PR Archive

  • Scotland

    “Lang may yer lum reek”—How Studying In Scotland Influences My PR Internship

    The rain was soaking through my rain coat and scarf, and I could feel the cold, wet moisture beginning to seep through my sweater. Through the fog, Stirling Castle loomed above me from its volcanic, rocky ledge. Finally, the bus (coach) arrived (on the “wrong” side of the road), and I fumbled through my foreign coins to find the correct fare. As the coach pulled back onto the road, I listened to the boys behind me speak what I presumed to be English—their Scottish accent disguising every other word. Fifteen minutes later we arrived at the university, and already feeling like I had survived a day’s hurdles, I walked onto campus for my morning lecture.

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  • Pens

    1st Take with Stan Stein: Carve Out Your Career Path

    How do you keep clients happy and maintain an interesting career at the same time? Ever dream about working overseas to experience a different culture or language? For more than 35 years, Stan Stein, Executive Vice President in Weber Shandwick’s Detroit office, has had a...

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  • Could You Live on One Dollar a Day?

    Could You Live on One Dollar a Day?

    Here at Weber, we have the opportunity to work with some of the largest companies in the entire world, representing billions of dollars of assets and millions of workers across the globe. But sometimes, we get the opportunity to work with clients who, though they may be small, are making a very big difference.

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  • Green Light

    Getting the Green Light for a PR Internship

    If you told me four years ago that I’d be looking for a job in Seattle after graduation, I’d find it hard to believe. I had no intention of leaving my home-base of sunny Southern California, but given the opportunities I encountered during my undergraduate career, I found myself driving full-speed toward a Seattle internship at a leading global PR agency.

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  • DigitalHealth

    4 Tips to Land Your First Digital Health Marketing Gig

    ‘Tis the season for resume revamping, mass emailing and hoping and praying for your post-college digital health marketing dream gig. Right?? Wrong. The healthcare marketing world is prime for solid young digital guns and now is the time (read: you’re behind the curve if you...

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  • WeberSnaps

    Snaps Around Weber Shandwick Seattle World

    Ever wonder what goes on behind these walls on a daily basis? Here are a few photos to keep you plugged in to Weber Shandwick SEA world.

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    Join Our Engaging Team!

    If you are looking for a different type of communications firm, we are looking for you. We are applying decades of PR and marketing experience to a new kind of agency built for the engagement era of communications. Our office is built on collaboration, creativity...

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  • WSU_Coug

    Our WSU Murrow Symposium 2013 Adventure

    On March 21, I accompanied my colleagues Krystal Franklin, Mindy Jafek and Michelle Pratt (who also happened to be WSU alum) to WSU’s 2013 Murrow Symposium. It was a whirlwind trip that had us waking up at 4 am and landing back safely in Seattle...

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  • WSU

    5 Reasons a PR Internship Will Jump Start Your Career

    Bruce Pinkleton is a professor and head of Strategic Communication in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. He teaches public relations and research methods courses and directs the public relations internship program. He is coauthor of Strategic Public Relations Management...

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  • Colored Pencils

    4 Must-read PR Internship Tips From a PR Graduate

    Weber Shandwick Seattle is proud to bring back its intern blog post series that aims to help young professionals land and make the most of their PR agency internships. In our first series, interns gave the inside scoop on What They Didn’t Tell You about careers...

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