GREENVILLE, S.C. – Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) welcomes marketing-communications veteran Wendy Huston as a Senior Account Executive. Huston joins the agency with a focus on telecommunications and do-it-yourself paint supply and hardware brands. Her primary responsibilities include content development, strategic planning, media relations and program coordination for the Verizon Wireless, Bulldog Hardware and Shur-Line paint accessories accounts.

Huston has 17 years of PR agency, reporting and professional writing experience for consumer magazines, newspapers and web publications. Her work has been published nationally in titles like Pregnancy, Decorating Spaces and Women’s Health & Fitness magazines. Huston has also held reporting roles at The Charlotte Observer and Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“Our clients applaud thought-leadership and killer content management,” said Jeff Dezen, president of JDPR, “and Wendy will contribute immediately to these all-important areas of our agency. She knows how the news gets built, and her journalism insights and high-caliber communications skills will help to advance our clients’ business imperatives. She’s a really talented PR pro.”

An Ohio native, Huston graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a Bachelor’s degree in journalism. She currently lives in Greenville with her two young sons, Aidan and Alex.

JDPR, founded in 1991, provides its clients with best-in-class strategic marketing communications services underpinned by deliberate business analysis to include national and regional media relations, brand management, SEO services, memorable social media campaigns that drive engagement, crisis communication planning and creative idea generation aimed at advancing clients’ business objectives.