TransMedia Group Names Former WPTV Associate News Producer Iviani Figueroa Director of Public Relations

BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedia Group today announced the appointment of former WPTV associate news producer Iviani Figueroa as Director of Public Relations. 

Figueroa was an associate news producer at the station for a year and a half and before that worked at WUFT-TV as an evening news anchor and multimedia journalist.

"We're pleased to have someone as experienced in television news as Iviani join our firm," said TransMedia Group CEO Tom Madden, who himself spent years in network television before starting his highly-acclaimed PR firm (www.transmediagroup.com).   

"We've long prided ourselves for having a staff of publicists who've worked in the media, including our firm's president, Glen Calder, who was a producer for Geraldo Rivera and at Inside Edition and American Journal before joining the firm 14 years ago,' Madden added.

Figueroa, who is fluent also in Spanish, got her start in news as an intern at NBC Miami where she polished her producing and reporting skills. She has also produced and anchored for AM850 in Gainesville.

Prior to attending UF, she worked for the Broward Education Communication Network in Fort Lauderdale as the Senior Staff Reporter and Entertainment Anchor.

Figueroa is a graduate from the University of Florida with a degree in Telecommunications, News.

Based in Boca Raton, FL., TransMedia Group is an international firm with offices in a number of capital cities around the world, including most recently in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The multi-lingual firm has served clients worldwide since 1981 and plans to open an office in Russia later this year.     

SOURCE TransMedia Group

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