Category: Company Culture

The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2019

Industry trends, client successes and rock star employees here at Matter kept our blog content strong this year. To make sure you didn’t miss anything, we rounded up our top 10 most visited Matter blog posts of the year. #1. Matter’s Newest Boomerang Employee: Melissa Murtagh After leaving Matter in 2016, Melissa returned in June smiling and excited to be back as the newest member of… Read more »

Out of Office with Senior Copywriter, Rory Nolan

When he’s not writing copy for various clients, Rory Thomas Nolan spends his time going back in time — as a Revolutionary War reenactor. Rory is the senior copywriter at Matter and has been at the company for over a year. Take a look inside the world of Revolutionary War living history in this installment of Matter Out of Office.   Q: Tell us about what… Read more »

Matter Helping Hands Recap: August 2019

Matter’s Helping Hands initiative encourages a nationwide community service effort that is rewarding and fulfilling for all of the employees. With 1000 plus hours of impactful volunteer work done each year, Matter is truly making an impact on its surrounding communities. 161 volunteer hours! This past month, Matter employees nationwide reached a combined total of 161 volunteer hours. This brings the current yearly total to 1040… Read more »

Matter’s Helping Hands Recap: June 2019

Matter’s Helping Hands initiative encourages a nationwide community service effort that is rewarding and fulfilling for all of the employees. With 1000 plus hours of impactful volunteer work done each year, Matter is truly making an impact on its surrounding communities. 129 volunteer hours! In June, our employees volunteered 129 total hours, bringing our year to date total to 744 hours! Below is a recap of events across… Read more »

Matter’s Open Door: Startup Edition

In June, Matter’s Open Door program conducted one of its free classes on PR, media relations and social media for startups. Below are some of the session’s best takeaways. I’m the only one on my team that has time to work with media. How should I approach it? It’s important to have a consistent contact person reaching out to the media in order to build a… Read more »

Meet Meghan Gardner, PDX Vice President

Meet Meghan Gardner, the new VP of Public Relations in the Portland, Oregon office. Meghan recently relocated to Portland from the East Coast, where she spent about 12 years in the Boston area. Although a Western Massachusetts native, born and raised in the “Happy Valley”, Meghan spent a lot of her career traveling to various places near and far. We are happy to have Meghan join… Read more »

Matter’s Helping Hands Recap: May 2019

Matter’s Helping Hands initiative encourages a nationwide community service effort that is rewarding and fulfilling for all of the employees. With 1000 plus hours of impactful volunteer work done each year, Matter is truly making an impact on its surrounding communities. 84 volunteer hours! This past month, Matter employees nationwide reached a combined total of 84 volunteer hours. This brings the current yearly total to 615… Read more »

Matter’s Helping Hands Recap: April 2019

Matter’s Helping Hands initiative encourages a nationwide community service effort that is rewarding and fulfilling for all of the employees. With 1000 plus hours of impactful volunteer work done each year, Matter is truly making an impact on its surrounding communities.    230 volunteer hours! This April, our employees volunteered 230 total hours, the most hours in one month in the past three years! Our YTD total… Read more »

Celebrating the Brilliant Minds of Women in Business and Healthcare

The month of March is Women’s History Month, with a special spotlight on International Women’s Day. As a young woman in healthcare public relations, and part of a growing entity, I sit back and think what this movement means not only to me, but my female colleagues and the clients we work with in the space. International Women’s Day is the beginning of a year-long effort to bring… Read more »

Out of Office with Senior Motion Graphics Designer, Nicole Bedard

When she’s not at her desk developing motion graphics, Nicole Bedard takes time to recharge by jumping out of planes. Nicole is the senior motion graphics designer at Matter and has been working out of our Newburyport office for two and a half years. Take a look inside the exciting world of competitive skydiving in this installment of Matter Out of Office.     Q: Tell… Read more »

Matter’s Helping Hands: February 2019 Recap

Matter’s Helping Hands initiative encourages a nationwide community service effort that is rewarding and fulfilling for all of the employees. With 1000 plus hours of impactful volunteer work done each year, Matter is truly making an impact on its surrounding communities.    85.15 volunteer hours! This past month, Matter employees nationwide reached a combined total of 85.15 volunteer hours. This brings the yearly total to 125.15… Read more »