We’re excited to announce the addition of Karsu Nalbantoglu as a video intern on our digital marketing team. In an ever-evolving digital world, video is key for storytelling, and we’re thrilled to bring Karsu on board to add a new perspective.

As a former television news producer I can say that there is a very fine line between public relations professionals being persistent and being annoying. Plus, let’s face it, as PR professionals it doesn’t exactly make your day when you make media follow up calls that irritate a media contact to the point that they say you’re annoying!

After 10+ years of passively accepting amazingly sub-par services from Wide Open West (WOW!) I finally decided enough was enough. After all, I am paying the absolute maximum a customer can pay for the absolute minimum amount – and quality – of service.

I have officially ventured into my second year of graduate school. At times, grad school feels like I am a college student trying to fit into a grown-up world. I have had to create a new model of work-life-homework-sometimes-yoga balance.

Without question, "Dieselgate" is a dramatic and traumatic event. Lots of vehicle owners are feeling pretty screwed right now. Lots of employees are feeling pretty embarrassed. Lots of investors are feeling a sense of abandonment. To say it is all unfortunate is a bit of an understatement.

This past Monday I had the opportunity to be on a panel of alumnae at my alma mater, Ursuline College. We were talking with a cohort of freshmen students embarking on a year of professional development. Being only three years out of school myself, I was curious how the students would react to my personal experiences.

CLEVELAND – September 17, 2015 – Jennifer Manocchio, Sweeney president and GM of global operations, announced today the agency is expanding its presence in South America with the addition of Ayla Nicole. Ayla officially joined the team at 1:45 a.m. on Monday, September 14, following a 9-month internship.

As a follow-up to Jennifer's recent post, I wanted to share my personal experience of traveling to Corsica and spending two amazing weeks on a tiny island floating on a beautiful blue sea centered on a rock hurdling through space (Crystal's preferred description).

I was recently asked by a marketing executive how it feels to work in a marketing and public relations agency where you do not need to defend your job and work everyday. To put this in perspective, we were discussing the need in corporate marketing to always justify and quantify your importance.