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Omnicom’s Mercury Public Affairs unit has landed a $360K one-year contract with Qatar for research, advice and assistance regarding the work of nongovernmental policy institutions and academic institutions active in studying Middle East issue.
The firm works under the auspices of the public diplomacy office of Qatar’s Washington embassy.
The Arab state remains under an economic/political boycott by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and others for its cozy relations with Iran and hosting the Al-Jazeera satellite TV network.
Mercury’s fee of $30K per-month could be bumped up to $40K in the event that the client requests that it plan, organize, staff and attend two separate thought leadership events in Qatar.
Senior VP Katherine Lewis (BGR alum) and director Kaylee Otterbacher (former aide to Wisconsin Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner) are key personnel on the Qatar business.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
