Access at 21 ? We're Finally Legal

Turning 21 and reaching the legal drinking age is a milestone in the U.S. (by the way, this is the highest drinking age in the world). For Access Communications this represents a different and even more significant milestone: 21 years ago our agency had its humble beginnings in a loft in Potrero Hill, San Francisco with a handful of people and big dreams.

Access was conceived as one of the first public relations firms to focus on the nexus point between technology, consumer and business markets. 21 years later we employ 100 people and represent some of the best known technology brands in the market including Intuit, PayPal, Toshiba, Polycom, 2K Games and Experian. We also partner with vibrant start-ups who are using technology to redefine how we work and live, including TwitchTV, Jive Software, Cool Planet sustainable biofuels, Rearden Commerce, Turn and AddThis. And over the last 21 years we have also expanded our client portfolio to include well-known consumer brands such as Leapfrog, Safeway, Luna, Beefeater Gin, Kahlua and Silver Oak.

There are many colorful chapters to our biography thus far: we quickly expanded during the go-go days of the 90?s dot.com era we survived two massive economic down turns. Through it all we nurtured a dynamic employee-centric culture and unparalleled level of client service that has resulted in strong staff retention and long-term client engagements, including ten year-plus relationships with Intuit, Trend Micro and 2K Games. Our focus creative thinking and execution has been recognized with shelves of industry awards including three Silver Anvils.

Recognizing the emergent importance of globalization, we became a part of Ketchum, one of the largest global public relations agencies, so that we can offer our clients not only expanded resources in the U.S, but support in almost any market that is important to our clients today and in the future.

So much has happened in the last 21 years that it is impossible to capture it all in a brief blog, so we are very grateful to the talented Rob Flaherty, Ketchum CEO, for recreating a visual highlights timeline. Please take a moment to watch the video and celebrate with us Access? first 21 years.

Susan Butenhoff

Tagged as: Access Communications, Ketchum, Rob Flaherty

Source: http://blog.accesspr.com/2012/10/access-at-21-were-finally-legal/

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