Here is a round-up of essential PR stories, people news and account wins that have been announced over the past week. Account wins CIPD, a professional body for HR and people development, has appointed Haymarket Media Group to provide events services for its members and people professionals. Digital marketing firm Conversant and CJ Affiliate, a […]
Jay Baer, a New York Times best-selling author and product marketing expert, recently reviewed the Cision Communications Cloud (TM) on his popular technology show Marketing Marvels. Joined by James Rubec, Cision product marketing manager, Baer took an in-depth look at the platforms unrivalled influencer outreach, press release distribution and earned media measurement capabilities. He said: […]
Reputation management specialist Pagefield has appointed Liam Parker, Boris Johnson’s former special advisor and director of political communications, as partner at the firm. Parker joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in September 2016, where he was responsible for political communications and strategy of the foreign secretary, with direct oversight of all communications output from the […]
Lidl UK has appointed Headland for a wide-ranging brief spanning public affairs, senior communications advice, press office support and corporate and financial PR. Led by partners Simon Burton and Lucy Legh, the Headland team will work directly with Lidl’s in-house communications team to advise it on a corporate comms strategy for 2018 and beyond. Burton […]
“I think we’re the only magazine brand that’s doing digital really, really well,” Charlotte Moore, InStyle’s editor-in-chief, told a packed room of comms professionals at Weber Shandwick’s London office this morning. Joined by Josh Newis-Smith, digital fashion and celebrity director, and Chloe Mac Donnell, digital fashion features director, she revealed how PRs can partner with […]
Kraft Heinz, the world’s fifth-largest food and beverage company, has awarded 18-month-old Wonderland Communications a place on its UK roster following a six-way pitch. The Bristol-based agency’s work will begin this month with a three-month project celebrating Heinz Beanz through a national and regional PR and comms programme. “From the six agencies we saw, it […]
Hudson Sandler has appointed Rebecca Gudgeon as a board director to help develop its strategic corporate communications practice. Gudgeon has been providing board council on all elements of strategic communications across sectors including financial services, FMCG, construction, healthcare, consumer and the public sector for the past 20 years. She joins Hudson Sandler after 16 years […]
Frank has announced today that it will become the first UK PR agency to accept payment for its services in Bitcoin, the virtual currency. The agency expects its move to prompt other agencies to accept cryptocurrency payments, making it easier and more convenient for clients to conduct business. “We have started to take on and […]
Yellow Jersey has appointed Georgia Colkin as its first associate director, operating out of its financial PR division and across a handful of key clients. Abs Hassanali and Henry Wilkinson have also joined the agency as a corporate PR account manager and junior account executive respectively. Colkin has held roles at Citigate Dewe Rogerson and Barabino […]
Campaign Collective, a social enterprise providing comms advice to not-for-profit organisations and campaigners, has been appointed to support the fifth Tomorrow’s Engineers Week following a competitive pitch. The agency will handle social media content, media relations and PR and events support for the week, which will run from 6-10 November. It is also responsible for […]