Citizen Relations Appoints Nathan Friedman To General Manager, U.S.

NEW YORK, April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizen Relations, an award-winning global creative communications firm, today announced the appointment of Nathan Friedman to general manager, U.S., effective immediately. Friedman has worked across multiple sectors, led complex regions and multi-national teams, and specializes in brand positioning, corporate reputation and influencer engagement. His work has won numerous industry awards and he was recognized in 2012 as a PRWeek 40 under 40. Based in Citizen's New York office, Friedman will lead all aspects of client service, talent management, as well as business development, growth, and innovation for the U.S. market.  

"Over the past year, Citizen has seen a strong growth throughout North America, and with this trajectory, we need to expand our leadership team and evolve our capabilities," said Nick Cowling, president of North America. "Nathan's background complements our strong client leadership team and this appointment is just one step in our mission to drive innovation and to continue delivering award-winning, integrated creative campaigns."  

Friedman joins Citizen after more than 16 years at Ogilvy & Mather and Ogilvy PR. Most recently he served as a regional managing director, overseeing its four-office West Coast operation, including the public relations, Social@Ogilvy and content offerings. Previously, he was the managing director of Ogilvy PR's Chicago office and the Americas lead for LG-One, the multi-agency WPP team for LG Electronics. Over the course of his career, he has counseled leaders and led campaigns for many brands such as Quaker, BP, Tropicana, Wells Fargo, Deloitte, CDW, LG Electronics, Softwood Lumber Board, Cricket Wireless, and Covered California.

"Citizen has adopted an aggressive innovation and growth agenda to address the rapidly evolving communications landscape," said Friedman. "The firm's deep creative heritage, strong client base and top-notch talent provide an excellent base from which to grow. I'm thrilled with the opportunity to lead the strong U.S. team toward its next evolution."

About Citizen Relations
Citizen Relations is a global, award-winning, integrated creative communications agency. Its mission is to drive clients' business forward through creative strategic frameworks that spark conversation, create citizen engagement, and fuel results. With nine offices around the globe, including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, London, and Hong Kong, Citizen operates on a global scale with boutique offering and local-market expertise. Its unique model features a strategic-partner network across more than 40 countries and cities, globally, providing clients valuable on-demand access and highly customized services when, and where needed. For more information on Citizen Relations visit www.citizenrelations.com.

About Vision7 International
Vision7 International is a fully integrated marketing communications company that serves various well-known brands in North America and worldwide. Vision7 International has four operating divisions: Cossette, Vision7 Media, Citizen Relations and Camps Collective. Cossette is a leading marketing communications agency in Canada, providing fully integrated advertising services. Cossette has offices in Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax and Chicago. Vision7 Media is Canada's largest independent media planning and buying group, operating primarily under the Cossette Media and Jungle Media brands. Citizen Relations is a leading public relations company with an international presence (U.S., Canada, U.K. and Asia) and multiple global partnerships. Camps Collective is a digital-based agency group that focuses on advertising, digital marketing, internet communications and social media.

About BlueFocus Communication Group
BlueFocus is one of the largest communication and marketing services group in China, with around 5,000 employees globally. Started as a PR company in 1996, BlueFocus transformed to be an integrated communication group and became the first publicly listed Chinese company in this field in 2010. The company provides a wide spectrum of marketing and brand management services across disciplines of Digital, Advertising, Media, PR, Design, e-commerce and Mobile solutions, to over 800 multinational companies and leading Chinese enterprises, covering the IT, automobile, consumer goods, real estate, finance, and entertainment industries.

"To Be Global" is one of BlueFocus' core strategies. BlueFocus International, the wholly owned subsidiary of BlueFocus Communication Group, headquartered in Silicon Valley, controls Vision7, whose two major brands include Canadian agency leader Cossette and the international PR firm Citizen Relations, We Are Social, the world's largest specialist social media agency in UK, and owns around 20% stake in Huntsworth, a UK-based leading international public relations group. BlueFocus International's other overseas investments include Fuseproject, a top industrial designing company in the U.S., Metta, a leading Hong Kong-based Advertising agency, Financial PR, a renowned investor relations consultancy in Asia, and Blab!, a pioneer in the category of Predictive Social Intelligence in U.S.

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