Kara MacLean has taken on the role of Senior Director at PR and communications agency Organic. She will report to Senior Vice President Kirsty Langsdale, who launched Organic’s Los Angeles office in January 2020. MacLean will work with Langsdale to continue building U.S. business for the London-based agency. Organic recently announced Apac office – Organic Pacific – based in Sydney, Australia.
From those bases, Organic works across the spheres of international publicity, unit production PR, corporate representation, film and TV festival rep, social media and event management.
Prior to Organic, the Canadian-born MacLean had been running her own International PR agency in Los Angeles. She has represented distributors, sales agents and production companies for domestic distribution, international rollout, festival strategy and corporate communications. Clients have included the Inside Out Lgbtqa+ Film Festival in Toronto and New York’s NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival, Ava DuVernay’s company Array, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Magnolia Pictures,...
From those bases, Organic works across the spheres of international publicity, unit production PR, corporate representation, film and TV festival rep, social media and event management.
Prior to Organic, the Canadian-born MacLean had been running her own International PR agency in Los Angeles. She has represented distributors, sales agents and production companies for domestic distribution, international rollout, festival strategy and corporate communications. Clients have included the Inside Out Lgbtqa+ Film Festival in Toronto and New York’s NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival, Ava DuVernay’s company Array, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Magnolia Pictures,...
- 10/22/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Entertainment communications agency Organic is expanding to the Asia-Pacific region, with ex-Roadshow Films senior publicist Annabelle Gigliotti to lead the local office.
Based in Sydney, the new arm – dubbed Organic Pacific – will join established headquarters in London and Los Angeles, offering publicity and social media expertise for content creators and distributors in film, television and gaming.
The unique multi-territory network aims to give Organic Pacific capability to operate in conjunction with Organic’s established international team, led by Kirsty Langsdale from Organic North America, and Organic’s UK headquarters, to provide on the ground 24/7 international publicity services to Organic’s current client base, as well as being able to offer domestic services for clients located within Apac region.
Organic Pacific services will include local and international publicity; unit production publicity; corporate representation; film and television festival representation; digital activations; social media management; creative asset design and production; influencer strategy; event media management,...
Based in Sydney, the new arm – dubbed Organic Pacific – will join established headquarters in London and Los Angeles, offering publicity and social media expertise for content creators and distributors in film, television and gaming.
The unique multi-territory network aims to give Organic Pacific capability to operate in conjunction with Organic’s established international team, led by Kirsty Langsdale from Organic North America, and Organic’s UK headquarters, to provide on the ground 24/7 international publicity services to Organic’s current client base, as well as being able to offer domestic services for clients located within Apac region.
Organic Pacific services will include local and international publicity; unit production publicity; corporate representation; film and television festival representation; digital activations; social media management; creative asset design and production; influencer strategy; event media management,...
- 10/14/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Former Channel 4 executive Ryan Davies joins as part of a new-look leadership team
London and LA-based publicity agency Organic has hired former Channel 4 executive Ryan Davies to the newly created role of head of television, as part of a new-look leadership team.
Most recently Davies worked as an independent consultant, where he managed the publicity campaigns for Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin, and Sister’s upcoming adaptation of Adam Kay’s This is Going To Hurt.
Davies previously spent seven years at Channel 4, where he worked on publicity campaigns across the channel’s scripted portfolio. Davies will report...
London and LA-based publicity agency Organic has hired former Channel 4 executive Ryan Davies to the newly created role of head of television, as part of a new-look leadership team.
Most recently Davies worked as an independent consultant, where he managed the publicity campaigns for Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin, and Sister’s upcoming adaptation of Adam Kay’s This is Going To Hurt.
Davies previously spent seven years at Channel 4, where he worked on publicity campaigns across the channel’s scripted portfolio. Davies will report...
- 6/23/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Former Channel 4 executive Ryan Davies joins as part of a new-look leadership team
London-based publicity and marketing agency Organic has hired former Channel 4 executive Ryan Davies to the newly created role of head of television, as part of a new-look leadership team.
Most recently Davies worked as an independent consultant, where he managed the publicity campaigns for Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin, and Sister’s upcoming adaptation of Adam Kay’s This is Going To Hurt.
Davies previously spent seven years at Channel 4, where he worked on publicity campaigns across the channel’s scripted portfolio. Davies will report...
London-based publicity and marketing agency Organic has hired former Channel 4 executive Ryan Davies to the newly created role of head of television, as part of a new-look leadership team.
Most recently Davies worked as an independent consultant, where he managed the publicity campaigns for Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin, and Sister’s upcoming adaptation of Adam Kay’s This is Going To Hurt.
