Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 12, 2015

Years ago, I was a PR person working at a creative marketing communications agency. The company had three distinct divisions: PR / Communications (that was my area), Creative Marketing & Advertising and Web, Multimedia & Video. The role I play creatively is distinctly different.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2023, “AI has become a huge topic,” said Chris Perry, chair of Weber Shandwick Futures , the communication firm’s research and development lab that seeks to help PR agencies and their clients adapt to the major changes that artificial intelligence is causing. These are tools that can make us better, not take our jobs.”

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 23, 2020

That’s probably because I started my career at consumer marketing PR agencies and enjoyed the work immensely for many years. There will always be specialist agencies to partner with such brands, but PR firms don’t typically win the lion’s share of the work. I’m a late convert to B2B public relations.

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Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Whether you’re a new PR assistant or the Director of Communications, the core of your job revolves around using news and content to put forth your brand’s desired messaging. Our job descriptions tell us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D.

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Frederik Vincx

JULY 25, 2023

The challenge and opportunity was to create a PR toolkit that helped brands communicate effectively with media, bloggers, and stakeholders. Role As a co-founder, my role was broad, mostly focussed on the creative aspects. We had spotted the business opportunity in the communication agencies that we worked at.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 10, 2018

When other industries think of creative agency hours, they go EEK! Don’t forget, they’re more creative. For example, if Jane Doe wants to be an outstanding creative director, a caring mother/wife, and a reliable friend, let’s face it, she might skip the gym on more than a few occasions. Now, we know what you’re thinking.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

BuzzSumo edges into PR with journalist database for SMBs; Poppulo adds generative AI for internal comms; why don’t PR software vendors follow basic PR standard practices? According to the release the software uses employee behavioral data to “identify content themes and gain insights into audience engagement.”

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We’re looking for a PR Account Executive to join our Leeds based agency. Prohibition won Prolific North’s Best PR Agency and Best Integrated Campaign of 2019 and CIPR’s Outstanding Large Consultancy of the Year 2019, 2017 and 2015. We pride ourselves on being one of the country’s top agencies outside of the London bubble.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Our job descriptions tells us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D. For the sake of creating a comprehensive list of all the tasks today’s PR and communications teams are responsible for, we’ve compiled a list of 20 responsibilities or areas of focus.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Whether you’re a new PR assistant or the Director of Communications, the core of your job revolves around using news and content to put forth your brand’s desired messaging. Our job descriptions tell us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D.

Training 370

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 31, 2023

The product name and press release position the tool as a writing assistant of sorts, “to create initial draft frameworks for press releases and outreach communications.” It last rebranded as Intrado in 2019 and in 2021 renamed its PR business software unit Notified , which was the namesake of a cool little PR tech startup it acquired.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Marpipe is a multivariate creative testing platform.

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Marpipe is a multivariate creative testing platform.

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Creativity How To Engineering Advertising 52

PRSay

JUNE 16, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT or Google’s Bard chatbot, can generate text, images and other content derived from the data on which the AI software is trained. Instead, I predict that PR practitioners who are slow to add AI to their skillsets may be replaced by communicators who learn to leverage the evolving technology.

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Landis PR

JULY 31, 2023

Now, more than a half century since the birth of artificial intelligence, mass interest and adoption of the technology has accelerated in recent months, thanks to publicly available software like ChatGPT and Character.ai. Sometimes all it takes is a single word or idea to get the creative juices flowing.

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The Resolution Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2015

What we didn’t realize we would find is a Communication team driving the restructure of the business to become Agile! We’ve met a handful of PR professionals learning from software development in order to better integrate campaigns and work more reactively. We started with communications, product management and marketing.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Yet we like fast response time – PR, especially a PR agency, is a fast-paced environment. If we can’t reach someone with one form of communication, we have back-up plans to get that quick response. Communication is key – In any good relationship, communication is key.

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PRSay

JULY 9, 2021

In today’s PR agency world, with its seemingly endless permutations of team structures and hierarchies, there are several scenarios in which younger workers might help guide their more experienced counterparts. Input for agency pitches or campaign planning is another area where younger professionals can shine.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

But to the marketing and communications worlds, the reality is that it has been used in various forms for years, having started gaining momentum around 2015. Ways marketing communications is currently utilizing AI Data Analysis and Insights: AI enables marketers to analyze vast amounts of data and extract valuable insights quickly.

