Westbound Communications

We are excited to announce expansion in our community outreach and digital teams with the promotion of Scott Prusko to account executive and Bryan Marty Martinez to assistant account executive. And, we have also hired Oscar Palma as an account coordinator. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2FUxuio

ATTN: PR students Our own Christopher A. Perez, APR, Partner and General Manager will be sharing war stories and offering tips on how you can best land your dream job. Please see PRSA Western District post link below for more information.

Media Round-Up: Check out some of the media coverage from the Long Beach Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project Grand Opening on October 2nd. Thank you to all the media organizations that covered the grand opening. Here are some highlight clips: CBS Los Angeles Good Day L.A. Fox 11 Los Angeles Spectrum News 1 SoCal ... Los Angeles Business Journal Long Beach Business Journal Long Beach Press-Telegram Los Angeles Times . #longbeach #media #cbsla #gooddayla #foxla #latimes #losangeles #mediacoverage #pr #publicrelations #grandopening

Today is National Boss’s Day! We’re continually grateful for all of our leadership team, and especially our Partners: Scott, Carrie, Linda, and Chris. We so appreciate everything you do for us and the knowledge you impact. Cheers! #WeAreWestbound #BossDay #PR #PublicRelations #nationalbossday

Our Westbound team was honored to receive six PROTOS awards this year in the first-ever virtual OC PRSA 2020 PROTOS Awards Gala. We received awards for our Community Relations program for Orange County Census, Total Non-Profit Program for Promise To Talk Mental Health Month Campaign, COVID-19 Response - Media Relations for Mission Hospital, Press Kit for Visit Laguna Beach First Destination-Wide Wellness Trail, Best Single Media Placement for ABC7 Mission Hospital Health Hero Spotlight on Dr. Goldberg by Tony Cabrera and Best Apps for ReadyOC Emergency Preparedness Mobile App. We also awarded the OCPRSA Rick Miltenberger Mentorship Award to Teri Sawyer #WeareWestbound #6for6 #OCPRSA #OrangeCounty #PR #PublicRelations #CommunityRelations #prawards #socal #mediarelations #PROTOS2020

The Westbound video team spent California Native American Day (Sept. 25) with our client San Manuel Band of Mission Indians at the American Indian Veterans Memorial groundbreaking at the Riverside National Cemetery. This memorial will be the first in our nation to honor American Indian, Alaska Native, and Pacific Islander veterans. Check out this Newsy story for a look at the beautiful sculpture and to hear from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians chairman. #client #californianativeamericanday

Today was a momentous day for Long Beach, the state of California, and the Nation, with the opening of the Port of Long Beach's new ‘Bridge to Everywhere.’ Westbound has been proud to partner with the Port for the past 7+ years telling the story of the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project, including on our Grand Opening Ceremony. Here’s a shot of our Westbound Team (+ those in the command center) celebrating the historic day! #WeAreWestbound

We’ve been proud to work on the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project with the Port of Long Beach for over 7 years, telling the story of Long Beach’s brand new ‘Bridge to Everywhere!’ Be sure to tune into our LIVE virtual grand opening ceremony this Friday at 10 a.m. over on the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project Facebook Page or NewGDBridge.com. Check out these #TBT shots of a few of our favorite memories.

We’re taking to the skies to make sure OC residents complete the Census on time! You’ve seen our campaign on TV and radio, in the paper, on buses, on billboards, at socially-distanced pop-ups, in grocery stores, virtual events, all over the weband now the blue skies over #OrangeCounty. We’ll be counting down to September 30th with daily reminders reaching all of OC. #PublicRelations

September is #NationalPreparednessMonth and an earthquake is a great reminder to get ready for an emergency. ReadyOC (client) has all the information you need to start a kit. Thank you to Tony Cabrera and beautiful family for the #unboxing video of an emergency kit. Visit http://www.readyoc.org

We hosted the media at the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project at the Port of Long Beach today for a first look at the new bridge. Check out these behind-the-scenes pics, and stay tuned for stories to come.

Ever have one of those days when everyone dresses in the same color? Our National Honey Board team had one yesterday via Zoom when we all showed up wearing ‘honey gold’ shirts. Sweet!

Baseball fans are watching games from home at this time but you can still drive by the BIG A at Angels Stadium of Anaheim on the 57 freeway and check out the Orange County Census digital ad. Don’t forget to fill out your 2020 Census on line or by phone. Los Angeles Angels . . . #2020Census #census #angels #angelsbaseball #angelsstadium #anaheim #visitanaheim #angelsstadiumofanaheim #baseball #mlb #publicrelations #pr #advertising #outdooradvertising