Crowe PR Marks Nine Years in Business; Acquires Eckis Marketing to Amplify Integrated PR Offering
Award-winning PR Agency Celebrates Milestones, Expanding Capabilities and Client Portfolio
SAN DIEGO – February 6, 2024 – Crowe PR, a national integrated public relations agency, celebrates nearly a decade in business, reflecting on company milestones and announcing its acquisition of Eckis Marketing, a creative communications agency. As part of the collaboration, the Eckis team and existing client roster help expand Crowe PR’s national presence and content creation capabilities.
Founded in 2015, Crowe PR specializes in building brand awareness and company growth for healthcare technology, consumer goods and hospitality brands. The agency’s integrated PR services include communications strategy, media relations, thought leadership, influencer marketing and social media management. Since its inception, the company has grown from a team of three to nearly 30 employees, spanning ten markets, such as New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Nashville and Washington D.C. Its diverse client roster comprises of life-impacting medical device and genomics companies, innovative wellness, spirits, apparel and hotel brands.
Crowe PR milestones over the past nine years include:
2016: Crowe expands partnerships with brands like AT&T, Kimpton Palomar San Diego, Sanuk, and more.
2017: Relocates headquarters to San Diego’s East Village.
2018: Enhances influencer marketing and social media capabilities to increase value and partnership opportunities for CPG and hospitality brands; hires integrated PR leaders.
2018: Wins PRSA Bernay’s PR Team of the Year & Marketing Consumer Products awards.
2019: Expands team presence to 10 markets, including Los Angeles, New York City, Austin, Nashville and more. Grows its healthcare technology division through key medical device brand partnerships.
2022: Debuts on Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America; expands East Coast presence.
2023: Secures Inc. 5000 spot, joins PRNet’s Top 100 Agencies list and is named finalist for PR Daily’s Ragan award for its work with Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey.
2023: Acquires Eckis Marketing to broaden social media and design capabilities.
As a company focused on an integrated PR approach to reputation management, brand building and business growth, Crowe PR had been considering several partners with elevated design and content creation capabilities. Its acquisition of Eckis further enables the company to broaden its core service offering to existing and new clients, setting them up for success with elevated content and ROI-focused campaigns.
Eckis Marketing has disrupted the creative communications space since 2017 by offering full-service creative marketing campaigns to e-commerce and lifestyle-based brands that reached millions in social media and digital exposure. Its roster has included brands such as Better Brand, CLEARSTEM Skincare, DREAM POPS, Fody, RationAle, Sonix Accessories, Mela and Marriott + Hilton and its work has been seen Forbes, Entrepreneur, USA Today and Yahoo Business.
“Over the past nine years, we have been fortunate to work with changemaker brands and innovators across healthcare, CPG and travel industries,” said Anna Crowe, Crowe PR founder and CEO. “Our company and team have grown to meet the needs of our customers and the continuously evolving PR and marketing landscapes. As technology continues to advance, changing ways customers engage with brands, so must we, as professionals, understand which integrated approaches make the biggest impact on reputation, sales and business growth.”
“I’ve witnessed Crowe PR become a leading agency over the last nine years, not only regionally, but also on a national scale. Anna’s passion and tenacity have led her to build one of today's leading performance PR agencies, and she is someone I have always kept my eyes on for inspiration and a true intentional agency playbook,” said Whitney Eckis, CEO of Eckis Marketing. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to bring Crowe PR’s expanded services to Eckis Marketing’s clients to help bring these incredible brands to the next level.”
“Whitney and I have collaborated on various projects over the years,” added Anna. “I’ve been impressed with her creativity and am looking forward to optimizing client support and value together in 2024 and beyond.”
Crowe PR is driven by its relentless commitment to excellence and core values of entrepreneurial mindset, positive and collaborative spirit and drive.
For more information on Crowe PR, please visit www.crowepr.com and follow along on LinkedIn and Instagram at @crowepr.
About Crowe PR
Crowe PR is an integrated public relations agency specializing in mid to large-sized consumer goods, hospitality, healthcare and technology brands, with a focus on health and wellness, outdoor and sustainable brands. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., with a second location in New York City and staff around the country, Crowe PR focuses on reputation management and delivering results that generate strong ROI for its clients. Services include media relations, thought leadership, crisis communications, social media management, influencer marketing and content creation. Crowe PR has won five PRSA Bernays awards, receiving recognition for marketing, media relations, consumer products, executive communications, and Public Relations Team of the Year and was named to Inc. Magazine’s esteemed Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America in 2022 and 2023. For more information visit www.crowepr.com.