Nicole Cornish, CEO of Direct Impact grassroots operation, has shifted into the COO slot at Burson-Marsteller's US region, a new position.
Focusing on resource management/operations, Cornish will emphasize talent retention/recruitment.
She'll work closely with Michael Law, CEO of B-M/US.
Connie Partoyan, executive VP at DI for the past five years, is upped to the president post to oversee day-to-day activity, client service and business development.
B-M is evaluating CEO candidates at DI.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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