Blyk Appoints GCI as International PR Partner

GCI joins the Blyk extended team to support growth in the UK and abroad Helsinki, Finland and London, England, 11 April, 2008 – Blyk, the new mobile network for 16-24 year olds funded by advertising, has appointed GCI to build its brand reputation in the UK and internationally following a three-way pitch. GCI won a wide ranging brief which includes corporate reputation management, building brand advocacy in the UK and mobilising its international agency network to support Blyk’s expansion plans in Europe. Blyk is launching in the Netherlands in the second half of 2008 followed by other European markets. Read More

Wine Enthusiast Selects GCI to Promote “Toast of the Town”

– Wine Enthusiast Companies, the world’s number one source for wine storage, accessories, information, education, and events, has selected GCI Group to promote its “Toast of the Town” Wine and Restaurant events in Atlanta, Chicago and New York this spring. GCI will lead regional media relations campaigns in the three markets promoting wine and food tasting events. In addition, GCI will develop partnerships with relevant community groups including wine clubs, local retailers and civic groups with the goal of driving event attendance as well as increasing the number of affiliate partnerships with the publication. Read More

Paul Keirnan joins GCI as healthcare leader

London, UK, 31 March 2008 – GCI London today announced the appointment healthcare veteran Paul Keirnan to head up the agency’s London healthcare team and serve as a member of the UK leadership team. Keirnan brings 15 years UK domestic and international marketing experience with Boots, BASF and Abbott along with 10 years in agency including Edelman, GCC and Sudler & Hennessey. Read More

WPP’s GCI Group welcomes Diane Lore

Convergence of traditional and digital media extends into talent strategy New York, NY, March 24, 2008 – GCI Group announced today the appointment of Diane Lore as Vice President, Digital Media. The hiring of Lore, who brings more than two decades of media strategy, reporting and editing to her role, represents a shift in the way GCI Group recruits talent.“Diane demonstrates how we are extending our ‘change rules’ philosophy into our talent strategy, recruiting leaders that have experiences representative of the blending of disciplines and media environments today,” said Donna Fleishman, President, GCI Atlanta. “Diane has superb traditional media relations and brand management skills, as well as an innovative digital vision that will provide added value to our client partners.” Read More

GCI Group hired to advise developers of Europe’s largest casino complex

International Leisure Development (ILD), a London-based consortium of investors, has appointed GCI to manage all communications around its Gran Scala project. Gran Scala, which has already attracted much media attention both locally and internationally, will be built in the Los Monegros steppe in Aragón, Spain. The three year programme will be handled jointly between GCI London working internationally, and Cohn & Wolfe Madrid representing the Spanish market. Read More

COMPARETHEMARKET.COM APPOINTS GCI TO HANDLE CONSUMER PR BRIEF

London, UK, 29th February 2008 – Comparethemarket.com, the online insurance price comparison website, has appointed GCI London to drive brand awareness and establish it as the voice of the insurance price comparison market. Read More

GCI Middle East Scoops PR Oscar in Dubai, for the Best Use of PR

Dubai - 18, February 2008. GCI Middle East scooped the biggest recognition in the industry at the GMR Marketing Effectiveness Awards (GEMAS 2008) for the best use of Public Relations for the launch of the ‘Lost Paradise of Dilmun Water Park’ in Bahrain, now one of the leading tourist attractions in the region. The event held in Madinat Jumeirah was attended by over 600 marketing, media and advertising executives from around the region. Read More

BERR hires GCI to raise awareness about free employment law advice

London, UK , 18 February 2008 – The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has appointed GCI London to help small businesses with any questions they may have about employment issues. Read More

GCI Hires New PR Director for Dubai

Dubai- 11th February, GCI Public Relations Middle East today announced the appointment of Ammar Tobba as PR Director for its Dubai operation. Tobba brings a broad range of corporate, brand and marketing communication expertise and has over 8 years of experience. Read More

360 Electrical Selects GCI Group as Public Relations Partner

New York, January 31, 2008 – 360 Electrical, creator of the new “plug and turn” outlet, has announced the selection of GCI Group as its public relations partner. For the first time in history, the sockets in your wall outlet can actually rotate 360-degrees, providing maximum flexibility. GCI will lead a nationwide media relations campaign in an effort to build brand awareness for the company and its revolutionary line of products. The account will be led out of New York with support from a cross-office team of house-and-home media specialists. Read More

