By Mark Pinsent Hoffman Europe Office, General Manager I’ve been thinking about mentoring recently. Not thinking about doing it, as I already do (back to that in a second) but just about mentoring as a thing, and how useful it is, for both the mentee and the mentor. I count myself very lucky to be considered a…
By Jason Cao Hoffman China General Manager Running out of office space is a good problem to have since it reflects a growing enterprise. Such was the case with our China team where 2017 saw our staff grow from 19 to 33 employees as our “Big Tech” positioning gained traction. In the case of our…
Playing the word association game for 2017, we came up with an interesting list: Unpredictable Fast Erratic Millennials Refugees Stories (naturally) Politics Uber Trump (right, relates to “erratic”) Invention Nationalism Misconduct Wacky Media Celebrations No doubt, you can conjure words to add to the list. Regardless of how you tilt, we wish happy holidays and…
by Melissa Lewelling, Senior Account Executive at The Hoffman Agency When you think of today’s tech-infused world and where it started (i.e., Silicon Valley), what comes to mind? Maybe it’s the shiny new Apple campus or Google’s colorful bikes gliding around a spacious campus with cafeterias, gyms and nap pods. Maybe it’s the tiny startups…
By Karuna Tsang, Associate Account Director “Welcome to San Francisco. The local time is 10:45 p.m. …” announced the captain. Finally, after a 12-hour flight, I arrived in the United States. It had been a while since I visited the U.S., and what excited me the most was that I would be working in our…
By Mark Pinsent, Managing Director, Europe at The Hoffman Agency Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of sharing a stage with my good friend Wadds and Alice Weightman of Hanson Search, which kindly organised the event. Our audience was undergraduates and recent graduates who are looking to pursue a career in PR and communications, with the premise being that…
