Since its launch nearly 30 years ago, Carol Fox & Associates (CF&A) has evolved from a local Chicago agency to an international one, serving clients in the art, entertainment and culture space across New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Toronto and more. Over the past year, CF&A’s clients continued to expand across the U.S. and Canada, prompting leadership to build a network of PR agencies throughout North America in order to give clients the high-impact results they’re known for, with the added bonus of local expertise. CF&A remains a leader at home, too; after their work on the Chicago editions of cultural moments like Immersive Van Gogh and The Friends Experience, the parent companies of each contracted CF&A as their national agency of record. As an early adopter of influencer marketing as a service, the agency continues to support clients through its now independent influencer department.
Leadership team:
Carol Fox, President & Founder
Niki Morrison, Executive Vice President
Nick Harkin, Senior Vice President, Public Relations
Alex Jakubiak, Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Margo Hawk, Vice President, Creative Services and Digital Communications
Notable long-term clients:
Blue Man Group, Lighthouse Immersive, Original X Productions (OGX), City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), EXPO CHICAGO, WNDR Museum, Sloomoo Institute, Auditorium Theatre
New client wins:
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Immersive Disney Animation, SailGP Chicago
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“Throughout the agency’s history, CF&A is proud to be a nimble, quick-thinking group that can figure out how to deliver on almost any client ask. As the demand for influencer relations increased in the past several years, CF&A was an early adopter of the service, offering influencer relations as an add-on for PR clients. As the industry and demand grew, CF&A quickly saw the benefit of building out a proper department and hired full-time staff to support it. Today, the agency has solidified department processes, software and best practices to create an independent, fully functioning influencer department. CF&A now leads influencer relations efforts for some of the country’s most “Instagrammable” experiences and organizations, which has led to an influx of new business inquiries and measurable, high-impact client outcomes. Influencer relations has become a cornerstone of the agency’s approach to client strategy.”