Half-Second News Cycle on CNNMoney.com and Investor’s Business Daily

Walker comments on how bloggers can drive mainstream stories about companies that can have a strong impact on corporate reputation. Visit Site

GCIGroup.com selected as the #1 “Agency site that awed” in 2007

PRWeek has selected GCIGroup.com as the #1 “Agency site that awed” in 2007. Our site was noted for its creativity and simplicity as well as for its case study and video content. Read More

Chris Stevenson to lead GCI UK Consumer Practice; Brooke Clarke promoted

London, UK , 8 December 2007 – GCI London today announced the appointment Chris Stevenson to head up the agency’s London consumer team, and the promotion of Brooke Clarke to Managing Director. Read More

Dell picks WPP for $4.5 billion marketing account

Dell announced today that it is partnering with WPP to create a global integrated marketing and communications agency. Visit Site

GCI Taps Martin to Head Global Healthcare Practice

New York, November 13, 2007 – GCI Group today announced the promotion of Bill Martin to Executive Vice President, Global Healthcare Practice Leader. In this expanded role, Martin will be responsible for advancing global practice strategy while continuing to drive growth among GCI’s key North America healthcare clients. Read More

SIX SENSES RESORTS & SPAS APPOINT GCI AS MENA PR AGENCY

Manama Bahrain, 29th October : Six Senses Resorts & Spas, the leading luxury global spa brand, has appointed GCI Middle East to handle its communications in the region following a highly competitive three-way pitch. GCI’s initial focus will be the Six Senses Spa at Sharq Village in Doha, Qatar—the largest luxury spa in the Middle East, and the launch of Six Senses Hideaway Zighy Bay, on Oman’s Musandam Peninsula. Read More

GCI HIRES NEW PR DIRECTOR FOR BAHRAIN

GCI Middle East set to bolster its regional management team even further with the hiring of a new PR Director in Bahrain. Christine Warren has been tempted to the Middle East to head up GCI’s Bahrain PR operation following a multi award winning career in the UK. Warren, 32, has over 10 years of experience in communications and event management working across many blue chip clients in the UK and Europe. Her brief is to boost the firm’s offering and reputation in Bahrain, which foresees considerable growth and development in the coming year. Read More

A TRULY GLOBAL BANK GETS A TRULY GLOBAL PR AGENCY

Bahrain-based Global Banking Corporation (GBCORP) chooses GCI Middle East to direct their corporate communications. Bahrain, October 2nd, 2007: New Bahraini investment bank, Global Banking Corporation (GBCORP), has appointed GCI to handle its corporate communications in the Middle East and other GCI network offices globally as the bank grows. The win came after the banks recent launch announcement, which was handled by GCI Middle East. Read More

Acas Brings in GCI to Boost Awareness

London, UK (28 September, 2007) – GCI today announced that Acas, Britain’s leading employment relations organisation, has appointed GCI London to raise its profile and understanding of its role among the media, employers, employees, government and strategic stakeholders. Read More

GCI Group Stimulates Durex Canada

Toronto, Ontario, July 30, 2007 – SSL Americas Inc. announced that it has selected GCI Group as its Public Relations Agency of Record for the Durex ® business in Canada. This decision was made after a competitive review with an undisclosed number of agencies. Read More

Brooke Schiller Clarke Appointed Commercial Director at GCI London

London, UK (17 July, 2007) – GCI London today announced the appointment of Brooke Schiller Clarke as Commercial Director. Clarke brings a broad range of corporate, brand and social marketing communication expertise and will assume key client and agency management responsibilities. She will report to Mark Cater, GCI London Chief Executive Officer, and will serve as a member of the UK leadership team. Read More

GCI Middle East network bolsters senior management team with KSA hire

GCI Public Relations Middle East today announced the appointment of Neil Barrett as PR Director for Saudi Arabia. Barrett brings a broad range of corporate, brand and marketing communication expertise and has over twenty years experience with ten of those spent in Saudi. Read More

