Category: Company Culture

Matter Wins Four Awards at the 55th Annual Bell Ringer Award Ceremony

Honored by the PR Club for the “Best of the Best” in Public Relations, Communications and Marketing Industries Around New England BOSTON, June 13, 2023 — Matter Communications — a Brand Elevation Agency that integrates PR, marketing and creative services — is proud to announce it has wonfour Bell Ringer Awards for exemplary work across consumer, healthcare and individual professional categories. Each year, the PR Club… Read more »

Helping Hands 100 Item Drive

Matter’s award-winning Helping Hands volunteer program is a core part of our company’s culture and identity. Our motto is, “People in need matter. Helping hands matter.” To kick off 2023’s volunteer efforts, we launched an agency-wide initiative called the “100 Item Drive.” Our goal – to support local organizations across our nationwide office communities by collecting 100 items to donate by the 100th day of the… Read more »

20 Years of Matter: What I’ve Learned Over Two Decades as CEO

It’s hard to believe that my agency, Matter, turns 20 years old on April 1. That anniversary is an enormous source of pride for me and for everyone who contributed to our success along the way. Whether our expansive alumni network was with us for a season or a career’s lifetime, it’s been wonderful hearing from so many people about our milestone!   I’ve learned a lot… Read more »

honoring DE+I Beyond Black History Month

As February comes to a close, so too does Black History Month – an important and annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. For the past four weeks, we’ve seen organizations of all shapes and sizes recognize this observance with social media content, company-wide activities and other commitments. Our approach at Matter has always been… Read more »

Matter Celebrates October Wellness Month

Matter recognized October as Wellness Month across the agency. This month-long initiative gave employees an opportunity to focus on our physical and mental well-being, with the hope of picking up some new valuable takeaways we can use throughout our daily lives. Observed on October 10th, World Mental Health Day raises awareness and promotes individuals to view “mental health as valued, promoted and protected; where everyone has… Read more »

Matter Celebrates Pride Month

June is here, and with it arrives an endless array of warmth, love and rainbows. It’s time to get together to celebrate Pride month and all those who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer — and their allies! In the U.S. and around the world, countless events are held during this time as a way of recognizing the influence LGBTQ+ people have had throughout… Read more »

The Agency Experience: Paving A Path For Young Professionals

When you work in an agency, you’re surrounded by creative communicators who thrive on collaboration and the inherent energy that comes from such a group. You learn by listening to – and simply observing – peers and managers navigate client calls, media interactions and strategy sessions. You’re supported by that look from a colleague on a busy day signaling it’s time to go for a walk, grab… Read more »

Lending A Helping Hand: How Volunteering Has Evolved

Danielle Conlin, VP of Human Resources  One of my all-time favorite quotes is by Dr. Loretta Scott: “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.”   When I joined Matter over six years ago, I took on the role of leading the Helping Hands program — our award-winning volunteering initiative. Our motto is, “People in need matter. Helping hands matter.” Over the years, we’ve partnered with organizations… Read more »

Women at Matter: Working in a women-dominated industry

In honor of Women’s History Month, our Women Professionals Circle is conducting an interview series highlighting perspectives of some of Matter’s female leaders on the issues and challenges women face in the workplace, in our culture and at home. Check out the past two conversations on Barriers + Challenges and Working + Parenting.  In our final interview, we focus on what it’s like working in a women-dominated industry, with some… Read more »

Women at Matter: Working + Parenting

 In honor of Women’s History Month, our Women’s Professionals Circle is conducting an interview series highlighting perspectives of some of Matter’s female leaders on the issues and challenges women face in the workplace, in our culture and at home. Check out last week’s conversation on Barriers + Challenges. This week’s interview focuses on what it’s like to have two full-time jobs: working and parenting.  Question: What’s… Read more »

Women at Matter: Barriers + Challenges in the Workplace and Beyond

In honor of Women’s History Month, our Women’s Professionals Circle is conducting an interview series highlighting perspectives of some of Matter’s female leaders on the issues and challenges women face in the workplace, in our culture and at home. After voting on which topics our group wanted the interviewees to shed light on, we’ll be focusing on “Barriers + Challenges,” “Parenting + Working,” and “Advice to Younger Women +… Read more »

Black History – and Black Culture – Matters All Year Long, Not Just in February

Yesterday marked the first day of Black History Month – an annual celebration of achievements by Black individuals and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. As my colleague Marissa Lindstrom stated in her email to our agency announcing the ways we are marking the occasion this year, it’s an opportunity to celebrate and learn about the contributions of African Americans — because… Read more »

Matter Sustainability: Doing More to Waste Less

Summer is in full swing here at Matter, and it’s wild. Yeah, you heard us right: WILD. OK maybe it’s not slip-n-sliding-to-Coolio’s “Fantastic Voyage” or ghost-riding-a-Maserati-in-Palm-Springs wild, but definitely wild in the seeing-each-other-in-person, offices-opening-back-up, oh-you’re-taller-than-I-thought-you-were sense of the word. And now that we have a renewed sense of purpose and our collective energy to back it up, we’ve got work to do. Wild work. But what… Read more »