At Hawthorne, we have been carefully planning the best way to return to our office after months spent remotely scattered around the city...

The Challenge: Faced with the unexpected effects of COVID-19, the tourism and hospitality industry has been one of the hardest hit...

The Challenge: Our client Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), owns and operates McCormick Place, North America’s largest...

The Challenge: Our client, the DuSable Museum of African American History, began receiving an increase in hate mail in early 2021, after...

The Challenge: When the shelter-in-place order was issued in Chicago in March 2020, dentists were among those forced to close for...

As we rung in the New Year, we let out a collective sigh of relief that 2020 has finally come to an end. Throughout 2020, we were...

Point of view: you’re at your family or friend’s holiday party (via Zoom of course) and someone asks you, “So, what exactly do you do?”...

If you found yourself transitioning into an entry-level position or internship during the pandemic, you were most likely on-boarded...

The Challenge: Position the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) and its team as leading advocates for women and other diverse...

For this week’s Hawthorne Quarantine Media Club review, our Assistant Account Manager, Mia, shares her thoughts on Ziwe Fumodoh's...

For this week’s Hawthorne Quarantine Media Club review, our Account Director, Dan, shares his thoughts on George Orwell’s 1984. Dan...

Happy Monday Hawthorne Quarantine Media Club members! We are so excited to continue our weekly media reviews with thoughts from one of...

As we continue working from home, we have been looking for ways to stay connected and bring our team together. That’s why we have decided...

The Challenge: Developing and coordinating issues management approach for an international consumer brand. In today’s environment,...

Hawthorne mourns the loss of our trusted partner and friend, Ted Wagnon, who passed away Saturday, June 13. Ted was a shining example of...

The Challenge: Simultaneously establish a corporate and internal communications cadence and crisis response strategy for a global...

The Challenge: Our client Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), owns and operates McCormick Place, North America’s largest...

As the Coronavirus continues to be a hot topic of conversation around the globe, we sat down with Hawthorne president and CEO, Cynthia...

This month, our very own Maddie Petschow was elected to the PRSA Chicago 2020 board as the communications committee co-chair. We are...

The Challenge: Traditionally, corporate social responsibility CSR has been thought of as a company’s obligation to give back to the...