GCI GROUP NAMED AGENCY OF RECORD BY SONY ERICSSON WTA TOUR

New Relationship Strengthens GCI’s Consumer Practice and Sports Marketing Specialty New York, NY (May 30, 2007) – The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, the world's premier professional sport for women, has selected GCI as its global agency of record after a competitive pitch. GCI Group beat two other finalists to win the business and will lead the account out of its New York-based sports practice. Read More

GCI London and The PRactice Form Affiliation

London, UK (09 May, 2007) – GCI London and UK boutique agency The PRactice today announced an affiliation agreement between the two companies. The PRactice, a specialist media relations boutique, with strong skills in the areas of consumer youth, music, fashion, retail and events will collaborate with GCI to provide existing clients of both agencies with a broader scope of consumer focused services. Read More

Grounded in Reality

Check out "Grounded in Reality," our Digital Media Practice weblog, where GCI shares its ideas and perspective on all things digital media. Visit Site

Paul Maguire Appointed Director at GCI London

Appointment Signals Deeper Move into Energy Sector London, UK (23 April, 2007) – GCI London today announced the appointment of Paul Maguire as Director. Maguire brings a broad range of corporate communication expertise and will further build the company’s growing energy, telecommunications and sponsorship client base. He will report to Mark Cater, GCI London Chief Executive Officer and will serve as a member of the UK senior management team. Read More

GCI London Launches Sponsorship Offer

London, UK (19 March, 2006) – GCI London has launched a dedicated sponsorship exploitation offer to further expand its growing presence in the sports and branded entertainment sectors. Read More

Kevin Ota Joins GCI New York as Sr. Vice President, Corporate Practice

GCI Group today announced the appointment of Kevin Ota as Senior Vice President, New York Corporate Practice Leader. Ota, who has 17 years of experience in corporate communications, with deep understanding of the technology industry, will play a leading role in counseling GCI’s existing corporate clients and helping broaden and expand the corporate communication practice. Read More

GCI Supports Global Launch of New Energy exchange – IMEX

GCI is the agency behind the official, global media launch of IMEX – the world’s first energy trading platform. On March 13th 2007, GCI organised two events for the launch – a global press conference hosting national and trade media as well as satellite links to the Middle East and the US, and an evening event attended by Middle Eastern dignitaries that celebrated the launch of the trading platform. Read More

GCI Advises Consortium on Aston Martin Sale

GCI is pleased to be part of a new chapter in Aston Martin’s illustrious history following the announcement that the prestigious sports car manufacturer has been sold to a consortium led by David Richards, Investment DAR and Adeem Investment, ending almost twenty years as part of Ford Motor Company. Read More

Welcome To The Brave New World of Public Relations (GeorgiaTrend.com)

“Everyone has written extensively about the decline of traditional media advertising, about how TiVo, pay-per-view and DVDs have affected advertising, and about the decline in newspaper readership and the changing media habits of younger Americans. That has led clients to find more effective ways of spending money and oftentimes that means PR.” says Joel Babbit, GCI's Chief Creative Officer Visit Site

GCI Group Taps Veteran Healthcare Executive Elinore White

Elinore White has joined GCI Group New York as Senior Vice President, Deputy Healthcare Practice Leader. She brings more than 25 years of experience specializing in healthcare and has worked across such therapeutic areas as endocrinology, cardiovascular, oncology, central nervous system and nutrition. White will oversee GCI’s growing oncology portfolio. Read More

Fashion Cares Partners with GCI Group

Fashion Cares, the premier benefit for HIV/AIDS in support of the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT), officially announces today that GCI Group is their public relations agency of record for the 2007 fundraising event. Read More

Tourism PEI and GCI Group Team Up to Raise Awareness

GCI Group announced today its partnership with Tourism PEI. GCI Group is a sister company to Grey Worldwide Canada, Tourism PEI’s agency of record, and will provide public relations services to Tourism PEI aimed to showcase the province as a premiere travel destination for Canadians. Read More

Andrew Silver Named Head of North America Consumer Marketing Practice

GCI Group's North America Consumer Practice, home to such clients such as Rémy Martin, Nike, Darden, Schick, and Whole Foods is getting an injection of new leadership. Former Ogilvy PR Worldwide executive, Andrew Silver, has been named Executive Vice President, North America Consumer Practice. Read More

