Bateman Group Adds Two New European-Based Clients

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bateman Group, an integrated public relations and social media communications firm, today announced the addition of two more European-based technology companies to its expanding client roster of national and global brands.

Effective immediately, CoreMedia of Germany has appointed Bateman Group as agency of record for the U.S. for the full range of integrated PR and social media communications programs. In addition, StepStone Solutions of the U.K. retained Bateman for a three-month brand building project to increase perception of StepStone Solutions in the U.S. as one of the world's leading suppliers of Total Talent Management Solutions. CoreMedia and StepStone Solutions join a small, but growing cadre of European-based companies who have turned to Bateman Group to jumpstart their North American presence. Others include The Open Group, Jericho Forum, Panda Security and Kapow Technologies.

"As the economy limps toward recovery in the U.S., we've discovered European companies are fiscally healthier, savvier about PR and social media, and more serious about grabbing global market share than ever before," said Fred Bateman, CEO and founder, Bateman Group. "These new assignments give us ample opportunity to prove our unique brand of integrated PR and social media communications can easily scale to keep pace with the global needs of clients and prospects."

"For CoreMedia to establish its presence in North America, we needed a firm that understood the Web Content Management sector coupled with solid experience building a U.S.-centric PR program for European company from the ground up," said Jeremy Whittaker, corporate communications manager, CoreMedia AG. "Out of the firms we considered, Bateman Group's international experience, knowledge of our industry and creativity stood out above the rest."

Specific details on the new clients are as follows:

CoreMedia AG — Based in Hamburg, Germany with U.S. headquarters in San Francisco, CoreMedia is a premier Web Content Management company that enables organizations to engage their customers with more dynamic content and achieve a greater return on their Web activities.

StepStone Solutions — Recently agreeing to be acquired by European private-equity investor HgCapital, StepStone Solutions is a leading international provider of software and services for the Human Capital Management sector co-headquartered in Guildford, UK and Austin, Texas.

"We gave Bateman a challenging project with a short timeframe to get up to speed and start delivering results," said Andrew Rodaway, director of communications, StepStone Solutions. "They stepped up and showed a lot of energy and commitment in working with us, despite the time zone and geographical challenges. They were proactive, reliable and quickly got to the core of what we wanted."

About Bateman Group

Bateman Group is an integrated public relations and social media communications agency founded in 2004 around a compelling vision — to make a bigger market impact for a smaller, more select group of companies. In the last two years, Bateman Group was recognized as one of the "Best Boutique Agencies to Work For" in the U.S. by The Holmes Report and hailed as "One of Silicon Valley's top-tier tech agencies" by PR WEEK, two of the industry's leading trade publications. The firm is currently headquartered in San Francisco with additional consultants in New York City and Boston. For more information, please visit the website at www.bateman-group.com or the blog Bateman Banter at www.batemanbanter.com.

SOURCE Bateman Group