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| Tabasco joins the Hunter PR client roster. | At the age of 62, Barbara Hunter retires as President of Ogilvy & Mather and founds Hunter Public Relations. She brings along future managing partner Grace Leong. | Hunter PR moves to 41 Madison Avenue, the address we still occupy today. | Hunter PR welcomes new client Kraft Foods. | Barbara Hunter receives PRSA's highest honor, The Gold Anvil, for individual lifetime achievement in the practice of public relations. | The Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards earns a PRSA Big Apple Award Honorable Mention. | Hunter PR staffers begin their long legacy of donning client mascot costumes by showing up on the lawn of the White house during the annual Easter Egg Roll for client JELL-O. | 3M joins Hunter PR as a client. | The JELL-O 100th Anniversary program wins an IPRA Golden World Award and a PRSA Silver Anvil Award. | Hunter PR welcomes Campbell's to its roster of clients. | Introduction of Scotch Pop-Up Tape Dispensers earns an IABC Silver Quill Award. | Barbara Hunter retires from Hunter PR. Grace Leong, Jon Lyon, Jason Winocour, Claire Burke and Mark Newman assume the helm. | The Scotch Brand Most Gifted Wrapper Contest is named the International Mercury Awards Silver Winner. | Hunter PR conducts its first annual off-site staff training. The topic: creativity and brainstorming. | The Tabasco Pepper Sauce "Millenium Mary" program, in which Hunter PR created the World's Largest Bloody Mary, wins a PRSA Big Apple Award. | The Altoids Curiously Strong Art Collection wins an IPRA Golden World Award. | Hunter PR launches its annual Food Survey of the Top Stories of the Year. | 3M's Celebrating a Century of Innovation program wins the PR News Platinum Award in the Global PR Campaign category. | Hasbro joins Hunter PR as a client. | E.&J. Gallo Winery joins the Hunter PR client roster. | The first ever Hunter PR talent show takes place. The winning 'talent': a spoof about the agency's partners. | Hunter PR welcomes Mrs. T's Pierogies to the Hunter PR family. | Arby's joins the Hunter PR client roster. | Church & Dwight joins the Hunter PR client family. | The launch of Monopoly: Here & Now earns a SABRE AWARD. | Diageo joins the Hunter PR client roster. | Hunter PR welcomes new client Johnson & Johnson. | Signature Brands joins the Hunter PR client family. | Apple & Eve joins the Hunter PR client roster. | Hunter PR launches its in-house Entertainment Department. | The launch of Monopoly: Here & Now World Edition receives a PRSA Bronze Anvil Award, PRSA Big Apple Award and Bulldog Award. | Hunter PR begins its weekly 'Cupcakes & Cocktails' cart, complete with themes, decorations and non-alcoholic beverages. Hunter PR staffers become connoiseurs of NYC-based cupcake shops. | Francesco Rinaldi joins the Hunter PR client roster. | Hunter PR welcomes new client Emergen-C. | Hunter PR is named a Digital PR Firm of the Year and A Top Place to Work by PR News. | The Johnnie Walker Black Label 100th Anniversary Blending Kit receives a PRSA Bronze Anvil Award. | The Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Facebook launch wins a PR News Digital PR Award for Best Use of Facebook. | Hunter PR hosts its first Bring Your Parents to Work Day to teach staff parents what we really do at work all day. | Hunter PR welcomes new client American Heart Association. | Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Cheddar Explosion program wins a PRSA Big Apple Award and a Bulldog Award for Best New Product Launch. | "JELL-O Give It A Giggle" earns a PRSA Big Apple Award and PR News Platinum PR Awards Honorable Mention. | The 511, Hunter PR's Social & Digital Media Newsletter, launches. | Hunter PR names Gigi Russo and Donetta Allen as partners. | Pfizer joins the Hunter PR client roster. | Former client Post rejoins the agency client roster. | Hunter PR welcomes Dole Foods to its client list. | Smithfield Packing Co. joins the Hunter PR family. | Hunter PR welcomes new client Oasis Consumer Healthcare. | The Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project wins PR News's Nonprofit PR Award for Best Volunteer Program. |
Timeline
Hunter PR was founded in 1989 by Barbara Hunter, a pioneering business leader and the first woman in the United States to run a public relations agency. After successfully leading two multi-national agencies from 1960-1988, Barbara created Hunter Public Relations — a new boutique agency dedicated to helping national consumer brands use strategic public relations methods to achieve sales and marketing goals.
Upon retirement in 2000, Barbara made her mark on the industry once again by turning this boutique firm over to a group of long-time staffers. This team drove the firm out of the boutique category by focusing on creating measurable, results-driving programs built on research-driven insights. Hunter PR has since become one of the most recognized mid-sized marketing communications firms in the country. Here’s a road map of some of the clients, awards and events that have helped define Hunter PR since 1989.
