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Salaries at PR agencies nationwide were essentially flat in 2020, even as hourly billing rates increased at an average rate of nearly five percent, according to an annual Spring Associates report.
SourceCode Communications launches WeRaise PR to advance working mothers... Allison+Partners forms mentoring program with The Hampton University Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications... W7Worldwide, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, takes home the PRCA MENA 2021 International Campaign Award for its Communicating Through Covid-19 Resource Centre... Sherlock Communications of São Paulo, starts up SEO unit.
Montieth & Company joins with Strategic Public Relations Group to launch Montieth SPRG, a Hong Kong-based agency... Vested starts up VestEd, a free financial marketing/comms education center... Motion launches its Women of Impact Award, which will honor trailblazing women in the Chicago area across marketing, public relations, advertising and media... Dezenhall Resources CEO Eric Dezenhall writes "False Light, a novel that incorporates his crisis communications experience into events surrounding a public figure’s sexual assault allegations.
More than three-quarters of North American PR agencies have experienced a net decrease in fees this year or no growth at all, according to a recent Gould+Partners survey.
Interpublic recasts constituency management group as IPG DXTRA... Brandman Agency launches partner program that invites senior practitioners to join its network... PRSA awards "Best of Silver Anvil" honor to Houston First Corporation for its “Space City: Moon Landing 50th Anniversary” campaign with TURNER Public Relations.
W2O acquires Starpower... The Belfort Group launches BG Data Hub, a platform that utilizes real-time marketing and communications data to optimize clients’ businesses... Former US Olympic and Paralympic Committee VP for communications Mark Jones unveils Agado Communications.
Furia Rubel Communications creates Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Anti-Racism Resource Center... Jeff Winton Associates partners with UK-based marketing communications firm Onyx Health... North America Women in PR launches Public Relations Academy.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has named Azuree Montoute-Lewis as global head of diversity, equity and inclusion and Bridgette O’Neal as its US DE&I chief.
Blue State, which works with purpose-driven organizations, has hired Christopher Huntley and Rachel Kopilow, veterans of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential bid.
Finn Partners' global health leader Gil Bashe will receive Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering work in healthcare communications... Rocket Science launches XROCKET... PRSA's New York chapter seeks nominations for executive director, board... Women in PR North America re-launches the Public Relations Academy.
FTI Consulting launches a dedicated aviation practice led by Marc Bilbao and Neal Cohen... 5W Public Relations sets up HR Tech division... VSC is partners with The LAGRANT Foundation on its efforts to increase the number of ethnic minorities in the fields of advertising, marketing and PR.
Qorvis Communications celebrates 20th anniversary... United Minds, a Weber Shandwick unit, has launched (Re)Boot Camp, a “re-onboarding” program... Propulsion PR has launched a vegan/plant-based team, intended to align with the firm's commitment to representing businesses that work to reduce environmental risks and aim for sustainable growth.
Wunderlich Kaplan drops Thrive Philanthropy as a client after it was revealed that a purportedly celebrity-studded conference that Thrive was organizing had never confirmed any of the celebrities it was using to promote the event... Weber Shandwick offers to raise "media IQ" of college students and recent grads... Steller.co CEO Pete Bryant and Wagstaff Media and Marketing president Mary Wagstaff partner to support South Australian Tourism Commission,
PR Consulting, a New York fashion shop with such clients as Narciso Rodriguez, Dries Van Noten and Raf Simons, has closed its Los Angeles office.
MWWPR launches Social CEO Playbook... MDC Partners merges KWT Global and HL Group... ENroute Communications wants journos to share fun times they had on press trips.
BCW has shuttered BWR entertainment firm, which had offices in Hollywood and New York, as part of the plan to restructure to better fit the needs of clients and the marketplace.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in client terminations for 88 percent of U.S. PR firms, resulting in an upswing of lost revenues, staff layoffs and salary cuts, according to a new Gould+Partners report.
Coyne PR has unveiled a new website that takes an open-source approach to share key learnings, best practices and practical tips and advice related to COVID-19 and beyond.
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