WordWrite Communications, one of the region’s fastest-growing public relations and social media agencies, has added an office in Tempe, Ariz., staffed by longtime agency veteran John Durante.
Durante, marketing services director for WordWrite, is a Pittsburgh-area native who has worked across the country during a career spent in marketing, with stops in Iowa, Colorado, Tennessee and his hometown. In addition to WordWrite, Durante has worked for Frank N. Magid Associates, as vice president for a healthcare system in Des Moines, and at The Fitting Group in Pittsburgh.
“John has been a significant contributor to WordWrite’s growth since he began working with us on development of our proprietary StoryCrafting process several years ago,” said WordWrite President and CEO Paul Furiga. “When John relocated to Arizona a few years ago, we thought his workload might decrease. Instead, his importance to clients and the demands on his time have only grown. John is a key contributor to our client engagements not only in Western Pennsylvania, but to our growing client base in cities including Harrisburg and Louisville.”
“This is a great opportunity to continue to build on WordWrite’s success,” Durante said. “We’ve demonstrated that our team works well across geography and we’re excited about growing the firm even more by exploring the opportunity to expand our work in other markets.”
Durante is a native of Follansbee, W.Va., and is a graduate of the Washington State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in communication and sociology (1983), and a Master of Arts in sociology (1985). He can be reached at (480) 626-1791 or john.durante@wordwritepr.com.
About WordWrite Communications, LLC
WordWrite Communications, LLC helps its clients share their great, untold stories with everyone who needs to see, hear and experience them. WordWrite specializes in crisis, employee, executive, news media and social media communications with particular expertise in health care, manufacturing and technology. WordWrite clients range from small start-ups to Fortune 500 global firms. WordWrite clients share a fundamental belief in the value of two-way communications, and in the power of authentic stories told by fluent storytellers. Among WordWrite’s clients are: Fragasso Financial Advisors, KIT Solutions, Koppers Inc., MEDRAD, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., The Pittsburgh Business Group on Health and Redstone Highlands. For more information on WordWrite, visit http://www.wordwritepr.com, http://www.facebook.com/wordwritepr, or http://twitter.com/wordwritepr.
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