Industry news: February
29/2/12 SAX Cosmetics PR goes in-house
SAX Cosmetics public relations will now be taken care of in house at SAX International by online communications manager public relations/marketing Kirsty Johansen.
If you have any PR enquiries regarding SAX products, including SAX Cosmetics & SAX Body, please contact Kirsty on -
Email: kirsty@saxint.com.au
Phone: 03 9568 5999.
Mail: SAX International, 14 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, VIC, 3166
Kirsty will continue to look after their other brands, including Wicked Sista, MIKI Cosmetics, Arome Ambiance and The Body Collection.
27/2/12 Claire Obeid to leave Maxted Thomas PR
Claire Obeid is finishing up at Maxted Thomas PR on Wednesday. After four years at the company and another five in PR, she is making a big change.
Claire has decided to focus her time on her yoga teaching and building her holistic health coaching business - The Wellness Project (www.thewellnessproject.net.au).
She will still be in touch in a PR capacity as she will be doing some work in the future for Urban Remedy (www.urbanremedy.com.au).
For all NIVEA and Jane Iredale enquiries, please contact Renee Black on renee@maxtedthomas.com.au
To contact Clair, email claireobeid@hotmail.com or phone 0412 322 670.
24/2/12 Cedel moves in-house
Cedel has announced it is moving its PR function in-house as of March 1. Polly Viska at Heritage Brands will manage any PR requests. She can be contacted on polly.viska@heritagebrands.com.au or on 03 9574 2100.
24/2/12 Katrina Lawrence to edit Primped and Younger You
Katrina Lawrence is leaving her position as contributing beauty and health editor at madison, and will be starting as editor of Primped and Younger You on Monday. madison beauty enquiries can still be directed to Stephanie Darling at sdarling@acpmagazines.com.au and Sherine Youssef at syoussef@acpmagazines.com.au.
17/2/12 Sigourney Cantelo's maternity-leave cover at Vogue
Vogue's beauty and health director Sigourney Cantelo has revealed who will be in charge of the magazine's beauty pages in her absence. Cleo Glyde, currently a contributor to Vogue's features, beauty and health pages, will be filling in for six months from March 12 - September 10, 2012. Cleo will be working out of the Vogue office, so please continue to send all invitations, new launches and press kits to her at the addresses below:
Post: 180 Bourke Rd, Alexandria, NSW
Couriers: 7/190 Bourke Rd, Alexandria, NSW
Further contact details to come.
17/2/12 Molton Brown joins Maxted Thomas PR
The team at Maxted Thomas PR are excited to announce UK prestige bath, body and beauty brand Molton Brown has joined their portfolio. 2012 is set to be a big year for the brand, with ambitious expansion targets and new product releases, as well as their involvement with the London Olympics.
For more information, contact Hannah Smith at hannahs@maxtedthomas.com.au or on (02) 9358 5689.
15/2/12 Lisa Solomons leaves Saunders & Co
After five years at Saunders & Co, today is Lisa Solomons last day with the company. As of February 16, Lisa can be contacted on her hotmail account, which is solomonslisa@hotmail.com, or on her mobile 0416 175 518.
9/2/12 Kiehl's moves PR in-house
Kiehl's has announced it's moving its PR function in-house to L'Oréal LUXE. Having been part of Elise Garland PR's stable of brands for the past year, Kiehl's will now be looked after by L'Oréal's Christine Burke and Jessica D'Ambrosi. They can be contacted on the details below:
Christine Burke: cburke@au.loreal.com 0411 142 622
Jessica D'Ambrosi: jdambrosi@au.loreal.com 0432 422 289
9/2/12 Julia Tobin joins the L'Oréal Luxe PR and communications team
Julia Tobin has joined the L'Oréal Luxe PR and communications team. Julia will replace Camille Walker and will be looking after the brands Lancome, Giorgio Armani Fragrances and Cosmetic, as well as shu uemura. She can be contacted on jtobin@au.loreal.com and 0410 628 040.
9/2/12 Sarah Brooks-Wilson gives birth to a baby boy
InStyle's beauty and lifestyle director Sarah Brooks-Wilson has given birth to a healthy baby boy, Rupert James Wilson. Born two days earlier than planned on December 27, Rupert weighed in at a whopping 4.8kg. Proud mum Sarah told bd Rupert is "heaven, so chilled, and is just eating and sleeping at the moment." Congratulations Sarah!
9/2/12 New PR contact for Urban Rituelle
Jacquie Hocking has been appointed as the new PR/marketing co-cordinator for Urban Rituelle and will look after all media enquiries.
To contact Jacquie, email jacquie@urbanrituelle.com.au or phone (02) 9531 1244.
7/2/12 Yasemin Trollope (nee Turker) goes freelance
Yasemin Trollope is moving on from her role as editor of PRIMPED to become freelance. She is now responsible for the beauty pages of Good Health, but will continue to contribute to PRIMPED twice a week.
Yasemin's first day at Good Health is Monday, February 13. She can be contacted at yaz.turker@gmail.com, and any postage can go to the Good Health office at ACP, or her personal address, 90/147 Cook Rd, Centennial Park 2021.
3/2/12 New PR account executive at Platinum MC
Fiona Gray has joined the team at PLATINUM Media and Communications as the public relations account executive. She will be joining Joel and Ali on the accounts for Aveeno, Johnson & Johnson and Johnson's baby.
To contact Fiona, email fiona@platinum-mc.com.au or phone (02) 9900 9409.
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