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AKA Asia has been chosen to manage PR duties for Facebook in the Singapore market. The business was previously handled by Weber Shandwick. Details regarding AKA Asia’s duties for Facebook have not been released. AKA Asia currently works with such clients as Bayer, Electrolux, British Council Singapore and Impossible Foods. Facebook has recently introduced shopping platform Facebook Shops and a “Messenger Rooms” feature meant to complete with such platforms as Zoom.
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Synergy Hill+Knowlton Strategies has been appointed as the agency of record for the Singapore Tourism Board’s office in Seoul, South Korea for the seventh consecutive year. Synergy H+K will work with STB Korea on initiatives including media strategy, external communications, content creation and PR event coordination, as well as reinforcing online and social media communications. The contract began in May and will run for two years.
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Affect has been selected by The Russell Berrie Foundation to highlight the organization and its recent emergency grants of more than $4.48 million to support COVID-19 response efforts in New Jersey and Israel. Affect will be working with the foundation to bring attention to the work of its grant recipients and encourage other individuals and charitable foundations to give during the crisis. The Russell Berrie Foundation is a philanthropic organization dedicated to making social investments and supporting innovative ideas to promote continuity and enrichment of Jewish life, advances in medicine, foster religious understanding and pluralism, and supporting vulnerable populations.
Evocati PR, a purpose-driven PR and marketing firm, picks up Bioservo, a Dallas-based medical technology company specializing in soft assistive devices.... The Point PR, a travel and hospitality agency, lands Aspen Snowmass and Park Hyatt Riviera Maya.... Hannah Cranston Media comes on board for Brightland, a California-based producer of olive oils, vinegars and honeys. 
Rubenstein Public Relations picks up OS Therapies, which offers gene-edited, Listeria-based cancer immunotherapies... Brandman adds Lough Eske Castle, a five-star Castle hotel and gateway in Donegal, Ireland... LRJ PR & Communications lands Case-Mate, a company whose products range from phone cases to a curated line of such accessories as beach bags.
Hemsworth is named PR agency of record for enterprise travel technology company Revelex... Bolt PR comes on board as PR agency of record for Lexar, which provides high-performance memory and storage for consumers, creators and professionals who capture, store and move data... The Wilful Group is engaged to support the UK launch of refurbed, one of Europe’s leading marketplaces for professionally refurbished products.
The Uptown Agency is named agency of record for USA Bobsled/Skeleton, the national governing body for the bobsled and skeleton in the US... SPM Communications adds L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, Sunfly and Puttery to its client roster... Grant PR, which has handled such clients as 3M, Empire State Realty Trust and WNET Thirteen, signs on commercial retail real estate brokerage firm Rova.re.
French/West/Vaughan is named agency of record for Carolina Performing Arts' inaugural "All. Together. Now." Festival, which will take place Feb. 19–21, 2027... Ruder Finn signs on as communications agency of record for Neurocrine Biosciences... Ripley PR is chosen to serve as the public relations agency of record for CAMP Digital, a digital marketing agency focused on the home service industry.
