RIOT PR specializes in helping companies develop, plan for and manage public relations, social media and crisis management programs. We design public relations, crisis response, and strategic programming to help advance your business objectives.
At our best, we transform outcomes. How do we help you achieve your goals?
Clients
Crisis Management
Equity Office Properties
South Station, Boston
Boston Marathon Bombing – spokesperson for all Equity Office properties
Rowe’s Wharf – death of crew member on Red Sox owner’s boat
ElderHostel – Galapagos Island deaths of travelers
MacDonald New England Franchisees
Trained by Dept of Homeland Security in trauma and for large-scale crisis
Healthcare / Wellness
Infermedica
St Francis Hospital System
The Wellness Corporation
Johnson & Johnson – Leadership program communications
HIV Testing Day – NIH – Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
TCMPI – The Corporate Marketplace International
California Association of Physicians
Ovations for the Cure
JFK Hospital
ProMutual Insurance
Framescape
BioDirection
Zeptometrix
Non-profit Organizations
McDonalds – Ronald McDonald House – fund-raising and awareness programs
Ovations for the Cure – Ovarian Cancer Research Organization
Made by Survivors
Hospitality Homes
Large-scale Programs ($400,000 – $1M plus)
McDonalds New England – PR, Crisis, Non-profit Activities, New Products
ReMax New England – PR
HIV Testing Day – NIH – Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
National Pool & Spa Institute Cross-Country Road Tour
Citizens’ Communications – acquisition communications program
Notable Launches
Tea Forte – launch of the triangular tea bag
HIV Testing Day – commendation from first Lady Laura Bush
Disney New Amsterdam Theatre Opening on 42nd Street
ReMax Everybody Wins (WSJ – bestseller list)
ShelterMe, Juliette Fay’s inaugural bestseller
Ronald McDonald Fundraiser
Six Flags New England
Maggiano’s Little Italy – Boston
Professional Services and Corporate
Amtrak
Winter, Wyman – recruitment
Keystone Consulting
Equity Office Properties
Gagen MacDonald
Saga Holidays
General Mills
McDonalds
Panel 1
Services
RIOT PR creates strategic communications programs specifically designed to generate results that drive your business goals. Below is a list of the services we provide accompanied by a description of how our services will help drive your business.
Public Relations At RIOT PR, we prioritize the professional appearance and maintenance of the company, organization, or person we are representing. We strive to boost our clients’ credibility and further their success. We work with real estate, restaurant, hospitality and crisis clients.
Crisis Communications When a company crisis occurs, the need to communicate is immediate. At RIOT PR, we make it a priority to communicate with the public and stockholders when an unexpected event occurs that could have a negative impact on the company’s reputation. We turn our clients’ struggles into positive outcome by developing a crisis communications outcomes that tell stories and move the needle in a positive direction.
Social Media At RIOT PR, we create social media techniques to spread brand awareness and promote a company’s products and services by targeting specific audiences and social networks. Our goal is to produce content that our online community will share with their social network increasing your brand’s exposure and broadening customer reach.
Leadership Brand Management We work with C-suite, authors, and visionary leaders to ensure their public image meets their brand expectations.
Panel 2
Testimonials
“At Winter Wyman we worked with Julia’s firm for seven plus years. Prior to working with Julia we had little to no PR strategy. She was able to help guide us through the various paths we could take and was instrumental in developing an excellent direction for us.
She was always a pleasure to work with and became a very key and trusted partner to our firm and we have had wonderful results from our PR efforts.
Julia would be a very valuable asset to any organization she works with.”
Bob Boudreau, CEO, Winter Wyman – Company
“I first met Julia when she was working with a fishing rod company. We came to their shop to film and she was their PR person. As soon as we met, I thought, hey, I might need someone like her on my side. Well, three years later, Julia has not only helped me to make decisions and decide on a direction for my career, but she was instrumental in advising me on key decisions with regard to key partnerships, boat shows, sponsorship deals, and many of the key ‘moves’ that made me who I am with the public today. Without Julia, I would have been lost! You need her on your team – and, she’s ‘WICKED’ nice too!”
Paul Hebert, Reality Television Star, Wicked Tuna, National Geographic Channel
“Julia is a rare talent. She can truly listen and write. Julia is also wildly connected, which brings her value to the next level. We love working with her, and you will too!”
Daniel A. Guglielmo, Advisor, Coach and Facilitator to CEOs and Families of Wealth
“We have been working with Julia for many years and she has been wonderful. Julia and her team have delivered results for us. If you are considering working with Julia, you are welcome to contact me for further information.”
Scott Ragusa, President, Winter Wyman
“Riot PR has been very helpful in identify opportunities to expand our firm’s exposure, and has provided excellent direction in ensuring that our brand remains strong within the architectural and construction field.”
J. Arndt, Associate – Finegold Alexander Architects
“I first met Julia in a business climate ripe with new business opportunity, and she not only drove the acquisition of new clients, but also built the team and infrastructure required to service this business.
While she’s a smart strategist, a trusted colleague and senior advisor, these are only the first comments I can make about Julia’s value. For me, Julia’s mentorship and positive outlook is the secret to her ability as a communicator, and her ability to inspire people to achieve their stretch goals in ways that make them successful is a rare quality. I regularly recall her thoughts, and they continue to serve me to this day.
Julia taught me the value of effectively managing people with grace, style and encouragement, and highly recommend her as an advisor.”
