D.C.-Area Updates: Silverback Strategies, Direct Impact and TorchLight Hire
Silverback Strategies, a performance marketing agency in Alexandria, Va, is #25 of 50 U.S. advertising and marketing companies included in the 2017 Ad Age Best Places to Work list.…
Edelman’s Paid-Media Team Becomes ‘Edelman Digital Performance Marketing”
Edelman, for decades a public relations powerhouse, has been expanding its offerings, reports AdAge, which added that “its paid media team has cemented its…
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Rick Heffner, President and Creative Director at Fuszion
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring an in-depth look at communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “Up Close and Personal” profile,…
Van Eperen, Planit, Abel Communications and Fallston Group CEOs Among Maryland’s ‘Most Admired’
Leaders of four Maryland communications firms were among the honorees at the Maryland Daily Record’s “2017 Most Admired CEO’s” event held at…
Buzz in Baltimore: Under Armour CMO Out; idfive Launches Port Discovery Website; Jellyfish Recognized by Rackspace
A management shake-up at Under Armour includes the replacement of its chief marketing officer, Andrew Donkin. Donkin joined Under Armour from Amazon in…
Chryssa Zizos, Head of Live Wire Media Relations, Launches Software Business to Train People to be Polished Public Speakers
“The interesting part of Chryssa Zizos’s business is unleashing people’s potential, reports The Washington Post. According to a Post piece, she trains…
D.C.-Based ISL Names DJ Saul its CEO, Peter Corbett Named Founder
D.C.-based iStrategyLabs (ISL) announced that DJ Saul has been promoted to CEO and agency founder Peter Corbett now carries the title of…
Arts & Letters Creative Co. Opens in Richmond
Arts & Letters Creative Co., billed as a creative agency, has opened in Richmond, reports MediaPost, which added that “the nearly 20-person shop…
Crosby Marketing Communications Adds Kelly Heritage and Jimithy Hawkins
Crosby Marketing Communications welcomed two new members to its growing staff of 78 professionals. Kelly Heritage and Jimithy Hawkins have been hired to support…
Cary Hatch, CEO MDB, Named One of Greater Washington’s Most Influential Business Leaders
Since 2012, the Washington Business Journal has compiled an annual list of the most influential business leaders from across the Greater Washington region—The…
D.C. Updates: DC Inno’s 50 on Fire, Speakerbox and Fenton
DC Inno announced its 2017 list of 50 on Fire. The list, states DC Inno, “honors the hottest companies, organizations and people from across…
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Kerry-Ann Hamilton, KAH Consulting Group
Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring an in-depth look at communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “Up Close and Personal” profile,…
Social Driver’s Anthony Shop Named to Financial Times’ OUTstanding LGBT + Future Leaders List
Anthony Shop, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Social Driver, a digital creative agency based in D.C., has been named to the…
Crosby and DAV Win PRSA Thoth Award for National PSA Campaign
Crosby Marketing Communications and DAV (Disabled American Veterans) won a PRSA Thoth Award for DAV’s “Victories for Veterans” PSA campaign. Produced by Crosby,…
Updates from Harbour Group, Bully Pulpit Interactive and Glen Echo Group
After 10 years at WAMU, Pat Brogan joined the Harbour Group, a public relations firm in Washington, handling media relations, reports DCRTV, which added…
