regional network
Ballarat: Premier Public Relations
Premier Public Relations was formed to meet the needs of the professional and business community across regional Victoria and offers a full suite of public relations services.
As a team of qualified, local professionals, Premier understands and appreciates the value of a well-informed community. Premier offers specialist skills in the areas of: public relations, crisis management, communications, co-ordinating special promotions, preparation of in-house and external publications & brochures, media liaison, media release service, event management and launches, speech writing.
Premier is lead by director Joanna Stevens supported by Renae Nolan.
Bendigo and Geelong: The Marketing Business
The Marketing Business Pty Ltd, established in 1993 by the owner and managing director, Karen de Heer provides a fully integrated marketing service including corporate communications, public relations, market research, branding, advertising, graphic design and electronic media.
With clients throughout regional Victoria and New South Wales, the firm is knowledgeable and passionate about rural and regional Australia, its people and issues. The firm has a particular understanding of the water industry, sustainable resource management and the triple bottom line approach to business honed through its ten-year association with the regional-urban water authority, Coliban Water.
Karen leads a team of eight covering public relations, production and graphic design. The Marketing Business also has dedicated offices in Geelong and Barwon Heads.
Shepparton: Impress Publicity
Impress Publicity provides specialist public relations, communications planning and implementation, event co-ordination and media liaison services to business, government and community organisations in Northern Victoria. It is owned by Lisa McKenzie and Carmel Johnson. Lisa, a former journalist with 18 years experience, has operated the consultancy since 1998 and welcomed Carmel to the partnership in mid 2005. Carmel brings with her 20 years of public relations, marketing and promotional experience much of this in the health and hospital sectors.
Traralgon: Needham Public Relations
Since establishing Needham Public Relations in 1994, Ian Needham has worked with a wide range of organisations to provide media liaison, writing, training and co-ordination skills including the preparation and production of communication and information materials in printed and audio visual forms.
Ian uses his 17 years experience as a reporter, editor and news director in newspapers and television respectively to provide training in media skills, while his career in newspapers and television has provided many useful contacts in the local, state and national media. Regular clients of Needham Public Relations include the health industry, both acute and community, the education sector at all levels, the water industry and local government groups.