Davies previously spent seven years at Channel 4, where he worked on publicity campaigns across the channel’s scripted portfolio. Davies will report...
- 6/23/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Record 78% of first-year participants are women.
Bafta has announced the 2020 participants for its Newcomers Program, which for the first time has expanded to New York with first-year female participants accounting for a record 78% of the field.
As in previous years the Los Angeles programme, which celebrates talent that has moved to the US, welcomed international talent from around the world, including UK, Australia, China, France, India, Israel, Nigeria, Poland, and Mexico.
Forty-one individuals were inducted into the programme this year, bringing the total number of participants on the four-year initiative to 98.
The combined group includes actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, composers,...
Bafta has announced the 2020 participants for its Newcomers Program, which for the first time has expanded to New York with first-year female participants accounting for a record 78% of the field.
As in previous years the Los Angeles programme, which celebrates talent that has moved to the US, welcomed international talent from around the world, including UK, Australia, China, France, India, Israel, Nigeria, Poland, and Mexico.
Forty-one individuals were inducted into the programme this year, bringing the total number of participants on the four-year initiative to 98.
The combined group includes actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, composers,...
- 10/7/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Agency to handle new series of ‘Peaky Blinders’ among three recent business wins.
London-based publicity and marketing agency Organic has hired Christina Joyce as senior consultant to bolster the firm’s presence in television and streaming.
Joyce is a former executive director at Premier PR, where she spent 16 years helping build and oversee its TV department before setting up her own agency, Xxiv Communications, last July.
The PR executive has previously worked on the launch of internationally successful TV dramas such as Hustle, Life On Mars, Happy Valley, The Night Manager and the Matt Smith era of Doctor Who.
Joyce...
London-based publicity and marketing agency Organic has hired Christina Joyce as senior consultant to bolster the firm’s presence in television and streaming.
Joyce is a former executive director at Premier PR, where she spent 16 years helping build and oversee its TV department before setting up her own agency, Xxiv Communications, last July.
The PR executive has previously worked on the launch of internationally successful TV dramas such as Hustle, Life On Mars, Happy Valley, The Night Manager and the Matt Smith era of Doctor Who.
Joyce...
- 3/11/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Film and television communications agency Organic is to launch an L.A. office, to be run by Kirsty Langsdale, who has led the company’s international publicity department out of London for the past seven years.
Organic’s opening of an office on the West Coast reflects the widening global scope of the agency, allowing it to drive the international campaigns of its clients around-the-clock.
The new office, located on Hollywood Boulevard, will operate in tandem with Organic’s existing international team located in the U.K. office in London’s Kings Cross, servicing their Europe-based clients as well as offering on-the-ground, internationally focused publicity services in L.A. and across the U.S., 24/7.
Key London-based senior personnel include Tiffany Kizito, who has more than 10 years’ experience working across all aspects of entertainment publicity, and Dheeraj Agnihotri, who has been with Organic for more than six years in U.K.
Organic’s opening of an office on the West Coast reflects the widening global scope of the agency, allowing it to drive the international campaigns of its clients around-the-clock.
The new office, located on Hollywood Boulevard, will operate in tandem with Organic’s existing international team located in the U.K. office in London’s Kings Cross, servicing their Europe-based clients as well as offering on-the-ground, internationally focused publicity services in L.A. and across the U.S., 24/7.
Key London-based senior personnel include Tiffany Kizito, who has more than 10 years’ experience working across all aspects of entertainment publicity, and Dheeraj Agnihotri, who has been with Organic for more than six years in U.K.
- 1/29/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Organic, the London-based PR and communications agency, has expanded to the U.S.
Kirsty Langsdale, who has led the company’s international publicity department for the past seven years, has relocated to Los Angeles to run the new office.
The company is part of the wider Target Group, which is owned by global advertising business Havas. The PR outfit’s L.A. office will be located on Hollywood Boulevard, sharing space with agency Havas Edge.
Organic has grown to 35 employees in recent years, working across UK and international publicity, unit production PR, corporate representation, film and TV festival rep, social media, and event management. Its clients include Netflix, Disney, and eOne.
“I’m thrilled to be expanding Organic’s footprint and reputation with a presence in L.A. I now look forward to introducing our bespoke approach to publicity to an even wider pool of content makers,” commented Langsdale.
“As...
Kirsty Langsdale, who has led the company’s international publicity department for the past seven years, has relocated to Los Angeles to run the new office.
