“I’m so excited,” emailed one Mommy Blogger in Chicago.  “I can’t wait,” said another.  Frankly, neither can we.

This weekend’s Chicago Baby and Toddler Expo seems to be the talk of the town – ChiTown, that is.  After weeks of online ticket giveaways and promotions (you gotta love a blogger called “MamaDweeb”, and lots of coverage by local media (including ABC7, and the Daily Herald tomorrow kicks off the show season for Bebe Paluzza Productions. Mike Fila is in Chicago to complete our work with the media there and to begin our work for Bebe’s other four shows coming up.

We love when the accomplishments of clients are recognized by the media, and the Highlandtown Healthy Living Center is certainly deserving of the attention for its good work, as WBAL’s Jennifer Franciotti explained last night.

New business means new work.  And the amount of new work we are getting means we need to hire more people to do it.

Himmelrich PR is looking for an experienced public relations professional to handle media and promotions for our clients in Baltimore and around the country.

The Account Coordinator will:
- identify opportunities for media coverage;
- write press materials;
- determine media strategies, plans and schedules;
- develop media relationships and pursue placements;
- initiate, plan and manage promotions;
- coordinate traditional, online and social media activities.

We are looking for someone who:
- has 2-4 years of experience working with the media;
- is a strong (and speedy) writer;
- knows social media
- is obsessed with deadlines, details and accuracy;
- can calmly handle lots of things all happening at the same time;
- plays well with others.

The Account Coordinator must be available for frequent weekend travel to client events.

No phone calls please.

To apply, please send a resume to jobs@himmelrich.com

We like to be known for our good work, our good thinking, and the success we help our clients achieve.  Today, we are also known for our good sense.  Fashion sense, that is.

In a story in today’s Baltimore Sun, Jill Rosen interviews our internship coordinator Mike Fila and intern Alexa Pollokoff about appropriate interns attire.

More than 650 cool cats jumped, jived and wailed this past Saturday night at the Maryland Science Center’s annual Solstice gala. The festive fete featured fabulous music by the Beantown String Orchestra with American Idol finalist John Stevens, non-stop buffets, swing-era décor (including a gleaming 1941 Packard) and inspiring remarks by Dr. Ben Carson. Some of the greatest praise, though, was for the evening’s signature cocktail – a carefully-crafted concoction resulting from thorough research, intense scientific development and on-going testing in appropriate climatic conditions by the noted mixologists at the Maryland Science Center.

You can try this experiment at home:
3 parts Bulleit Bourbon
1 part sweet vermouth
Grenadine to taste
A few shakes of Angostura bitters
Served over crushed ice and topped with a cherry

We avoid clichés like the plague (as the cliché goes) so we would prefer not to begin a sentence with “we are honored…” But we truly ARE honored to have been presented with two Best in Maryland awards this afternoon from the Maryland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.  Thanks to the PRSA chapter and the judges for the awards, but equally important, thanks to Sugarloaf Craft Festivals and the Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern music series. It’s easy to win awards when you have clients who trust you, value your opinion, and appreciate your expertise; we are honored that they allow us to produce good, thoughtful (and now award-winning) work on their behalf.

This week the Maryland Science Center is a big hit both nationally (about as “national as you can get) and locally. National Geographic recommends the museum as a must-attend place to play for families and other visitors to the Inner Harbor, while the Carroll County Times calls the Wonder Warehouse—the Science Center’s newest exhibit—a “best-bet”!

Being PR people, we’re pretty sure on any other weekend we would be able to make a connection between all three (with maybe a little stretching and some creative liberties), but this weekend, the connection is obvious, courtesy of The Baltimore Sun.

The NCAA men’s lacrosse championship is being held at M&T Bank Stadium this weekend, drawing thousands to the city and selling out downtown hotels. The Contemporary Museum is highlighting its newest exhibition, Bearing Witness. And the very cool Wonder Warehouse exhibit just opened at the Maryland Science Center. What’s the connection? Us, thanks to the Sun. The two museums (both Himmelrich clients) were two of the only six attractions events listed by the paper this morning as “Things To Do” for lacrosse fans.

Summer starts tomorrow at the Maryland Science Center with a bang, and a poof, and a little bit of fire – it’s the opening of the highly-anticipated exhibition “Wonder Warehouse.”  Don’t be alarmed…all the flames and explosions are not only expected but will be met with “oohs” and “ahhs” as visitors see how fast the Fryzooka makes potatoes into explosively tasty treats or are were dazzled by the dancing flames of the Flaming Acoustic Harmonophone while it blared everything from Elvis to Linkin Park.  The media is pretty amazed too, including the Baltimore Sun (here, here and here) and WBAL-TV.

The Highlandtown Healthy Living Center will be the first LEED-platinum community health center in the country, and will allow Baltimore Medical Systems to significantly increase the number of patients it serves to 22,000 a year – and we are excited to make sure that local and national media know about it.  BMS is Maryland’s largest federally qualified health center offering a full range of health services in a supportive, patient-centered environment. BMS is the largest provider of primary health care to the uninsured, Hispanics, refugees and hearing impaired patients in Central Maryland, and serves patients from more than 50 countries.

The Highlandtown Healthy Living Center, at 3700 Fleet Street, includes 52 examination rooms, a pharmacy, dedicated space for community health education, furniture made from recycled materials, and Baltimore’s largest rain garden.  The new center is a direct, 32,000 square-foot illustration to the community that there is a connection between a healthy environment and healthy living.