New Companies/Ventures
- Ackermann Public Relations & Marketing, a full-service public relations firm, has opened a Dallas office in the Arlington section of the Metroplex.
Ackermann first entered the Dallas market last spring and now serves eight active clients, including Mothers Against Drunk Driving; the Matthew 25 Foundation, a non-profit group that works with athletes; and Pre-Paid Phones and Pagers, a cellular phone and paging company. (Ackermann, 423/584-0550)
- Marshall Consultants Inc., an executive search and management consulting firm in corporate communications, has opened a West Coast office at 24172 Malibu Road, Malibu. The new office will serve both area and national clients. (Marshall, 310/456-0666)
- Karen Friedman and Dava Guerin joined forces to launch Guerin Public Relations Inc. at The Fairway Office Complex Plaza, suites 409-410, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
The venture combines Friedman's expertise as a "action news reporter" for more than 11 years and Guerin's experience in public relations. Formerly, Geurin headed Guerin + Kapnek Communications Inc. The business will offer a range of services, including media relations, crisis management, special events and dignitary visits. (Guerin, 215/321-1947)
Acquisition
President and CEO of Falls-Griswold Public Relations Inc.,Robert F. Falls, a 50-percent owner, recently acquired Griswold-Eshleman's 50 percent share of the Cleveland, Ohio-based agency. Terms of the buyout were not disclosed. In addition to the acquisition, the firm adopted a new name, Robert Falls & Co. Public Relations, which was effective Nov. 1 (Robert Falls, 216/696-0229)
New hires/Promotions
- Jean-Martial Ribes was named managing director of the Paris office for Ketchum Public Relations. Ribes will move from Ketchum's New York headquarters to join the France-based management team in January. (Ketchumn, 212/878-4616)
- Victor Beck takes over as director of public relations at 26-year-old WTM Communciations, Soth Natick, Mass. (WTM, 508/650-1151)
- Kathleen Lang joined Earle Palmer Brown, a mar-com company in Philadelphia, as a public relations account supervisor. Lang will be heading PR for several of Dupont's business efforts. (Earle Palmer Brown, 215/851-9484)
- Intermark Communications, a high-tech marketing firm, Irvine, Calif., brought David E. Barringer on board as vice president and creative director. (Intermark, 714/474-3000)
- Chicago, Illinois-based Integrated Marketing Solutions has hired Corie Frysztak as vice president. Frysztak has 12 years of experience in both national and international marketing. (IMS, 312/664-1616)
- Judith Setzko Workman has joined McKinlay & Partners as director of media services at the advertising and public relations agency based in Simsbury, Conn. In addition to overseeing the division's media department, Workman will also supervise its strategic planning and accounts management. (McKinlay, 203/651-0971)
- Amy Fennegan was promoted to management supervisor in the public relations group of MBRK Advertising and Public Relations, Dallas. (MBRK, 214/520-1200)
- Bailey/Gardiner Creative Communications named Jennie Van Meter account coordinator at its San Diego office as part of the company's public relations, advertising, special events and media efforts serving clients such as Tiffany & Co., Pacific Honda and the Cobbleston Golf Group. (Bailey/Gardiner Creative Communiation, 619/298-9300)
Industry News
Sun & Star Campaign
Richards/Gravelle
, a PR and marketing firm based in Dallas, is in the midst of a 100-day-long multimedia campaign for Sun & Star 1996, a festival of Japanese culture. Events, which kicked off two weeks ago, are being held in Dallas and Fort Worth.
The firm promoted the festival through television and radio spots, buttons and banners, press releases and a venture into this century's newest medium --the World Wide Web (http://cityview.com).
Media impressions, valued at $2.5 million, had hit the 115 million mark. (Richards/Gravelle, 214/891-2896)
- Paine & Associates racked up the most awards at the Los Angeles Public Relations Society of America banquet held Oct. 30. Paine & Associates, a 2-year-old firm in Los Angeles, received 12 awards, including seven first-place Prisms. First-place honors were given for Paine & Associates' efforts on behalf of a range of companies, including American Suzuki Motor Corp., Polaroid Corp. [PRD], and Taco Bell Corp. (Paine & Associates, 714/755-0400)
- Trish Doll, president of Publicity Works, a marcom agency in Bowmansville, Pa., was chosen by the Central Penn Business Journal to its Top Forty Under 40 list of Central Pennsylvania's "most dynamic young business leaders._ (Publicity Works, 717/445-6377)
- Kudos to Keating, which received a Bronze Award in the professional and personal services category of FinancialWorld's 56th Annual Report Competition.
Keating Magee Advertising and Public Relations, headquartered in New Orleans, was given the honor for its "Alliances" report, which integrated the company's business and community efforts by reporting on the families it serves as well as the people it employs. (Keating Magee, 504/523-2121)