Calacus has been appointed by international gaming company Letou to promote its shirt sponsorship of Premier League football club Swansea City for the 2017-18 season. Calacus will launch Letou’s consumer-facing campaign ‘Letou Goals for Good’ which promotes its sponsorship and support of local charities in South Wales. Letou will feature on the front of home, away and […]
Magazine publisher Hearst has appointed Fay Jennings as head of PR. Jennings will share the role with Karen Meachen. She will work Monday – Wednesday and Meachen will work Wednesday – Friday. Prior to Hearst, Jennings worked as director of brand and PR at NetJets Europe and head of global public relations at Virgin Atlantic Airways. […]
Ketchum, Edelman and Weber have been awarded Cannes Health & Wellness Lions for their work with wider advertising and marketing groups. For the first time this year, the Cannes Lions Awards allowed entrants to credit PR agencies that participated in their campaigns. In the Health & Wellness Lions, communications company Clemenger BBDO Melbourne won the top […]
Redleaf Communications has hired former BBC correspondent Guy Smith as an associate director of its corporate team. Guy has more than 20 years’ multi-media journalism experience in the UK, and abroad, for commercial and public broadcasters including ITN, ITV and BBC News. Prior to Redleaf, he spent two years as an associate director for a […]
Iceland has appointed Weber Shandwick to provide support across its consumer marketing and corporate communications activities. The appointment follows a competitive pitch process, held last month, and is effective immediately. The firm’s Manchester office will service Iceland, which is headquartered on Deeside. Chairman Jon McLeod and managing director Heather Blundell will lead the account. Nick […]
Here’s a round-up of the essential PR stories, features and events news that have broken over the last week (12-16 June 2017). Pitch wins The BFI has appointed DDA and Four Colman Getty to provide press and PR services for the 61st BFI London Film Festival, which takes place at venues across the capital from 4-15 […]
Golin has been appointed by the De’Longhi Group to run its household appliances consumer PR and social media across its De’Longhi, Kenwood and Braun brand portfolios in the UK. Alongside a brand press office to support ongoing product innovations and launches, Golin will undertake specific projects and social media support to strengthen each of the brands’ […]
Rhizome Media, a PR, content and social media agency focused on SMEs and start-ups, has appointed former national newspaper journalist Neil Millard as a partner. Millard’s remit at Rhizome will primarily be media relations and public affairs, the latter a new division Rhizome is launching based on Millard’s strong track record in that field. Dominic […]
TVC Group has made three senior promotions, including a board appointment, and strengthened its luxury team with a new addition. Leon Schlesinger joins the existing five-member board, led by global MD James Myers, after 12 years at the agency. Joining in 2005, Schlesinger has risen through the ranks from editor and producer, to his most […]
After the recent launch of consultancy Trafalgar Strategy, David Cameron’s former press chief, Giles Kenningham, discusses why his new service provides a different offering and the comms lessons learnt from the snap election. What is Trafalgar Strategy’s key point of differentiation? Few people have our level of experience and insight. We’ve worked at the highest […]