AKHIA, a public relations and marketing agency focused on strategic execution, is expanding to Atlanta, Georgia. The 12-year-old company has established a satellite office to be headed by the agency’s consumer specialist, Lindsay Anne Rider, senior account manager.

 

According to Jan Gusich, AKHIA’s founder and president, this move meets multiple strategic initiatives, specifically the ability to better offer retail insight to existing clients by being centrally located to leading retailers’ headquarters.

 

“We are always searching for ways to add value to our clients and how they do business. By placing one of our consumer experts in the middle of a media hub as high profile as Atlanta – where we’ll be neighbor to some of the country’s largest DIY retailers – is an opportunity we couldn’t pass up.”

 

The majority of AKHIA’s consumer clients are in the home care category, further driving the decision to open the Atlanta office. And as the lead strategist on those accounts, Ms. Rider is excited about the opportunities this move holds for both AKHIA and its clients.

 

“AKHIA has always worked beyond its four walls. Jan’s vision has led to a shared mindset of always thinking of how we can add value—how we can help make our client better, every day. This is simply another example of that.”

 

Ms. Rider has more than six years of consumer public relations and marketing experience – four with AKHIA – and is responsible for several strategic programs for a wide range of leading brands, including Dirt Devil, Hoover, MTD, Saeco, Darden Restaurants, Inc. and Outback Steakhouse, Inc.

 

"We look forward to the growth opportunities that are sure to come from Lindsay's consumer expertise and AKHIA’s dedication to strategic execution,” says Gusich.

 

About AKHIA
Founded in 1996, AKHIA, Public Relations and Marketing Communications has offices in Hudson, Ohio and Atlanta, Georgia. The 24-person organization was founded on a philosophy of message integrity and best in class account service. Today, that philosophy remains in the form of the agency’s dedication to strategic execution for its 30 clients spanning a wide range of industries in the business-to-business, service and consumer sectors.