The company is part of the wider Target Group, which is owned by global advertising business Havas. The PR outfit’s L.A. office will be located on Hollywood Boulevard, sharing space with agency Havas Edge.
Organic has grown to 35 employees in recent years, working across UK and international publicity, unit production PR, corporate representation, film and TV festival rep, social media, and event management. Its clients include Netflix, Disney, and eOne.
“I’m thrilled to be expanding Organic’s footprint and reputation with a presence in L.A. I now look forward to introducing our bespoke approach to publicity to an even wider pool of content makers,” commented Langsdale.
“As...
- 1/29/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
London-based film and TV PR agency Organic has launched an L.A. office to be run by Kirsty Langsdale, who has led the company's international publicity department out of the British capital for the past seven years.
Located on Hollywood Boulevard, the new office will operate alongside Organic's international team in London (based in King's Cross) and service Europe-based clients as well as offering services in L.A. and across the U.S.
Organic is part of the Vivendi-owned Havas Group, following the acquisition of its parent company Target in 2016, and counts the likes ...
Located on Hollywood Boulevard, the new office will operate alongside Organic's international team in London (based in King's Cross) and service Europe-based clients as well as offering services in L.A. and across the U.S.
Organic is part of the Vivendi-owned Havas Group, following the acquisition of its parent company Target in 2016, and counts the likes ...
- 1/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London-based film and TV PR agency Organic has launched an L.A. office to be run by Kirsty Langsdale, who has led the company's international publicity department out of the British capital for the past seven years.
Located on Hollywood Boulevard, the new office will operate alongside Organic's international team in London (based in King's Cross) and service Europe-based clients as well as offering services in L.A. and across the U.S.
Organic is part of the Vivendi-owned Havas Group, following the acquisition of its parent company Target in 2016, and counts the likes ...
Located on Hollywood Boulevard, the new office will operate alongside Organic's international team in London (based in King's Cross) and service Europe-based clients as well as offering services in L.A. and across the U.S.
Organic is part of the Vivendi-owned Havas Group, following the acquisition of its parent company Target in 2016, and counts the likes ...
- 1/29/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
<strong>Best place to grab a drink after 3 a.m.</strong>
A big glass of water from my apartment kitchen.
<strong>Your “Only in Cannes” moment</strong>
Bringing in U2 for a screening of their 3D concert film [in 2007]. They pulled out their guitars at the top of the red steps and played live. It’s still a thrill to have been a very small cog in that wheel. ... Though at the time, pulling it together did almost send me over the edge — pun intended.
<strong>Your Cannes guilty pleasure</strong>
Cannes gave me the taste for good (must be pale) rosé back in ...</br>
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A big glass of water from my apartment kitchen.
<strong>Your “Only in Cannes” moment</strong>
Bringing in U2 for a screening of their 3D concert film [in 2007]. They pulled out their guitars at the top of the red steps and played live. It’s still a thrill to have been a very small cog in that wheel. ... Though at the time, pulling it together did almost send me over the edge — pun intended.
<strong>Your Cannes guilty pleasure</strong>
Cannes gave me the taste for good (must be pale) rosé back in ...</br>
</br></br>...
Exclusive: The PR agency has made a raft of promotions as it celebrates ten years of operations.
London-based publicity and marketing agency Organic has promoted Caragh Cook from head of UK publicity to managing director as part of a round of promotions and new hires.
Joining Organic in 2011, Cook had previous stints at fellow PR agencies Rogers & Cowan and Dda, where she began her career in 2001.
In her new role, she will head up an expanded senior management team including Tristan Woods-Scawen, who has been promoted to director of client services with a remit of spearheading new business initiatives alongside Cook. He will also continue to manage all marketing and social media operations within the agency.
Becky Palmer, who also joined Organic in 2011, has been promoted to head of UK publicity and will lead the UK PR team on a day-to-day basis. The senior team is rounded out by Kirsty Langsdale, who leads the...
London-based publicity and marketing agency Organic has promoted Caragh Cook from head of UK publicity to managing director as part of a round of promotions and new hires.
Joining Organic in 2011, Cook had previous stints at fellow PR agencies Rogers & Cowan and Dda, where she began her career in 2001.
In her new role, she will head up an expanded senior management team including Tristan Woods-Scawen, who has been promoted to director of client services with a remit of spearheading new business initiatives alongside Cook. He will also continue to manage all marketing and social media operations within the agency.
Becky Palmer, who also joined Organic in 2011, has been promoted to head of UK publicity and will lead the UK PR team on a day-to-day basis. The senior team is rounded out by Kirsty Langsdale, who leads the...
- 9/30/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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