Mar32010
Stephanie Styons
We are looking for a Public Relations Account Supervisor. Must have experience developing, managing and executing multifaceted B2B public relations programs. Knowledge of AP style and national media relations experience a must. Strong writing, communications and presentation skills necessary. Agency experience and social media marketing knowledge a plus. Experience with personnel management and growth required.
Job responsibilities include: Serve as day-to-day client contact. Oversee all client PR activity. Ensure the agency’s clients receive strategic and professional counsel and quality service. Management of junior staff.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree, at least seven years relevant PR experience (post graduation)
Send resumes to: sstyons@merrellgroup.com
Mar22010
Stephanie Styons
We certainly are consistent… Over the past few years, we have had a very strong showing at the ADDY Awards and we did it again this year. We took home 16 ADDYs — eight gold, four silver, three bronze and a Judges’ Choice.
The majority of the honors we received were for the “Durable People” campaign created for the CORDURA® brand. We also won awards for work created for Georgia-Pacific Professional, Texas Farm Products, Invacare and for the agency itself.
Check out the press release here.
Feb22010
Stephanie Styons
A warm welcome to Melea Mauldin! She joins the agency as an Account Executive in the Public Relations department.
Melea comes to us from Jackson Marketing Group, a full-service agency in Greenville, SC. In the past, she has provided PR support to BMW, BF Goodrich, Food Lion, and Bloom. With Melea’s solid media relations and event planning experience, we look forward to her helping the Howard, Merrell & Partners team raise visibility for our clients.
We are glad to have Melea, a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, back in the Tarheel state.
Jan152010
Stephanie Styons
Congratulations to Laura McAliley for her promotion to Account Supervisor. Since the day she started, Laura has been committed to providing clients with the best public relations support and client service. That effort has helped win awards for the agency and praise from clients. She has earned this promotion. Cheers to Laura!
See her full release.
Jan112010
Stephanie Styons
We are searching for a seasoned professional to run the Account Management Department at Howard, Merrell & Partners. Qualified candidates must have at least 15 years of agency experience, along with an entrepreneurial spirit and track record for developing business and brand strategies. Strong writing, communications and presentation skills necessary. Must have experience developing, managing and executing B2B and B2C multifaceted, national marketing programs for major brands. Campaign experience needs to include: branding strategy, market research management, writing integrated campaigns including traditional creative, interactive, media buying, public relations and direct response. Experience with personnel management and growth required.
Job responsibilities include: Serve as top-level client contact. Oversee all client activity. Appoint and direct the activities of the account management team at the agency. Ensure the agency’s clients receive strategic and professional counsel and service from the account management staff, resulting in accounts stability, increased business, and profit for the agency.
MBA required. Client-side experience, a plus.
Send resumes to: emaughan@merrellgroup.com
Jan42010
Stephanie Styons
The year has only just begun and we have great news to share – Claire Howell has been promoted to Account Executive in the PR Department! For three-and-a-half years, Claire has contributed greatly through dedication to her clients, and her ability to think and act strategically.
She has supported a number of account teams including: Georgia-Pacific Professional, Butterball, Resound, INTERTON, Chill, O2 Fitness and Doctor’s Vision Center. What’s more, she keeps her finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the industry by serving as an active member of the Raleigh Public Relations Society.
Congratulations Claire
!
Jan42010
Stephanie Styons
Need a New Year’s Resolution? How about being a better communicator? Here are Four Essentials that can help:
1. Be Prepared
Your audience needs to know that you:
- Have confidence in your subject
- Know more about the subject than they do
- Have analyzed the audience and are talking in their terms
- Have a purpose for your message – to inform, to entertain or to inspire
2. Make others comfortable
- Maintain your sense of humor
- Focus on empathizing
3. Be Committed
- Know what you are saying, and why you are saying it
- Care about what you are saying and you will say it well
- Control the space – how and where you move and gesture
- Control the time – your rate of speech, length of remarks, pauses and silence
4. Be Interesting
- Use analogies and help your audience remember key points
- Project optimism and enthusiasm; Others will respond to you
Dec132009
Stephanie Styons
Mix a great group of employees, their significant others, a bit of gambling, a dash of food, and some drinks, and what do you get? … A memorable night.
Black jack, Texas hold’em, craps, roulette, and slot machines kept us busy. Then we all turned in our chips (if we had an left), and some of us went home with prizes!
Won a lot or lost every chip… it did not seem to matter. Good times were had by all!
Dec72009
Stephanie Styons
CONGRATS to Rett Haigler on his promotion to Account Supervisor. With client service as his top priority, Rett is truly commitment to helping each one of his clients meet their branding and marketing goals.
See here for the announcement.
Nov302009
Stephanie Styons
I was watching an old episode of The Secret Millionaire over the weekend. In each episode of this reality series, a multi-millionaire lives in a poverty-stricken community for a week pretending to be working on a documentary. At the end of the week, the true identity of the millionaire is revealed as he/she gives a total of $100,000 of his/her own monies to one or more of the worthy individuals the millionaire has met during that week.
There are hundreds of non-profit organizations all over the Raleigh area. You don’t need to go “undercover” to find them. And though most of us don’t have tens of thousands of dollars to give to worthy causes, we can give our time.
There are hundreds of organizations out there that could benefit from the time and effort of volunteers. For me, I choose to use my professional knowledge and experience to help organizations with their marketing and communications needs. Though I enjoy helping my clients achieve their goals and objectives, I find it truly rewarding to help some local non-profits with promoting their admirable efforts.
If you are not volunteering already, give it a try. I’d highly recommend it.
