Golin Harris International
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GolinHarris is a holistic communications firm. It was established in 1956. GolinHarris is owned by Interpublic Group of Companies
(IPG) and has 34 wholly owned offices located in the Americas
, Asia Pacific, Europe
and the Middle East
.
GolinHarris has created public relations
programs for clients such as Dow Chemical Company
, Florida Department of Citrus, Kaiser Permanente
, McDonald’s, Nintendo of America Inc. and Texas Instruments
.
. Creative director, James Kelly, was recognized as one of PR Week
's 40 Under 40.
In 2010, the agency was named 2010 Large PR Agency of the Year by PRWeek, the second time the agency received the award in a three-year period. At the 2010 IPRS PRISM Awards, Christina Cheang of the GolinHarris Singapore office was awarded Outstanding PR Mentor of the Year and Zandra Zuno, the multicultural marketing practice lead, won PRWeek’s 40 under 40 Early Influencers award. Additional awards included: The Sunday Times
Best Companies to Work For, Chicago Tribune’s Top Work Places, Crain’s Best Places to Work in New York City, National Association for Business Resources’ 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in Chicago and Los Angeles Business Journal’s Best Places to Work For in Los Angeles.
1956 - Al Golin joins Max Cooper & Associates
1957 - Al Golin begins working for McDonald's
for a retainer of $500 a month. Today, McDonald's
is still one of the firm's key clients
1958 - Al Golin is named a partner and Ben Burns joins the firm. Max Cooper & Associates is renamed Cooper, Burns & Golin.
1965 - Cooper, Burns & Golin is renamed Cooper & Golin. Burns leaves the firm
1967 - Cooper & Golin opens its first offices in San Francisco
1969 - Cooper & Golin opens its first office in London
1975 - Max Cooper leaves the firm, which is renamed Golin Communications
1977 - Golin Communications creates the first corporate sponsorship of a national telethon by signing on with Jerry Lewis
and his annual muscular dystrophy telethon
1981 - The firm is re-named Golin/Harris Communications
1985 - Golin/Harris Communications is acquired by Foote, Cone & Belding (FCB)
1986 - Golin/Harris' first office in New York opens. Golin/Harris takes over management of public relations offices in Philadelphia and London owned by FCB
1989 - Golin/Harris is acquired by Shandwick International
1990 - Tom Harris retires from the firm
1996 - Golin/Harris is named "Agency of the Year" by Inside PR
1997 - Golin/Harris relocates its Chicago
corporate headquarters, from 500 North Michigan Avenue to 111 East Wacker Drive
1999 - Golin/Harris Communications is acquired by the Interpublic Group of Companies
and renamed Golin/Harris International
2000 - Golin/Harris opens offices in Tokyo
and Hong Kong
2002 - Golin/Harris merges with The Nixon Group
2003 - Golin/Harris merges with the Benjamin Group and opens an office in Orange County, California
. Golin/Harris merges with The Weber Group in London
2004 - Golin/Harris opens offices in Beijing
, Shanghai
and Guangzhou
. The firm is rebranded from Golin/Harris to GolinHarris.
2005 - GolinHarris establishes offices in Baltimore
, Dubai
and Toronto
.
2006- GolinHarris celebrates its 50th year in business.
2006 - Merges with Panache Communications to specialize in Asian PR.
Interpublic Group of Companies
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the "big four" global advertising holding companies . Headquartered in New York City, it has 41,000 employees and reported full−year revenues of US$6.5 billion for 2010...
(IPG) and has 34 wholly owned offices located in the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, Asia Pacific, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
.
GolinHarris has created public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
programs for clients such as Dow Chemical Company
Dow Chemical Company
The Dow Chemical Company is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. As of 2007, it is the second largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization .Dow...
, Florida Department of Citrus, Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield...
, McDonald’s, Nintendo of America Inc. and Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
.
Personnel
- Al Golin, Chairman
- Fred Cook, President and CEO
- Brian Beck, CFO
- Ellen Ryan Mardiks, Vice Chairman; President, Consumer Marketing
- Scott Farrell, President, Global Corporate Communications
- Keith Burton, President, Insidedge
- Lane Bailey, President, Public Affairs
- Gary Rudnick, Regional Managing Director, Midwest Region
- Judy Johnson, Regional Managing Director, West Region
- John Morgan, Regional Managing Director, Greater China
- Christina Cheang, Singapore Regional Managing Director, Southeast Asia
- Matt Neale, Co-Regional Managing Director, Europe
- Jonathan Hughes, Co-Regional Managing Director, Europe
- Jennifer Cohan, Managing Director, New York
- Trish Ault, Director, Canada
Industry Honors
In 2011, GolinHarris was named Best Large Agency to Work For by the Holmes Report. The agency was also awarded the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago, the Sunday Times' Best Companies to Work For in the UK and one of the Best Places to Work by the Los Angeles Business JournalLos Angeles Business Journal
The Los Angeles Business Journal, established c. 1979, is a weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, California, which covers general business news. According to the journal's website, it has over 12,000 online subscribers, and a weekly print circulation of 30,000...
