
Agency Updates: Ogilvy, Ketchum, Delucchi Plus and Frost Miller
Ogilvy Public Relations announced that The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded Resilience Action Partners a $130 million contract to provide “risk communication and mitigation planning services” over…
“Successful Marketing Looks a Lot More Like Grassroots Organizing than Ever Before,” Social Driver Tells DC Inno
According to DC Inno, “On the corner of 15th and L, a minutes walk from McPherson Square, Social Driver Chief Strategy Officer and co-…

DC Ad Club Seeks Speakers for ADWKDC
The DC Ad Club is accepting applications and suggestions for speakers for ADWKDC 2015, the region’s largest and most diverse hands-on, networking-…

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Nyree Wright, Senior Vice President at Qorvis MSLGROUP
Capitol Communicator is running a series of profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this “up close and personal” profile, we feature Nyree…

Edelman Adds Kathryn Beiser as Head of Global Corporate Practice
Edelman concluded “a lengthy search” to identify the new head of its global corporate practice, hiring former Hilton Worldwide communications head Kathryn Beiser to…

Buzz in Baltimore: Clapp Takes on Howard Bank’s PR; ParkRe App Launches; New Hires at LMO and Merkle; GKV Adds Network Health; Planit to Promote Kinglet
Howard Bank, now the largest bank headquartered in the Baltimore region following announcement of its plan to acquire Patapsco Bancorp Inc. of Dundalk, has…

Ad Club of Baltimore Announces American Advertising Award Winners
More than 240 entries were submitted for the 41st Annual Baltimore American Advertising Awards this year, resulting in 78 gold and silver awards presented…

Crosby Named a Top Environmental PR Firm in O’Dwyer’s Industry Rankings
Crosby Marketing Communications has been recognized as #13 on the annual ranking of the nation’s Top Environmental PR Firms by O’Dwyer’s,…

Ellen Moran, Former White House Comms Director, Joins H+K Strategies as GM of D.C. Office
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has named Ellen Moran, former White House communications director for President Obama and former executive director of EMILY’s List, an…

Sage Communications’ Chloé Kerr Named NASCAR’s Diversity Intern of the Year
Sage Communications is pleased to recognize Chloé Kerr for her recent NASCAR Diversity Internship Participant Award. Kerr, who worked as an intern at NASCAR…

Baltimore ADDY ‘Best in Show’ Goes to MGH for OLD BAY Campaign; TBC and Renegade Take Category Awards
Produced with a ‘Downton ADDY’ theme and with many attendees donning 1920s dinner-party attire, Baltimore’s community of marketing professionals celebrated creative excellence…

Stepping Up
D.C.-based Social Driver appointed Dave Stroup account director for public affairs. circle S studio has been named agency of record for TowneBank…

Area Updates: JPA, 360 Live Media and Consociate Media
Global Bridges Healthcare Alliance for Tobacco Dependence Treatment has selected D.C.-based JPA Health Communications to manage its digital presence and network communications,…

R2integrated Acquires CatapultWorks, Silicon Valley’s Largest Integrated Marketing Services Agency
Baltimore-based R2integrated (r2i) has signed an acquisition agreement with CatapultWorks, Silicon Valley’s largest integrated marketing services agency. CatapultWorks brings over two decades…

HZDG Acquires Canvas Co/work and Expands into Downtown D.C.
HZDG, an independent integrated creative agency with offices in Rockville, NYC and Baltimore, will expand its D.C. Metro presence through its acquisition of…