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Buzzstream

OCTOBER 21, 2021

When I got promoted to SEO account manager at my previous digital marketing agency, besides all the excitement, I knew it would be a new challenge to create strategies involving Digital PR, Content, Design and other teams on top of my usual SEO work. Which were the last design updates we asked the creative team?

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The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The social distancing rules and economic impact of Covid 19 seem to have hastened conversations about automation (from software to robotics), with many organisations including PR agencies and publications looking at where it can improve efficiencies. A hybrid approach for PR agencies and media companies. So what’s the solution?

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 17, 2014

For my team, for my clients, for the Agency. One minute I’m participating in a brainstorm for ideas around a new lifestyle store opening, the next I’m editing a byline for a tech trade from the founder of an enterprise software company. It requires agility, and keeps me thinking creatively. What are your main focuses as an AD?

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Prohibition

JANUARY 20, 2021

PR agencies are trained to convey messages to the public in a creative way that sparks interest. PR teams have a lot of experience communicating with journalists and because of this, will have built established relationships and contacts at key media outlets. 5) It gives you access to marketing software.

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PR 20/20

MAY 8, 2019

Brands will need to become more human with greater resources dedicated to listening, relationship building, ethics, empathy, creativity, culture and community. As HubSpot’s first agency partner back in 2008 , we’ve built our firm on the back of automation and have witnessed it transform the industry over the last decade.

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5W PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Digital media has become an integral part of people’s lives, shaping how they’re able to communicate, entertain themselves, consumer information, and more. Crafting a digital story Computers, smartphones, cameras, microphones, and software for editing are essential tools.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2017

Of course, anyone entering the field is likely to look at the different paths to a career, which typically means exploring large agencies, in-house opportunities, and smaller firms. We’d like to make the case for agency work for any aspiring PR strategist. PR Agencies Offer Breadth of Experience.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

According to USC’s 2017 Global Communications Report , written communications is second only to strategic planning in important skills for future growth in public relations. A professional communicator is arguably one of the most versatile writers around. Yet many fail to apply the same rigor to client communications.

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Landis PR

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple – that’s creativity.” – Charles Mingus, jazz composer and bass player. . There are limitless ways to express a message and unlimited ways to interpret it – good communications ensure the right interpretations. .

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. PR is a broad field that encompasses many different tactics and strategies for managing communication between an organization and the public. It’s not a bad take.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By Sound familiar?

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Shift Communications

APRIL 1, 2016

SHIFT Communications, the premiere data-driven PR agency , announced today the release of the Heuristic And Recurrent Ontological Lexicon Deep-learner, or HAROLD, the world’s first artificially intelligent (AI), cloud-based PR employee. HAROLD’s creation represents the first AI employee of a virtual public relations workforce.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Take stock of current agency work. Now is the time to revisit original objectives and make sure communications teams are on target. Work with your agency to make sure both teams are on track as well as to re-invigorate for the upcoming race to the end of the year. Reconsider the weekly agency status meeting.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 1, 2020

That’s clear in the findings from the annual marketing and creative salary survey conducted by The Creative Group and parent company Robert Half. Marketing and Creative Salaries The biggest findings in the survey are the salary benchmarks. >>> Can your agency bring big ideas and execute? Try our services.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 17, 2017

It’s not enough to research the agency you’re applying to – that’s your baseline. And, one of the best ways to improve writing is by reading — following a varied diet of great journalistic and creative content. But in all agencies, the importance of business communication can’t be underestimated.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 11, 2024

For our first initiative in the “field” a few weeks ago, The Hoffman Agency France welcomed a 3 rd year high school student for an observation internship. As for HR software company Workday, it reveals that only 54% of French companies have embraced diversity. It must be embodied daily.

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PRSay

AUGUST 31, 2021

Taking a wait-and-watch approach to crisis communications is often an overlooked PR tactic. Plenty of smart people in communications disagree with this method. One reason to take a wait-and-see approach to crisis communications is that the situation might not be a crisis, after all. In fact, it can make matters worse.

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Ethical Voices

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Joining me on this week’s episode is Ethan McCarty , the founder and CEO of Integral , an award-winning employee activation agency serving leaders of communications, HR, marketing, and technology. Ethical perils in personalizing employee communications. Ethical issues with creating your own echo chamber.

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