
BCW Acquires Rockville, Md-based HZ, With Offices in Baltimore and D.C.
BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), a global communications agency and a WPP company, acquired HZ, headquartered in Rockville, Md, with offices in Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.…
The Cyphers Agency Wins Three New Accounts for Marketing, Public Relations & Event Management
Integrated marketing agency, The Cyphers Agency, has been selected to represent two national brands: the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and the Government Employees’…

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Julia Sarver, Senior Designer at Dynamic Integrated Services
Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature Julia Sarver, Senior Designer…

Agency Updates: Signal Group Adds Four, Mindgrub Adds Stevan Fickus, SDI Wins Award
Signal Group adds four: Michelle Bakeris joins as executive vice president. Previously, she was DC healthcare practice lead and senior vice president for Weber…

USDA “Mother & Child” Campaign Promoted National WIC Breastfeeding Week
D.C.-based Hager Sharp produced a campaign to honor National WIC Breastfeeding Week, which is this week. Photography for the campaign, “Mother and…

Fors Marsh Group Conducts 2018 State of First Amendment Survey
Fors Marsh Group (FMG) again partnered with the First Amendment Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, a programming and education partner of the Newseum,…

Are You Paying Bots to Take Your Online Survey?
Few fields have been as radically transformed by people’s access to the internet as survey research and consumer insight mining. The web has…

Buzz in Baltimore: Visit Baltimore Names HZDG’s Sarah Schaffer CMO; News from ADG, C+W and Warschawski
Visit Baltimore announced the hiring of HZDG’s Sarah L. Schaffer to fill the position of chief marketing officer. As CMO, Schaffer will manage…

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Donna Armstrong, Senior Account Manager at ConnellyWorks, a Yes& Agency
Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature Donna Armstrong. Photography for…

LA-Based Gonring, Spahn and Associates Opens D.C. Office
Gonring, Spahn and Associates, an Los Angeles-based government relations, public relations, and philanthropy firm, is opening a D.C. office led by Kevin…

D.C.-Area Updates: Qorvis, REQ and Entravision
Qorvis Communications announced that Kristen Thomaselli would be joining the firm as a vice president of public affairs. In this role, Thomaselli will develop…

Amy Hitt Promoted to SVP, Director of Operations, at Crosby
Crosby Marketing Communications promoted Amy Hitt to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Director of Operations. In her new role, she will…

Return on Creativity: An Arlington Asset and Release of “The Agile Brand” by Greg Kihlström Set for August 16
Join Arlington Economic Development, the Arlington Library and the Rosslyn BID on August 16 for An Arlington Asset, the third seminar in the Return…

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Woody Hinkle, Partner, Nasuti & Hinkle Creative Thinking
Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature Woody Hinkle. Photography for…

Virtual Reality More Accessible Than Ever, States HighRock
By Bryan Brown and Len Sullivan Virtual Reality has grown a lot in the last year. Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Apple are all…

