Staff Reporters
Feb 25, 2011

Hoffman Agency snares PayPal’s regional PR duties

SINGAPORE – PayPal, the online e-commerce service provider, has selected Hoffman Agency as its regional PR consultant firm after a competitive pitch

The Hoffman Agency tapped to handle PayPal's PR duties
The Hoffman Agency tapped to handle PayPal's PR duties

Upon securing this business, Hoffman Agency will be responsible for providing strategic counsel, media strategy, media relations, product awareness and corporate profiling for PayPal across the region.

According to the firm, the markets included would be Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China, with Japan to follow in the near future. Furthermore, there will be an account lead in each market with a regional coordinator based in Singapore.

“Overall, the Hoffman Agency came out tops with a balance between strategic thinking and execution capabilities, with a proactive mindset and focus on ROI,” noted Dickson Seow, director of corporate communications at PayPal Asia Pacific.

PayPal’s service enables its members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. Currently, it has 94 million active accounts across 190 markets and facilitates transactions in 24 currencies around the world. 

Source:
Campaign Asia

Related Articles

Just Published

1 day ago

Creative agency Ralph creates global chief growth ...

VML's Gareth Jones steps in to lead global growth at Ralph, partnering with CEO Chris Hassell to reenergise the agency's key offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Tokyo.

1 day ago

Omnicom and IPG chiefs visit UK to sell merger to ...

The two groups will continue to operate independently and compete in pitches for the time being, as the M&A deal could take a year to complete.

2 days ago

Creative Minds: 'Go smash it like an avocado' is ...

She once dreamed of covering war zones, not crafting ad campaigns. But a surprising turn of events led this TBWA Australia creative director to a career where "smashing it like an avocado" became her unexpected motto.

2 days ago

Price-gouging in Aussie supermarkets: Where does ...

As supermarket price wars heat up, Woolworths and Coles are losing ground to Aldi, according to data from YouGov.