Kate Stuard
Business Development Manager
With over a decade of experience in public relations, Kate has spent her career working with clients of all shapes and sizes. As a PR manager at Dittoe PR, Kate worked with Stericycle, USA Football, Seven Corners and Herff Jones to ensure they stayed top-of-mind with the media. Kate has also worked in-house as the Communications Director for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Today, Kate works closely with the vice president of business development to identify and secure new business for the firm. She’s passionate about public relations strategy and loves connecting new clients with the account team that can help them achieve their communications goals. When she’s not working, Kate can be found reading, writing, running and wrangling her two toddlers.
Industry Articles
Four reasons why your company needs PR
“Thank You for Smoking.” “The West Wing.” “Wag the Dog.” These are all movies and TV shows that revolve around public relations. Now, if you notice, most of these involve some sort of crisis or needed “spin.” Flashback to more than a decade ago, and there was a slight...
What cuts in journalism jobs mean for PR
There are six public relations professionals for every journalist.In 1980, the ratio was 1.2 to 1.These ratios, pulled from recent U.S. Department of Labor statistics, illustrate just how dramatically the media relations landscape has fluctuated in the last 40 years....
Public Relations vs. Marketing – What’s the Difference?
There are a lot of blurred lines when it comes to public relations and marketing. They intertwine so seamlessly that it can be easy to mistake one for the other. Often times when I tell others I work in PR, they’ll usually respond with something along the lines of...
