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Newscast Creative Names Amanita Duga-Carroll Managing Director

PR Veteran to Head New Division

New York April 14, 2014 - Multimedia communications leader Newscast Creative announced today that Amanita Duga-Carroll has been named Managing Director. Duga-Carroll comes to the agency from 20 years at Rubenstein Communications, Inc., where she served as an executive vice president. Duga-Carroll will head up a new division that will focus on media training and communications strategy.

"Amanita is a results oriented communications executive with a proven track record of leadership, achievement and delivery," said Newscast Creative President Jim Sulley. "She is recognized for developing successful public relations campaigns that move the needle on a brand’s business objectives, and for having a natural sense of what content will convert prospects into evangelists. These are precisely the skills that will serve her well at Newscast Creative."

Duga-Carroll will personally oversee a new division Newscast Creative offering communications services such as:

Duga-Carroll offers more than two decades of experience overseeing strategic communications programs at Rubenstein Communications for a broad array of blue chip clients including BMW, Rolls-Royce, American Express, United Airlines, the Magazine Publishers of America, AOL’s Patch Media, Madame Tussauds and LEGOLAND Discovery Center. Duga-Carroll has worked on all facets of brand marketing, and has launched a variety of brands and sub-brands including MINI, American Express’ IN:NYC card, BMW i and the Tribeca Film Festival. A former reporter with a keen sense of news value, Duga-Carroll is also a professional media trainer, seasoned on camera spokesperson and an expert in crisis communications. Prior to Rubenstein, Duga-Carroll was named the first Director of Media Services for the New York City Housing Police and was instrumental in the creation of the first full communications division for the 12th largest police department in the country.

"I am pleased to be joining Newscast Creative," said Duga-Carroll. "From award winning video producers and photographers to veteran journalists, Newscast has brought together a team of imaginative and accomplished professionals to ensure we take our clients and their businesses to the highest level possible"

With offices in London, New York and Los Angeles, Newscast Creative develops multimedia communication solutions for corporations and their agencies, harnessing the power of still, moving images and audio to deliver their messages 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Opening its New York offices in 2004 Newscast Creative expanded into Los Angeles in 2008. As an independent company, Newscast Creative employs award-winning photographers, producers, designers, web developers, and communications professionals who produce content for clients that range from non-profits to Fortune 500 companies.

From concept development and strategic consultation content management, Newscast creates and delivers the compelling content that media and corporations need.