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The Addition of Four New PR Professionals Fuels
Los Angeles Office's Rapid Expansion
LOS ANGELES, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide,
recently recognized as the fastest growing agency of 1999 by Inside PR, has
added four key PR professionals to its rapidly expanding Los Angeles office.
Ogilvy Public Relations, Los Angeles, today announced the appointments of
Lisa McKendall as senior vice president, Hilary Tetenbaum as editorial
services director, Karin Pellmann as account supervisor and Jennifer Hinkle as
senior account executive. These recent additions demonstrate Ogilvy's
commitment of providing unparalleled service to its growing roster of clients
by augmenting its team to most successfully meet client demands.
In response to Ogilvy's recent emergence as the second largest Technology
PR firm in the world, James Williams, managing director of the Los Angeles
office stated, "The recognition of Ogilvy as a leader in the technology space
combined with the Agency's renowned reputation for brand stewardship, makes
Ogilvy an incredibly exciting and prestigious company to work for. I am
thrilled to welcome Lisa, Karin, Hilary and Jennifer to the Ogilvy team."
Lisa McKendall, a 15-year veteran of strategic public relations and
marketing communications for consumer products, comes to Ogilvy from Mattel,
Inc., where she served as director of marketing communications for nine years.
Her responsibilities included serving as company spokesperson and developing
targeted public relations programs relating to the reputation and visibility
of the company's most recognized brands. McKendall has vast agency account
management experience from her tenure at both Dailey & Associates Advertising
and at Golin/Harris, a Shandwick company.
Hilary Tetenbaum has over 15 years marketing and advertising experience.
Prior to joining Ogilvy as editorial services director, she was communications
specialist at Event411.com where she was involved with conceiving the branding
strategy for the company as well as for creating and writing marketing
collateral, advertising copy and public relations materials. Tetenbaum has
written copy for trailers, TV spots and radio for major motion pictures and
her writing has been published in Training Magazine, The Los Angeles Times
Health Supplement and The Los Angeles Business Journal.
Karin Pellmann has over seven years marketing communications and public
relations experience and joins Ogilvy as account supervisor, managing several
technology clients, including BravoGifts.com, Big Fish and eHobbies. Prior to
joining Ogilvy, she was a senior account executive with G.S. Schwartz & Co.,
Inc. in New York where she serviced off-line consumer and business-to-business
accounts. Prior to working at G.S. Schwartz, Pellmann managed marketing
communications for Hitachi Medical Corporation of America and before that was
with Callard & Bowser-Suchard, Inc., a division of Kraft Foods Inc., where she
spent 4 years marketing their chocolate brands and seasonal lines.
Jennifer Hinkle brings five years of public relations experience to
Ogilvy, where she manages Miadora, Verde and BarbieArt, as well as the newly
acquired Jewelry.com. Jennifer joins Ogilvy from Wills Communications, where
she was a senior account executive working on Hyatt, IHOP, WB Stage 16
Restaurant and D.A.R.E. Prior to that, Jennifer was with Harris Shepard
Public Relations where she worked with Jenny Craig International, Mastey
Haircare and OPI Nail Products.
About Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide is a leading international
communications firm with specialty practices in health and medical, marketing,
technology, corporate communications and public affairs. Headquartered in New
York, Ogilvy PR partners with clients throughout the world from its 46 offices
in 41 markets across the United States, Europe and Asia and through affiliate
relationships worldwide as part of WPP Group, one the world's largest
marketing communications companies. The firm includes three wholly owned
subsidiaries: Alexander Ogilvy (technology), B|W|R (entertainment) and
Feinstein Kean Healthcare (healthcare and biotechnology). Ogilvy PR's web
site is located as http://www.ogilvypr.com .
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