GCI Toronto Hires Marissa Lukaitis as Healthcare Group Manager

Marissa Lukaitis has joined GCI Group as Group Manager in the agency's healthcare practice. Read More

GCI Group Named as Agency of Record for Concurrent Computer Corporation

GCI Group (GCI) has been selected to provide public relations and strategic communications support for Concurrent Computer Corporation (NASDAQ: CCUR), a Duluth, Georgia-based provider of high-performance, real-time Linux software and solutions for commercial and government markets. Read More

Rachelle Spero Named Head of GCI New York's Digital Media Practice

The GCI Group today announced the appointment of Rachelle Spero to Senior Vice President, Digital Media, GCI New York. She brings 14 years of public relations and interactive marketing experience with a specialty in healthcare. Read More

GCI Group Announces Promotion of Leah Hutchison

Leading Toronto public relations agency GCI Group announced today that Leah Hutchison has been promoted to consultant in the Consumer Lifestyle practice. Read More

Lassonde Specialties Inc. Announces Partnership with GCI Group

Quebec-based Lassonde Specialties Inc., a consumer packaged goods company concentrating in the development, manufacturing and marketing of specialty food products, announced today its partnership with leading Canadian public relations agency GCI Group. Read More

GCI Group Announces Another Great Hire

Leading Toronto public relations agency GCI Group announced today that Angela Carmichael has been appointed the Vice President of the Corporate-Technology practice. Read More

GCI Group Announces Another Great Hire

Leading Toronto public relations agency GCI Group announced today that Kim Roman has been appointed as Director of the Consumer Lifestyle practice. Read More

BAA Retail Hires GCI for Terminal 5

GCI London has been appointed by BAA Retail the world's largest airport authority to support the trade, consumer and retail communications plans for the run up to the launch of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. Read More

GCI Group Positions Healthcare Practice For Continued Success

GCI Group today announced the promotion of two senior healthcare executives in a move that reflects the firm's vision for its largest practice and the talent they have in place to drive it. Bill Martin has been named Executive Vice President, North American Practice Leader and Jill Dosik has been named Executive Vice President, Director, New York Healthcare. In their new roles, Martin and Dosik will be responsible for leading the next phase of growth by leveraging GCI's already solid healthcare reputation and driving synergies across the New York, Atlanta, Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles practices. Read More

GCI UK Win Broadens Tech Offer With Garmin GPS

GCI London has been appointed by Garmin (Europe) Ltd. to develop its public relations programme throughout Europe. Garmin is a world leader in global positioning system (GPS) technology and satellite navigation. It designs, manufactures and distributes products for a variety of markets, including units for drivers and motorcyclists, devices for outdoors and fitness enthusiasts, as well as equipment for aviation and marine uses. Read More

GCI Names Joel Babbit President And Chief Creative Officer

GCI Group today announced the appointment of Joel Babbit to President and Chief Creative Officer, furthering the firm's commitment to driving fully integrated media-neutral communications strategies to meet the rapidly changing needs of today's clients. Read More

GCI Names Mark Cater CEO, London

GCI Group today announced the appointment of Mark Cater as Chief Executive Officer of its London operations. Cater brings a broad range of international experience across the pharmaceutical industry ranging from crisis counsel and issues management to corporate communications and executive positioning. His career includes time spent throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and North America. Cater takes the helm from Jonathan Shore who has served in an interim capacity as the Chief Executive Officer of both Cohn & Wolfe and GCI London offices. Cater will report to Jeff Hunt, GCI President and Chief Executive Officer, and will serve as a member of the firm's Global Board. Shore will resume his full-time duties as Chief Executive Officer of Cohn & Wolfe, London. Read More

GCI Launches Digital Media Practice Under Leadership Of Paul Walker

GCI has appointed communications and marketing veteran, Paul Walker, to lead its newly formed national digital media practice. He will be responsible for meeting the demand of clients who are quickly recognizing the challenges and opportunities associated with exploiting the Internet to achieve brand and market development goals. Since joining GCI in April, he has advised more than twenty of the firm's major clients including Whole Foods Market, Dell, Women's Tennis Association and Intercontinental Hotels Group. Read More