Brad Reichard, Marketing Communications Public Relations Strategist
“Julia has been a collaborative partner for the past 3 years – as well as a trusted friend for many more years – assisting me with marketing and PR materials and strategies. With Julia’s expertise I have been able to create a marketing plan that has developed my signature brand and has increased my online presence threefold.”
Chris Laureano, Founder, BA6 Botanicals
“I hired Julia and her team to obtain publicity for my company, Zoe Foods. Not only did she and her team meet their annual goals in terms of the number of publicity hits they obtained, but they obtained quality hits. As a result of her team’s efforts, we continue to receive phone calls from editors interested in Zoe Foods. Julia and her team are a pleasure to work with and always go the extra mile.”
Tori Stuart, Founder, Zoe Foods
Panel 3
Case Studies
Riot PR, LLC is a well-established and respected boutique PR firm with deep expertise in leadership communications, public relations and reputation management for a variety of business to business and consumer companies. We provide direct senior level expertise to clients.
At RIOT PR, we conduct case studies for a variety of different company fields – business to business, consumer, health care, real estate, technology, travel. We do so in order to have an advanced understanding of each individual clients’ field, so that we can better understand our clients company and its competition. Through our case studies we develop most practical experience and tactical tools to improve the communication strategies of our clients.
As we conduct our case studies, we ask ourselves: What is the problem being solved?What strategy will solve the problem? And then how was the strategy successful and what was the outcome? At RIOT PR, we believe it is important to be critical of our own work by identifying each lesson learned and how the strategic approach may be improved next time.
Case studies provide an in-depth analysis, while simultaneously telling a story about the individual client and his or hers company. For more information, click on the following links for a brief overview of the services provided and relevant case studies – business to business, consumer, healthcare, real estate, and technology.
“Julia has more energy to accomplish our goals than anyone I have ever known.”
Julia Davis founded RPR in 2013. Well respected in her industry for her skill at getting things done quickly and correctly, Julia’s long-term engagements include Public Relations programming for a variety of business to business, and consumer-facing clients.
Julia’s experience and grounding has been acquired through her work as a public relations agency leader, as well as having been internal communications director for a multi-national real estate and engineering corporation. Her experience in driving Leadership and Communications was acquired through her work as a public relations spokesperson and strategist, crisis expert, and internal communications director for a multi-national corporation. In her formative years she was also a newspaper reporter, ghostwriter and editor.
Jacquelyn Thrasivoulos || Senior Director
Jackie Thrasivoulos is passionate about helping companies advance their brand through messaging and integrated public relations programs that span events, web, social, email, and media channels across multiple segments such as press, analysts, partners, and enterprises. Highly collaborative and experienced in working with cross-functional teams, she’s led rebranding initiatives as well as launches for early-stage companies and products for established Fortune 500 companies.
Recent clients include: ongoing PR and thought leadership programs and outward-facing customer marketing and channel support for B4 Consulting, ELO Digital Office Corporation USA, Focused Impressions, and Genedata; editorial support for ELO Digital Office GmbH, and PR support for Exari, Flatfy Real Estate, Finegold Alexander Architects, and Fan Manager.
Melanie Keenan || Senior Media Consultant
Melanie Keenan is a seasoned publicist with over 35 years of experience in representing a wide diversity of clients in the commercial/residential real estate, retail, legal, architecture, financial, construction, interior design, hospitality, travel, education and non-profit industries.
Most recently she was Senior Vice President of Rubenstein Associates, where over the course of 18 years in the firm’s real estate department, she acted on behalf of clients including SL Green; Isaacs & Co., retail brokerage; Robert K. Futterman & Associates, retail brokerage; Palladium (retail subsidiary of The Related Companies), launched the groundbreaking of Cityplace in West Palm Beach; Eastern Consolidated, retail investment salesheaded by lead broker Adelaide Posenelli; Faith Hope Consolo, dubbed ‘Queen of Retail’ from Garrick-Aug; the Corcoran Group, the Realty Foundation of New York, AmTrust Title Insurance Agency, attorneys Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman LLP, Studley; Costas Kondylis, architect; Tishman Realty & Construction, Plaza Construction, Young Men’s and Women’s Real Estate Organization and Mercy College among a host of others. Her vast experience management retail, residential, commercial and brokerage is unmatched in the industry, resulting in her base of well-established real estate media contacts.
Bruce Rule || Senior Writer
Bruce is a veteran editor and reporter who has covered a wide range of topics for news wires, newspapers, radio and magazines on three continents. Extensive experience in editing copy for public relations agencies, social media and companies, as well as an award-winning public speaker. Bruce holds a real estate license in New Jersey.
Bruce worked for more than 19 years’ experience as an Editor for Bloomberg where he initiated coverage of breaking news stories and developed enterprise pieces with a reporting staff of eight reporters across the country and in Canada and Mexico.
Heather Burgess || Senior Account Manager
Over the past 15 years, Heather has earned unparalleled success in public relations, event management, crisis management and corporate communications. Heather is by far the most organized, well-managed, quickest, fastest and most effective event manager, program manager, and idea developer you’ll ever find. She has served as a Senior Account Executive with RIOT for the past three years, first as our West Coast Operations Manager and now as a Senior Account Executive in our Boston office. Heather has worked with pharmaceutical, sports, business to business, real estate and consumer oriented companies and individuals to deliver results. She holds a BA in Speech Communications and Rhetoric from Syracuse University.
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