Drop by our office in Chelsea, and you’ll understand how we stay current and in the know. We designed our bright, open and sunlit space for better team collaboration and to inspire our passion for travel and cultural trends.
It’s people that really matter, however. We’re 15 executives strong, organized into fully dedicated teams aligned with each client’s goals. And that doesn’t include individuals like our full-time staff writer, Neal, formerly with Forbes magazine. In addition to his way with words, Neal provides key journalistic and media insight to everyone at the agency.
Our leadership team
President
“Our creative team of skilled professionals is driven by fresh ideas and a commitment to results. With numerous years of collective experience in key media markets, HIPR is an internationally known and highly sought-after, award-winning agency.”
Jennifer established her reputation as a leading public relations and marketing communications specialist through a long career working with some of the finest hotels, resorts and lifestyle brands in the world. A dedicated professional who has traveled to more than 40 countries, Jennifer got her start in Miami. There, she worked her way up through various public relations agencies and gained valuable experience promoting a range of blue-chip brands, including Crayola and Burger King Corporation.
In the late 1990s, Jennifer took a position as public relations director leading Orient-Express Hotels, Inc. It wasn’t long before her skill and talent helped to vastly expand awareness with coverage in major-market magazines, newspapers, and television programs. During her four-year tenure, Jennifer also oversaw investor relations for Sea Containers, Inc., of which Orient-Express Hotels was a wholly owned subsidiary.
Jennifer left Orient-Express Hotels to co-found her first PR agency. Taking charge of its business-development efforts, she opened the doors of Hawkins International PR in 2002. Jennifer now leads HIPR with a seasoned ability to identify a client’s specific needs, devise a strategy, and implement a program designed to bring her clients maximum publicity. Over the years, she has become a respected professional who enjoys solid relationships with influential editors and writers at many major publications.
Ms. Hawkins holds an undergraduate degree in social ecology from the University of California, Irvine (cum laude, 1988), where she also earned an Outstanding Contribution to the Community award. Always socially aware and committed, she has contributed pro bono work to several civic organizations, including Planned Parenthood, Dress For Success, Dai Bosatsu Zendo, and Salvation Army.
Vice President
Amy draws upon considerable expertise in public relations, marketing and strategic partnerships in her leadership role at Hawkins International PR. Since joining the agency in 2002, she has continued to prove herself as a strategic thinker who guides our clients with multidimensional, dynamic solutions.
Amy is responsible for client services, strategic development and the overall growth of the company. Her experience includes representing global corporate accounts as well as independent hotels, resorts, destination spas and real estate clients.
Along with her promotional expertise, Amy brings a strong brand-marketing background to the firm. Prior to joining Hawkins International PR, she helped launch, brand and position the entertainment website www.inside.com and its spin-off monthly magazine, Inside, as well as the groundbreaking media watchdog magazine, Brill’s Content.
Amy also worked on the account team at Hawkins & Widness Public Relations International, another New York-based boutique agency specializing in luxury hospitality. She received a journalism degree from The S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, and she currently resides in Manhattan.
Vice President
A true travel enthusiast and longtime media relations specialist, Anna Stancioff is a Vice President with Hawkins International PR in New York. Throughout her thirteen years in travel PR, Anna has been proud to work on a variety of global brands, ranging from independently owned hotels to international tour operators, travel guide books, hospitality management companies and cruise lines. Her role at Hawkins International includes creating PR strategies, social media consultation, media relations as well as new business development. Her media contacts run deep, and her clients have seen significant coverage in publications including Travel + Leisure, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TODAY Show, Town & Country, Robb Report, to name a few. Currently she works on brands including Seabourn, Sage Hospitality, LUXE City Guides, Country Walkers, Terra Resort Group and others.
Prior to working with Hawkins International PR, Anna worked at Weber Shandwick Worldwide on the Central Park Conservancy, Singapore Airlines, Celebrity Cruises, and Bahamas accounts. Before that, she worked with KWE Associates in New York and she started her travel PR career working with Jennifer Hawkins at Hawkins & Widness Public Relations.
Anna received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Hispanic Studies from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. A Washington, D.C. native, Anna speaks Spanish, appreciates smart design and is passionate about New York City.
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