Subject Matter

Subject Matter+Kivvit is pleased to announce we are now Avōq. We help companies, organizations and industries elevate ideas, build brands, and tackle reputation or policy challenges. This new exciting chapter builds on our merger last year, which brought media relations pros, digital strategists, advertising creatives, writers, lobbyists, web and app developers, researchers and data analysts together as one team. Stay up to date by following our new page, Avōq and checking out our website at teamavoq.com. To learn more about our new brand, read our press release: https://bit.ly/3HdXPnr  

Congratulations to Managing Director Thomas Meara and Senior Director Rachel Roseneck for making it onto City & State’s New York Political PR Power 75 list! This list highlights the advisers, pollsters, fundraisers, ad-makers, data specialists and other experts who get a campaign up and running — and across the finish line. https://bit.ly/3TTl1yV

WE'RE HIRING! Open positions include: ➡️Senior Director, Account Leadership ➡️Associate, Account Leadership ➡️Project Manager ➡️Copywriter If you or someone you know who is interested in working in our Washington, DC, New York, New Jersey, Chicago or Miami office, check out our open positions in the link below! Apply today: https://lnkd.in/ex72vTz #JobSearch #Hiring

“The highlight of my professional journey has been using earned and paid communication to tell stories that resonate with people from all walks of life. These experiences have led me to my current position where I get a chance to work with several clients from corporations, advocacy organizations, and agencies to help tell their story in creative ways while targeting specific audiences.” Jalisa Washington-Price, Managing Director in our D.C. office and Washington Women in Public Relations Emerging Leader Award winner talks her career, upcoming PR trends, and her word of the year in WWPR’s latest member spotlight. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3uwjX9v

We are proud to support the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2023 #CultureOfHealthPrize! All nine Prize winners are enacting change and inspiring communities and policymakers across the nation. Please join us in celebrating these communities’ accomplishments and learn more at https://rwjf.ws/3txLI14.

Congratulations to Managing Directors Adam Steinberger and Megan Cryan Bell, and General Manager Chris Donnelly in our New Jersey office for being recognized as an Insider NJ 100 Power 2023 honoree! https://bit.ly/49GkpCp

We helped support our client The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)'s annual convention in Boston last week. In addition to managing their PR booth, creating social ads and filters, and conducting media outreach for the event, we photographed more than 650 members for their ASHA certification promotion campaign and interviewed nearly 20 for videos to promote ASHA’s advocacy efforts and priorities next year.

For our Quarterly MVP Awards, we select four stellar colleagues who demonstrate excellence, positive attitude, and good character. Simply put, these awards are meant to recognize employees who stand out for all the right reasons. Congratulations to UI/UX Designer Qamile Dani, Senior Associate Erin Howard Director of Digital Strategy Daniela Nadal, and Director of Project Management Elizabeth Farren for earning this recognition!

I'm thrilled to share that I've been appointed to the Advisory Council of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of The National Institutes of Health. Joining this council will allow me greater insight into the clinical research being done on heart disease and sleep disorders, among other health issues. This new and valuable perspective will inform my work with Women's Heart Alliance (a Subject Matter client), WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, and American Heart Association. I'm grateful for the opportunity. #hearthealth #publichealth

Did you know that nearly 98 million Americans have prediabetes and 81% don’t know they have it? Yet, while Prediabetes captures 1-in-3 adults, you can escape. We’re proud to partner with the Ad Council and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to raise awareness around prediabetes through the launch of the nationwide “Be Your Own Hero” PSA campaign, an iteration of the CDC’s ongoing “Do I Have Prediabetes?” campaign. “Be Your Own Hero” encourages Americans to be their own hero by taking the 1-minute prediabetes risk test so they can know where they stand and prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. “The idea centers around the fact that life can throw a lot at you, whether it’s navigating daily obstacles or managing something much more serious like type 2 diabetes. The “Be Your Own Hero” campaign empowers people with a simple way to stay in control of their health. Our goal is to motivate viewers to take the 1-minute prediabetes risk test, and instead of just telling people to act, we want to encourage them to be the hero in their own story,” our Chief Creative Officer Kevin Richards said. You have the power to escape prediabetes. Check out the campaign and take the risk test at DoIHavePrediabetes.org. https://lnkd.in/eVZKnEJ7