Leading Digital Communications Agency Adds Top Executive for West Coast and International Growth
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Horn Group, Inc., a leading independent digital communications agency, announced that Debra Raine has joined the firm as Principal, based out of its San Francisco office. In her new role, she will be responsible for all West Coast office operations as well as International business.
Raine has a long proven track record of agency leadership and delivering award winning global PR campaigns. Most recently she was Principal with BondPR Worldwide, which she joined in 2010 following the acquisition of Rainemakers, the PR firm she founded in 2008. Previously Raine has held executive roles at global PR agencies including: Head of West Coast, Waggener Edstrom; Executive VicePresident Bay Area, Weber Shandwick; Executive Vice President, Porter Novelli; Head of Asia Pacific, Porter Novelli Convergence Group, and Vice President of Europe, Ogilvy PR.
Raine brings immediate growth from existing clients, which will be merged into Horn. She will be responsible for overseeing all operations, client service and development on the West Coast as well as expanding the firm’s business in the enterprise/cloud, digital media, and consumer/internet sectors. Raine will also manage and further develop the agency’s international business endeavors including the Oriella PR Network, which HORN co-founded with partner Brands2Life in 2006. She will report to Sabrina Horn, President and CEO.
“Debra’s world-class expertise in growing entire regions, combined with her approach to client service for both large agencies as well as her own firm, are invaluable to HORN at this particular stage of our growth,” said Sabrina Horn, Founder, President and CEO of the Horn Group. “Her addition marks a pivotal moment in our direction as a digital communications agency.”
“Horn Group has an unparalleled reputation and long term standing throughout Silicon Valley, the tech industry, and with companies of all sizes,” said Debra Raine, Principal at the Horn Group. “As an independent agency, the scope and flexibility to do quality work while innovating around areas such as digital communications and international campaigns is particularly compelling.”
About Horn Group, Inc.
Horn Group is a digital communications agency that combines public relations, social media and interactive services to help companies build their brand and move their business forward. The firm workswith Fortune 500 global brands and hot emerging growth companies in technology, digital media and consumer markets. Established in 1991, the agency is independent, with offices in San Francisco and New York, and co-founded the Oriella International Network. For more information, please visit www.horngroup.com.
