Kelly Grindle has been promoted to General Manager at PR, influence and activation agency, Special PR. He joined Special 18 months ago to launch their PR service after more than 15 years in agency and in-house roles in New Zealand and the UK.

Special PR now has eight staff and 17 clients, and won a slew of awards, including back-to-back Grand Prix at The Pressie Awards, and was the only New Zealand firm to win a PR Lion at Cannes in June this year.

Kelly said: “Launching Special PR has been one of the most fulfilling jobs you could imagine, and I’m so proud of how far our team has come in such a short period of time. We’re only just getting started, and are recruiting at most levels, so I would encourage anyone who is interested in joining a creative PR agency to drop us a note and start a conversation - next year is going to be even bigger and better”.