MGA Communications co-founder and Chairman Mike Gaughan passed away Tuesday. You can count on two hands the number of PR legends we have had in this town. Mike was one of them.
Update: Caitlin Hendee at the Denver Business Journal has a profile of Mike and his career.
Among those hiring this week are Barefoot PR (intern), Coalfire, Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Womens Golf Association, Colorado Youth Matter, CSU (Department of Journalism and Media Communication), DaVita, Free Speech TV, Jewish Community Centers of Denver, Kapost (intern), LOLA RED, Medical Group Management Association, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Pivotal Innovation, Sprocket Communications (freelance), Strategies 360 (intern), The Athletics Department at CU Boulder, The Catholic Foundation and The Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative (MDHI).
Barefoot PR is accepting resumes for its fall internship position. Apply here.
Among those hiring this week are Aiello Public Relations & Marketing, Webb Strategic Communications, WordenGroup PR, SSPR (Colorado Springs), AirFresh Marketing (intern), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Blake Communications (street team), DaVita (intern), DMI, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver (intern), Jefferson County Open Space Division, Junior Achievement – Rocky Mountain (part time), Outlets at Loveland, Pinnacol Assurance, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Water Research Foundation.
WordenGroup Public Relations has added Wildlife Expeditions of Teton Science Schools and WRJ Design as clients.
Burns Marketing appears to be having a growth spurt. It has added another five employees – copywriters Dena Taylor and Erik Schmidt, and project managers Sydney Wrench, Meghan Hammitt, and Trey Evans. The new staff members expand capabilities Burns’ capabilities in both its Northern Colorado and Denver offices.
From the Longmont Times-Call:
The Longmont City Council appointed a homeless man to the city’s housing authority board, but city staff members haven’t heard from him since he submitted an application for the position and don’t know how to reach him.
Scream Agency and its partners at Native Rank have been named agency of record for the new top level domain Dot Ski. Dot Ski is the first domain specifically for the ski and snow sports industry.
Congratulations to JKD & Company’s Jane Dvorak, who has been nominated as president-elect of the national PRSA organization. The formal election will take place in November.
Jane has been a member of the PRSA National board of directors, served as a National PRSA Delegate At-Large, been a Western District Chair and is a former PRSA Colorado chapter president. She has been awarded the PRSA Small Business Award and is a PRSA Silver Anvil winner. And, in 2012, Jane was named the PRSA Colorado Swede Johnson Lifetime Achievement recipient.
Among those hiring this week are 9to5 (National Association of Working Women), Alteryx, Atlas Advertising, CH2M HILL, Colorado Department of Corrections, Comcast, CSG (intern), Denver Public Schools, Freedom Service Dogs, Johnson and Wales University, KUNC, RTD and the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus.
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