RIPSON GROUP EXPANDS INTEGRATED PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING FIRM

RIPSON GROUP EXPANDS INTEGRATED PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING FIRM

Former Award-Winning NBC News Producer and Past AT&T PR Executive Combine Forces in Chicago and Quad Cities to Serve Small and Large Businesses

Ripson Communications Officially Rebrands as Ripson Group

Chicago and Bettendorf, IA (September 4, 2018) Today Ripson Group expanded its media relations, digital marketing, video production and crisis communications service offerings by opening a second office in Bettendorf, Iowa – Quad Cities area. The company which got its start in a 12th floor West Loop Chicago home office eleven years ago is poised to continue its double-digit growth track with clients across the country.

Ripson Group also changed its name from Ripson Communications to better reflect the wide array of resources its management team brings to the table as a group of senior experts in media relations, video production, media buying, creative design, digital marketing, social media management, media relations measurement and analytics.

“Our strategic business platform is based on the ability to be phenomenal storytellers to a variety of stakeholders,” said chief executive officer and founder, Lisa Ripson. “With the convergence of media relations, video, social media and digital marketing, we lead clients through today’s communications challenges from Chicago to Toronto, to Tampa Bay to Los Angeles.

Ripson Group also announced the appointment of Christopher Comes as president and partner. A fifteen-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, Comes will be responsible for overseeing strategic sales growth for the company and continue to consult on clients in the retail, real estate, restaurant, sports marketing, telecom and technology related fields. He joined Ripson Communications in 2013 following his role as national public relations director of Seattle-based Clearwire. Prior to that he was the Midwest regional director for AT&T overseeing the launch of the first Apple iPhone in 2007.

Veteran Communications Expertise

From crisis communications consulting to new business launches, the Ripson Group management team has more than 100 years of combined journalism, public relations, and marketing consulting expertise. Recent clients include Culver City, California based ROK Mobile and Malibu, California based ROK Vision; Indianapolis based golf management company Green Golf Partners; Chicago based Green City Market; several restaurants including Southern Cut Barbecue and La Buona Vita; and both the Lincoln Square Ravenswood and Edgewater Chamber of Commerce. Not for profit work has included projects with the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Old St. Patrick’s Church for eleven years.