonprofit organizations. Other services include senior counsel for issues and reputation management, executive/board strategic planning, media and presentation coaching; fundraising campaign communications; product launch and lifecycle promotions; awareness campaigns and events; websites, online platforms and collateral. Our team members work with a purpose – to make a positive difference for our clients and community.
Employees: 40. Founded: 1962.
Agency Statement:
Public Communications Inc. provides senior-level strategic counsel, digital marketing and integrated communications to clients, whether they’re dealing with the most serious and complex issues, a national awareness campaign or the splashiest of events. PCI is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and certified LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE®).PCI professionals believe in the transformative power of communication and the ability of the right strategy, work or image to convince, to motivate and to make a positive difference for clients.
Our job is to safeguard reputations and recommend the right way for clients to communicate so what they have to say is heard and influences their audiences. We are large enough to provide all communications services a client might need but also the right size so that the agency’s officers are involved, hands-on, in each client's program.
PCI is a founding partner of the WORLDCOM Public Relations Group, the world's leading partnership of independently owned public relations counseling firms with more offices in more cities and countries than any multinational firm.
We have a strong concentration of business in healthcare, conservation/environment, education, culture and destinations, and business clients from tech to non-profits, entrepreneurs to advocacy groups nationally, regionally and locally. Crisis counselors bring calm in crisis to clients whose success and bottom line depend on their reputation and public perception. Digital expertise includes social media, digital advertising, search engine optimization, email marketing, website development, SMS marketing and strategy. Specialties in community engagement for municipalities.
Our clients trust us and stay with us. Our business grows primarily through referrals and word of mouth. Most of our clients have been with us five years or more; 15 and 20+ year relationships are common (and valued).
As an inclusive workplace, the agency reflects the diversity of our clients and communities we serve. PCI brings a global and multicultural perspective to client programs and to communication solutions.
Jill Allread, CEO; Craig Pugh, pres.; Pamela Oettel, CFO & COO; Wendi Koziol, mng. dir./sr. VP; Sharon Dewar, Mary Erangey, Leigh Madden, sr. VPs; Amanda ReCupido, Michael Queroz, VPs
Clients Include:
AARP
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
American Assn. of Diabetes Educators
American Epilepsy Society
American Society of Anesthesiologists
CAF America
Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Chicago's First Lady Cruises/Mercury
Chicago's Skyline Cruiseline
Chimp Haven
Cradles to Crayons
Howard Brown Health Center
Georgia Aquarium
Giving USA
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa
MATTER
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
National Society of Genetic Counselors
Northwestern University Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Option Care, Inc.
Pivot Health Solutions
San Diego Zoo Global
The Marine Mammal Center
The Nature Conservancy
University of Illinois at Chicago