. Creative director, James Kelly, was recognized as one of PR Week
PR Week
PRWeek is a weekly trade magazine for the public relations industry.PRWeek also produces research into the size and shape of the UK public relations industry including the annual ranking of Top 150 PR consultancies and Salary Survey as well as surveys into industry-relevant issues such as staff...
's 40 Under 40.
In 2010, the agency was named 2010 Large PR Agency of the Year by PRWeek, the second time the agency received the award in a three-year period. At the 2010 IPRS PRISM Awards, Christina Cheang of the GolinHarris Singapore office was awarded Outstanding PR Mentor of the Year and Zandra Zuno, the multicultural marketing practice lead, won PRWeek’s 40 under 40 Early Influencers award. Additional awards included: The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
Best Companies to Work For, Chicago Tribune’s Top Work Places, Crain’s Best Places to Work in New York City, National Association for Business Resources’ 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in Chicago and Los Angeles Business Journal’s Best Places to Work For in Los Angeles.
Practice Areas
Global practices include Automotive, Corporate Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility (branded as Change), Healthcare, Internal Communications (branded as Insidedge), Marketing & Brand Strategy, Public Affairs, and Technology. Specialty services include Broadcast Services, Creative Industries, Financial Communications, Interactive, Media Training, Multicultural Communications, and Research. Proprietary tools include "Trust/Leadership/Preference" (methodology for measuring components of a successful brand), "GH Branding" (methodology for building, protecting and sustaining products and corporate brands), "Corporate Citizenship Audit" (research-based analytical service designed to maximize the return companies receive on their philanthropic investment), and the GolinHarris "Trusted Media Index" (ongoing research initiative and touch point management tool to measure trust in a variety of information channels over time).History
1951 - Al Golin begins his public relations career as a field press representative with MGM Studios1956 - Al Golin joins Max Cooper & Associates
1957 - Al Golin begins working for McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
for a retainer of $500 a month. Today, McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
is still one of the firm's key clients
1958 - Al Golin is named a partner and Ben Burns joins the firm. Max Cooper & Associates is renamed Cooper, Burns & Golin.
1965 - Cooper, Burns & Golin is renamed Cooper & Golin. Burns leaves the firm
1967 - Cooper & Golin opens its first offices in San Francisco
1969 - Cooper & Golin opens its first office in London
1975 - Max Cooper leaves the firm, which is renamed Golin Communications
1977 - Golin Communications creates the first corporate sponsorship of a national telethon by signing on with Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...
and his annual muscular dystrophy telethon
1981 - The firm is re-named Golin/Harris Communications
1985 - Golin/Harris Communications is acquired by Foote, Cone & Belding (FCB)
1986 - Golin/Harris' first office in New York opens. Golin/Harris takes over management of public relations offices in Philadelphia and London owned by FCB
1989 - Golin/Harris is acquired by Shandwick International
1990 - Tom Harris retires from the firm
1996 - Golin/Harris is named "Agency of the Year" by Inside PR
1997 - Golin/Harris relocates its Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
corporate headquarters, from 500 North Michigan Avenue to 111 East Wacker Drive
Wacker Drive
Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the south side of the main branch and the east side of the south branch of the Chicago River...
1999 - Golin/Harris Communications is acquired by the Interpublic Group of Companies
Interpublic Group of Companies
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the "big four" global advertising holding companies . Headquartered in New York City, it has 41,000 employees and reported full−year revenues of US$6.5 billion for 2010...
and renamed Golin/Harris International
2000 - Golin/Harris opens offices in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
2002 - Golin/Harris merges with The Nixon Group
2003 - Golin/Harris merges with the Benjamin Group and opens an office in Orange County, California
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. Golin/Harris merges with The Weber Group in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2004 - Golin/Harris opens offices in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
and Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
. The firm is rebranded from Golin/Harris to GolinHarris.
2005 - GolinHarris establishes offices in Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
and Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
.
2006- GolinHarris celebrates its 50th year in business.
2006 - Merges with Panache Communications to specialize in Asian PR.