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Meet us Mondays: Kirana Bammarito

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Kirana Bammarito is an assistant account executive who is approaching her two-and-a-half-year anniversary this April! She is a member of our Integrated Media Services team as well as our Multicultural team.

Kirana Bammarito celebrating a friend’s birthday.

When did you know you wanted to work in public relations? In college, I had been an anthropology [...]

Meet us Mondays: Crystal Borde

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Crystal Borde has been with Vanguard for almost 6 years, she will celebrate her anniversary next week! She is an Account Supervisor and heads up Vanguard’s Integrated Media Services Team.

Crystal Borde touring the cherry blossoms in D.C. with her mom.

When did you know you wanted to work in public relations? I knew I wanted [...]

The Windup … and the Pitch!

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As public relations pros, we frequently seek how to best pitch reporters so that our issues get covered. However, there’s no better coach from which to learn “best practices” than reporters themselves.

A few weeks ago, the Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) held their annual media roundtable, consisting of four panelists from various D.C. [...]

InSites for PR Graduates: Pitching Yourself to HR

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Throughout school, communications students learn to consider who their audience is, as professors urge them to “define your audience,” “analyze your audience” and “understand your audience.” It is interesting that, despite these lessons, I often find myself interviewing a candidate who hasn’t taken the time to read our website, much less our blog, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest sites.

Source: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-shine-in-a-job-interview.html

A job interview is [...]

InSites for PR Graduates: Learn the Newsroom Ropes from Lois Lane

ShareI’m sure I don’t have to tell you it’s a super competitive market for entry-level PR agency positions. If you’re looking to set your résumé apart from the colossal pool of applicants — and why wouldn’t you? — you might consider learning the news business from the inside out.

Margot Kidder as reporter Lois [...]