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Marino has added True Terpenes and Jenny’s Baked At Home to its portfolio of cannabis and CBD accounts. The agency has been tasked with developing and executing a communications strategy to help build and establish the brands among key target audiences. True Terpenes creates, researches, and sells terpene blends (organic compounds that give each flower, herb, and fruit its own unique scent and flavor) used for cannabis, beverage, cosmetic, food, industrial and pharmaceutical products. Jenny’s Baked at Home is a Brooklyn-based company producing organic, full-spectrum CBD foods and skin products. “The cannabis sector continues to be a rapidly expanding industry that we are excited to grow alongside,” said Marino senior vice president Jordan Isenstadt, who runs the agency’s cannabis practice.
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Brainbox Immersive Marketing is working with the U.S. Army Mid-Atlantic Recruiting Battalion to support the Army’s National Hiring Days initiative. As part of the Army’s “Find Your Warrior” campaign, BBIM has developed a social media-based quiz for potential Army candidates and, based on their answers, calculate the position that best suits them. Users can then share their results with friends on social media. Qualified applicants are eligible for a $2,000 bonus for joining during Army National Hiring Days. The quiz, which has launched on Facebook and Instagram, and continues through July 2, can be accessed by clicking here. U.S. Army recruiters have focused heavily on virtual communications since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chapter 2 is now representing Josh Kesselman and lifestyle brand RAW. The agency will be handling media and partnership opportunities for the client. Founded by Kesselman in 1993, RAW produces a line of vegan rolling papers, as well as pre-rolled filter tips, and other accessories. The company says its papers do not alter the flavor of whatever is being smoked—tobacco, legal herbs or marijuana. RAW, which has offices in the U.S., Asia, Canada and Europe, sells its products in convenience stores, smoke shops and cannabis dispensaries. Kesselman has also started up the RAW Foundation, which has supported such projects as digging wells in Sub-Saharan Africa, building orphanages in South East Asia, and fostering tree and water preservation initiatives across North America.
BPCM is appointed agency of record for two of Champagne’s most distinguished houses, Krug and Ruinart... Santa Cruz Communications, which specializes in the U.S. Hispanic market, marks its 25th consecutive year working with the Billboard Latin Music Awards on Telemundo as PR AOR.. Forte Mare PR lands Woolly Clothing Co., a Seattle-born maker of merino wool basics.
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.