GCI Taps Ketchum Veteran, Kiersten Zweibaum,

Kiersten Zweibaum has joined GCI Group as Executive Vice President with responsibility for overseeing both the Corporate and Consumer Practices. She comes to GCI from Ketchum, where she had been for the last 15 years. Zweibaum will be responsible for leading and driving growth and building account teams, focusing on such clients as Capgemini and Dell (Corporate) and Remy and Schick (Consumer). She will report into Stephanie Marchesi, president, GCI New York. Read More

GCI Names Steffen Lüders Chairman, GCI Europe

GCI today announced the appointment of Steffen Lüders, CEO of GCI Mannov, to the role of Chairman, GCI Europe. Lüders has been the CEO of GCI Mannov for 11 years and under his leadership, the agency has grown to become the leading public relations firm in Denmark. This appointment signals the momentum of GCI's global strategy. Read More

GCI Announces New Practice Leader and President In Atlanta Office

GCI Group today announced the appointment Bill Marks to the position of North America Technology Practice Leader. Taking his place as President of GCI Atlanta is Donna Fleishman, a major presence in Atlanta for nearly two decades. Read More

Agency Veteran, Stephanie Marchesi, Named President of GCI New York

GCI today announced the appointment of industry veteran, Stephanie Marchesi, as president of GCI New York. She will be responsible for driving the growth of the firm's largest office, working with clients such as Schick, Major League Baseball, Genentech and Boehringer Ingelheim. Read More

Cohn & Wolfe and GCI in London to extend collaboration

Donna Imperato, Global CEO of the Cohn & Wolfe GCI Holding Company today announced an extension of the collaborative arrangements between GCI and Cohn & Wolfe with the promotion of Jonathan Shore (currently MD Cohn & Wolfe, London) to UK CEO of the Holding Company. Read More

GCI Wins Two PRWEEK Awards

GCI's Medtronic team recently won two PRWEEK awards - "Public Affairs Campaign of the Year" for their ICD (Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator) campaign and also the overall industry "Campaign of the Year" award. In addition, GCI received two honorable mentions -- one for our investor relations work with Tsakos and another recognizing GCI New York's Kristin Osborn as a "Young PR Professional of the Year."

GCI Nominated for PRWEEK Award

GCI has been nominated for a PR Week award following the UK launch of the new Mates Xplore range of condoms. This is the second consecutive year that the agency has been nominated for its work with the brand and follows a win for the same campaign at the European Sabre Awards in June. Read More

GCI Triumphant at European SABRE Awards

GCI UK has won a prestigious Sabre award for its "Making New Mates" programme for Mates Condoms. Read More

FDNY Partners With GCI Group For Cross Country Bike Tour To Commemorate

The New York City Fire Department announced this week the formation of a partnership with the global public relations firm GCI Group - a Grey Global Group Company - GREY: NASDAQ - to promote the FDNY's cross-country bike tour to benefit the Uniformed Firefighter's Association (UFA) Widows' and Children's Fund this fall. GCI will drive media coverage of the 42-day, 3,336-mile bicycle tour across America by a team of 35 NYC Firefighters. Read More

HERING SCHUPPENER No.1 in the prmagazin's Quality Ranking 2004

In the quality ranking of the German "prmagazin" (issue 08/2004), GCI's German partner HERING SCHUPPENER achieved the first rank in the overall evaluation. Read More

GCI Mannov in the lead on internal communication

GCI Mannov sets the agenda with a recently published survey on internal communication in Denmark. The survey, which is the only one of its kind in Denmark, is headed by Charlotte Stovring, partner and director at GCI Mannov, and is carried out in collaboration with AC Nielsen AIM, a professional market research in Denmark. Read More

GCI Mannov comments on golden images

BNY, the most respected Danish business magazine, has recently published its exclusive annual golden issue, ranking the largest Danish companies and their image. GCI Mannov closely collaborated with BNY and market research firm IFO on the survey, serving as professional commentator on the results. Read More

Corporate Transparency: It's a Two-Speed Europe

A GCI Europe survey of national newspaper correspondents in 15 EU countries shows a sharp distinction between countries where companies are becoming more open in their contacts with the media and those where transparency is declining. Read More

