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Porter Novelli

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Founded
  
1972

Parent organization
  
DAS Holdings Inc

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Headquarters
  
Washington, D.C., United States

CEO
  
Karen van Bergen (Dec 2012–)

Founders
  
Jack Porter, Bill Novelli, Michael G. Carberry, Robert I. Druckenmiller

Subsidiaries
  
Nelson Communications Group

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Porter Novelli is a public relations firm that is part of Omnicom Group. The company has approximately 100 offices in 60 countries.

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History

Porter Novelli was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1972 by William D. Novelli and Jack Porter, advertising executives, who worked together to market the Peace Corps. The company's first major client was the National Institutes of Health, for whom they created the National High Blood Pressure Education Program, a program that the NIH still maintains.

Porter Novelli's consumer practice area showed the most growth in 2008. Among its clients then were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Navy Federal Credit Union, FDIC, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Communications, and Blockbuster Video. The agency has had extensive "struggles" in senior management since that time. http://adage.com/article/agency-news/turmoil-porter-novelli-s-c-suite/235741/

The company created a jack + bill "popup agency," created in September 2008 and led by eight younger Porter Novelli employees (average age 26),

Notable campaigns

Porter Novelli’s projects include both the old and new USDA Food Pyramid campaigns, the anti-tobacco Truth campaign, and public awareness campaigns regarding climate change and HIV.

Porter Novelli was hired by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, designated with the task to attract businesses to the state, to rebrand Indiana's image after backlash from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act signed into law in March 2015. The firm was fired after only three months. http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/porter-novelli-gov-mike-pence-tight-lipped-on-religious-freedom-relationship/116053

Porter Novelli provided pro bono services to fledgling fashion designers. Using Flickr, Twitter and YouTube, the company promoted the designers' work for New York's September 2008 Fashion Week.

References

Porter Novelli Wikipedia