A 30-person national PR, corporate communications and content creation team, we serve all business-to-business companies, with deep roots in real estate and financial services.
Portfolios: www.akretewriting.com and www.akretemediaportfolio.com.
Employees: 6. Founded: 2011.
Agency Statement:
Akrete helps companies and executives stand out in an AI world. We create and promote original thought leadership, delighting clients and generative search engines alike. A national business-to-business PR and marketing communications firm, our PR professionals, writers and strategists bring an authentic voice to nuanced B2B topics. Akrete is the Gold Stevie(R) winner for PR Agency of the Year, U.S. and Canada; a member of the 2026 PRNews Agency Elite Top 120 and a 2025 PRWeek "Best Place to Work.” We are B2B specialists with particularly deep roots in real estate, financial services and corporate communications.
Key professionals include Margy Sweeney, Founder & CEO; Nicole Stenclik, President; and Executive Committee Leaders Jackie Keane (fractional CFO/COO), Michelle Pittman (Executive Consultant) and Aimee Val (Senior Vice President).
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Clients Include:
BGO Bigger Pockets Bonaventure Byline Bank Feasibly First American Data & Analysis ISS JLL KeyBank & KeyBanc Capital Markets Kiavi Kingbird Investment Management Lee & Associates of Illinois McCullough Landscape Architecture Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP (RSCH) Skender Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Chicago Water Tower Place Xroads Real Estate Advisors
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Nicole Stenclik
Akrete promotes Nicole Stenclik to the newly created role of president. Stenclik has been a member of ...
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Craig Bloomfield
Craig Bloomfield, who was a senior consultant, content development with Akrete as well as collaborating with such marketing services companies as Belniak Media and KTPR...