Violet PR Expands Economic Development Expertise with Account Director David Margolis
We are thrilled to announce that Violet PR has hired David Margolis as our newest Account Director. With two decades of economic development marketing experience, David is an important addition to our growing team.
Most recently, David served as principal at Conway PR & Marketing, where he oversaw economic development public relations and marketing campaigns across North America, Europe and Asia. Specifically, David helped cities, states and countries raise their respective profiles to attract business investment.
David’s clients have included the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana, Georgia and Rhode Island, the cities of Paris and Dijon, France, and Tampa, Florida, and the countries of Thailand, Malaysia and Scotland. He has secured top-tier media coverage for clients in news outlets including CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company as well as industry-focused media outlets like Aviation Week, Automotive News and Site Selection.
“As a publicist, one of the most meaningful aspects of my day-to-day work is being able to help locations market themselves to attract companies and grow their respective economies," says David Margolis, Account Director at Violet PR.
“I’m excited to join Violet PR, a highly respected and renowned communications agency within the economic development space,” says Margolis. “By joining Violet PR, not only am I joining an amazing team of PR practitioners, but I’m also offered the opportunity to collaborate with even more locations, and to continue working in a field that has offered me such amazing rewards, both in terms of my professional development but also by being able to help communities.”
Prior to his role at Conway PR, David spent four years as associate director of ADERLY–New York, an investment promotion agency for the city of Lyon in France. He holds a bachelor’s degree, with majors in international relations and French, from Tufts University, as well as an MBA, with a focus in international marketing, from Thunderbird School of Global Management.