Our Biggest News

An overview of the great things we’ve accomplished super-hyperlocally—in our agency—since Marian’s arrival in August 2009.

Thought Starters White papers/studies: “The Teenage Girl as Consumer and Communicator,” “U.S. Mind and Mood Report,” “The Future of Home,” “Male in U.S.A.,” “American Companies Unlimited,” “Newscrafting and Trendspotting,” “Millennials and Social Media,” “Sex (and Love) in the Age of Social Media” and “Social Life and Social Media,” for which we did additional research on social media and healthcare and presented the results to the FDA’s landmark 2009 public hearing on promoting FDA-regulated medical products online and over social media. Plus, Marian’s Top Trends for 2010 (U.S. and international versions), 2011 and 2012.

Initiatives and Innovations Newsengine and Newsengine U, SoMe Central, CentEx, The Sisterhood, plus three blogs/websites.

CSR Triumphs Tck Tck Tck, One Young World, Stand Up for Heroes and ReMIND.org, Home Base Program, Yéle Haiti, Urban Zen Foundation, The French Will Never Forget, the Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now, Heroes at Home and Warriors in Pink.

Awards The agency has been receiving widespread industry recognition through diverse awards competitions, becoming one of the most highly honored of its size in the U.S. It has received dozens of recent honors for client stewardship for pharmaceutical, community awareness and cause-related campaigns, for multicultural and B2B programs, and for bringing to life the philosophy “Local is the new global” through many of them. In 2012, we were one of 10 agencies named to PR News‘ CSR A-List and was Bulldog Reporter’s Silver Healthcare Agency of the Year. In addition, many @havaspr staff have been recognized, from PR News PR People’s PR Professional of the Year to PRWeek’s “40 Under 40″ to PR News’ “15-to-Watch” list, among others. The agency has also won AOR status and competitive pitches in the past 12 months for numerous clients in various sectors.

Our healthcare PR specialty is part of Havas Life (formerly known as Euro RSCG Life), which in early 2010 was named Healthcare Agency of the Year by Adweek and 2010 All-Star Network of the Year by Medical Marketing & Media.

About Havas PR North America
We’re the North American earned-media and buzz boutique within French holding company Havas and are part of the Havas PR global collective. Headquartered in New York City (also our center for health and wellness and cause) with offices in Pittsburgh (center of excellence for B2B) and Chicago (center of excellence for retail), we’ve seen rapid growth in the last two years and have stacked up a huge trophy chest. Among our most recent award winners: Ford’s Warriors in Pink and The French Will Never Forget (#welovecause), Urban Zen (#celebritiesmakenews), Transitions Optical (#multiculticonnects), and our thought leadership (#socialmktgtheory) and CSR strategy (#prnewsa-list). Havas PR North America (formerly known as Euro RSCG Worldwide PR, or @erwwpr) is grounded in media and newscrafting, strategy, client service, trendspotting and community to ensure we message in straight talk and real time.

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