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FINN Partners lands US PR duties for RingCentral, which provides global enterprise cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration and contact center solutions. The agency’s scope of work will include media and analyst relations, thought leadership, events and product communications to drive increased awareness for RingCentral, its spokespeople, partners and product portfolio. The account will be led by FINN managing partner and global tech practice leader Sabrina Guttman and Lisa Heathman, senior partner with FINN’s Portland office, tapping additional talent from across the country. “We chose FINN Partners because of their people, their ideas and their reputation as a global leader in marketing and communications,” said RingCentral VP-corporate communications Tom Murphy.
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The Ripson Group is named agency for the Illinois chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The agency will work to create awareness and participation in programs in Illinois that could help save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide. The focus will be on education and awareness events during Mental Health Awareness month in May and Out of the Darkness community walks in October, as well as on media relations. “Suicide can be prevented; we are determined to advocate for more investment in research and prevention,” said AFSP Illinois area director Angela Cummings. “We are delighted that Ripson Group will join us in these efforts.”
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Ditto PR adds Cardless, Direxion and Truework to its roster of fintech clients. For Cardless, which offers custom co-branded credit card products, Ditto will focus on identifying key target audiences, establishing an understanding of the company’s business objectives, and creating brand awareness. For Direxion, a provider of Exchange Traded Funds, Ditto will oversee a broad-based audience-investor survey, media relations, executive thought-leadership, social media and content. The agency will collaborate with employment and income verification platform Truework to develop positioning and messaging, manage media relations, and lead thought leadership and content.
FleishmanHillard is named strategic communications consultancy for the Bay Area Host Committee... Kite Hill is named PR partner for the Artist and the Machine summit, which till take place Nov. 19 in Los Angeles... Alliance Connection, a Detroit-based agency that specializes in all-inclusive resorts, travel and hospitality, wins Elite Island Resorts with properties in Antigua, Barbados and Panama.
Merlot Marketing is named agency of record for Nichiha USA, a manufacturer of building material solutions... Sally Beauty, the consumer retail division of parent company Sally Beauty Holdings, appoints Creative Media Marketing as its public relations agency of record... Doner comes on board as agency of record for Rush Street Gaming, which operates Rivers Casino locations in Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Des Plaines, IL; Portsmouth, VA; and Schenectady, NY.
JPR Group picks up Kimmel Architecture (formerly Kimmel-Bogrette Architecture + Site) to establish a presence in the senior living marketplace... RG2 Communications, adds Pollini at Ladbroke Hall, an Italian restaurant that is part of the 43,000 sq.-ft. Edwardian landmark, which presents live music, contemporary art, dance and gastronomy... M&C Communications assumes PR duties for Hope for Stomach Cancer nonprofit group.
Konnect Agency connects with Crescent Hotels & Resorts... FleishmanHillard specialty agency Methods+Mastery’s "Team BDG” comes on board as agency of record for Blue Diamond Growers... The Lacek Group, a loyalty, CRM and brand marketing agency that is part of Ogilvy One, picks up FNBO financial services outfit.
Rubenstein Public Relations works to burnish the legacy of Manhattan’s Riverside Memorial Chapel as a 
