Kim Weigel, Community Relations Director

Kim Weigel is the Community Relations Director

for SELF. The Chicago native moved to Cincinnati and joined the agency in June of 2008.

No stranger to Hamilton, Kim graduated from Miami University, Oxford in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Communication. She has first-hand experience with consumer and healthcare public relations, media relations, market research, promotions and fundraising, page design, and journalism.

Shortly after graduating, she participated in an advertising practicum hosted by Miami University’s Laws, Hall & Associates in London, England. She was an integral part of a team developing one of three marketing plans for Foot Locker Europe. Kim joined the Manning, Selvage & Lee (MS&L) Chicago team as an intern/account coordinator in September of 2007. She provided internal and external support for four Procter & Gamble accounts and one General Mills account. Her duties included: researching clients’ product appeal and word-of-mouth reputations, sustaining relationships with top-tier national media outlets, developing press kits and supporting promotional events.

Kim is responsible for all media relations and publicity regarding SELF’s programs and clients. She is the head grant writer and facilitates agency awareness throughout the community. Kim also assists with fundraising development and human resources. She is an active member of the Cincinnati Chapter of Public Relations Society of America, the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Butler County Development Roundtable.