Grey Global Agrees to Merge into WPP

Grey Global Group Inc. (NASDAQ:GREY) announced today that it agreed to merge into a wholly-owned subsidiary of WPP Group plc in a cash and stock transaction valued, as of the close of business on September 10, 2004, at approximately $1.5 billion. Read More

GCI Read-Poland names Lynne Skinner SVP

GCI Read-Poland today announced it has enhanced its expertise in the Austin business and technology community by naming 20-year development and public relations professional Lynne Skinner as senior vice president. Read More

GCI and Grey Win Worldwide Organon Account

The contract makes GCI and its sister companies within Grey Global Group the preferred suppliers for all of Organon's communications, including a broad range of PR services, advertising, direct marketing, media and publications. Organon's parent company, Akzo Nobel, also has access to the services of GCI and Grey. Read More

GCI Sweden Ranked Agency of the Year 2003

GCI Sweden was ranked Best Agency of the Year 2003 as well as number one in the "Strategy" category by Swedish PR magazine Resume. The agency was also ranked second amongst the agencies that clients want to invite to a strategic services pitch. GCI Sweden has been among Resume's Top Ten every year in the history of its annual survey. But this is the first time it reached the top position, receiving the highest client index ranking of all PR agencies in the survey. Because services vary so much that it is difficult to make fair qualitative comparisons, the agencies are divided into three categories: Strategy, Market and Media, and Production. GCI Sweden consists of two agencies, one in Stockholm and one in Gothenburg. In total, the group has 65 employees. Not too long ago, the agency was mostly associated with company publications and PR for IT companies. However, GCI Gothenburg has from the start been very strong in lobbying and strategic communication. In Stockholm there has been heavy investment in crisis management and internal communications that has clearly paid off. For further information, please contact Cecilia Gannedahl (cecilia.gannedahl@gci.se), or Kjell Svensson (kjell.svensson@gci.se).

GCI Expands Leadership Of North American Healthcare Practice

Bill Martin, an industry leader in corporate, investor and product marketing communications, has joined GCI Group as senior vice president, GCI Healthcare. In this role Martin will develop and lead strategic communications programs for healthcare clients who aim to integrate their product public relations, corporate communications and investor relations needs. He will pursue a particular focus on the specialty pharmaceutical and biotech industry sectors. Read More

GCI California Established

GCI Group today announced the expansion of its service offerings in California by creating a singular entity called GCI California which will combine the resources of the firm's Los Angeles and San Francisco operations, as well as leverage the integrated marketing services of Grey Global Group. Read More

Menlo Worldwide Appoints GCI London

Menlo Worldwide, one of the world's largest transportation, logistics and supply chain management companies, has appointed GCI London to manage a Pan-European media relations campaign to raise the organization's profile and support its rebranding. Read More

Wayport Inc. Selects GCI Group As Its Public Relations Agency

Wayport, Inc., the leading provider of high-speed Internet access in more than 565 hotels and 12 airports nationwide, has selected GCI Group as its new public relations agency of record. GCI's track record with leading technology companies like Dell as well as the agency's wireless experience contributed to the decision. Read More

GCI Mannov Denmark Opens Office in Rejkjavik

GCI Mannov Denmark has opened a new office in Reykjavik, Iceland. Mr. Gudjion Palsson, formerly with Grey in Sweden, has been named Partner and CEO and Peter Birgens has been named Partner and Director and will also serve as Chairman of the Board. Read More

Italian Affiliate PRP Relaunches Unilever's Slim-Fast In Italy

Italian affiliate PRP (Pepe, Rossi e Partner) in Milan re-launched Unilever's Slim-Fast on the Italian market after a five-year absence. Read More

GCI Praha Wins Golden Semicolon

The GCI Praha team won the prestigious Golden Semicolon award in recognition of their success in producing their Vitkovice client's internal newsletter -- VITKOVICKE NOVINY. The jury particularly appreciated its graphic page, the quality of the illustrations and photographs as well as the culture of the contents and language. Read More

Payless Selects GCI Group To Support Repositioning of the Payless Brand

Payless ShoesSource Inc. has selected GCI Group to support the repositioning of the Payless brand. Read More

GCI Group Hired by GSK to Support PR for Migraine Drug

GCI Group hired by GSK to support PR for migraine drug.

Dell Selects GCI For Corporate PR Task

Dell selects GCI for corporate PR task.