The Press Office with KateCo. PR

In this week’s episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we are joined by Stephanie Vigilante, the social media editor at one of the most popular digital media outlets - Broadsheet. Broadsheet is the ultimate guide to Australia’s cities and is filled with the best places to eat, drink and travel to, so it was great chatting with Steph to learn all about how she brings the content from the we...

On this week's episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we are joined by someone who truly needs no introduction - Gorgi Coghlan. Gorgi is a TV Presenter most well-known for her reign as a panellist on The Project, a singer, performer, and owner of her very own boutique hotel, The Provincial Ballarat, and restaurant Lola. In this episode, Gorgi shares so many great insights in this chat, in...

On this week's episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we chat to a name that is synonymous with the Melbourne events industry, none other than Bruce Keebaugh. Bruce is the founder of The Big Group, which is no ordinary catering and events company as they are constantly at the forefront of creating unforgettable experiences. During COVID, Bruce really became a spokesperson for those in the...

In today's podcast episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we are joined by one of our very own clients, Jess Minear, who is the Public Relations Manager at Penfolds Australia.    Penfolds is the naming rights sponsor for one of the greatest events on the Melbourne calendar, Penfolds Victoria Derby Day, and we are counting down the days until we can help bring the sponsorship to life along...

On this week's episode of The Press Office, we are lucky enough to be joined by shoe designer and stylist to the stars, Lana Wilkinson. Working with the top-echelon of talent, Lana has styled the likes of Megan Gale, Rebecca Judd, Rachel Zoe and Zoë Foster Blake to name just a few - with her impeccable reputation built on her easy-going nature, strong work ethic and unique creative flair. Lana has...

On this week's episode of The Press Office, we are joined by popular media personality Emma Freedman, whose name is synonymous with sports media here in Australia. Building a career across TV and radio, Emma is known for her down-to-earth personality, amazing work ethic and passion for all things sport. She is a loyal brand ambassador for one of our clients, Lexus Australia, and is someone that th...

Kicking us off for Season Three of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, is beauty expert and journalist, Leigh Campbell.   Leigh built her impressive media career as Beauty Director of Cosmopolitan, before becoming Head of Lifestyle at HuffPost Australia and most recently moving across to Mamamia as Executive Editor.   Leigh wears many hats and has an impressive digital media footprint - alongside...

In the final episode of Season 2 of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we sit down with Alex Nieuwenhuys, Owner and Creative Director of Rhodin. Rhodin is an accessories label known for its beautiful and unique sunglasses and jewellery pieces, often spotted on famous faces including Carrie Bickmore Lisa Wilkinson, Maria Thattil and Dannii Minogue. In today's episode, we chat to Alex about the cr...

This week's episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR sees us chat with the very talented and creative Christina Exie. You may recognise Christina from her Project Runway days, and she has since gone from designing beautiful demi-couture pieces to equally as intricate athleisure wear for her brand Exie. Christina shares with us her journey in fashion design, how she has built her own brand an...

In this week’s episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we sit down with one of the most powerful and connected women in media in Australia, Tory Archbold. Tory has an incredible story - from taking over the PR world by storm with her agency Torstar, where she worked on global brands including Zara and Seafolly, to now leading a number of brands and entrepreneurs to find their power in her...

In this week's episode of The Press Office, we are joined by Alex Fevola, who is the Founder & CEO of Runway Room, a proud mother of four daughters and now the best-selling author of Silver Linings. How she does it all is one of the many questions we had to ask her on the podcast, as well as all about how her relationship with the Australian media has evolved, why she started Runway Room and her g...

In this week's episode of The Press Office, we are joined by Martine Alpins, the National Media and Communications Manager for Coles Supermarkets and a long-term client of Kate & Co. PR. Martine has had an incredible journey to date, beginning her career as a lawyer before transitioning into broadcast journalism, and finally landing her current role as the communications lead for one of the bigges...

In this week's episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we are joined by the very talented and ambitious Lily Baker who is the Founder and Director of leading talent management agency LMB Management and LMB Group. LMB looks after some of the country’s biggest influencers (think Rozalia Russian, Elliot Garnaut and Rebecca Harding) and we absolutely adored this chat because not only did we di...

In this week’s episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we are joined by the vivacious Michelle Stephenson - the National Drive Newsreader for Nova's Kate, Tim and Joel. a panellist on the Today Show and a podcaster for Diamantina Podcasts. Busy is an understatement and so is passionate about all things news, radio and journalism.

During this week's episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, we are joined by the lovely Kara Monssen who is the Food and Wine Editor and a Digital Journalist for the Herald Sun. Now the hospitality industry has been one of many that has truly suffered during COVID, so it was really interesting catching up with Kara and understanding how her role evolved over the past two years, as well as l...

Learn the ins and outs of the influencer industry with one of our all-time favourite content creators, Emma Hawkins. Emma shares with host Marisa Jayne all about her life as an influencer, content creator, entrepreneur, designer and super mum. Make sure you like and subscribe to support the show! 

On this week’s episode of The Press Office, host Marisa Jayne chats to the Content Manager of 2DAY FM's Hughesy, Ed and Erin, Sacha French.   Sacha fell in love with radio as a member of the street team and has been a part of the medium ever since, working on various stations and with the talent we all know and love, like Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek.   Sacha shares with us how you can get your...

Fashion is well and truly in the air following last week’s Afterpay Australian Fashion Week.   While we lust away at all of the looks, what better time than now to chat with fashion stylist extraordinaire and a dear friend of the agency Donny Galella on The Press Office.   Donny shares with us how he got into styling (trust us, it is such an interesting origin story!) some of his career highlights...

Welcome back to Season Two of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, launching with none other than the Founder and Director of the agency, Kate Keane.   If you are someone who has dreamt of a career in PR, this is the episode for you as Kate shares her career highlights, her trajectory to building her own agency and what truly makes a great publicist.

Today marks the final episode of Season One of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR and we couldn’t be more thankful for the support since we launched earlier this year. In this week's episode, host Marisa Jayne chats to Bianca O’Neill, a freelance journalist who writes for the likes of Rolling Stone, Fashion Journal, Broadsheet and Refinery 29. The pair chat all about what it is really like as a f...

On this week's episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, host Marisa Jayne chats to Maggie Zhou, who is a writer and producer at digital media outlet Refinery 29 Australia and also the host of podcast Culture Club. Refinery 29 has such a cult following overseas, so it was been so interesting watching their brand launch here in Australia and go from strength to strength. Maggie and Marisa cha...

In this week’s episode, host Marisa Jayne chats with Katarina Kroslakova, who is no stranger to the world of luxury and print media and is currently the Editor-In-Chief and publisher of The New York Times Style Magazine T Australia.   The pair discuss all about why print media will always have a place in the hearts of many, how Katarina's career has taken shape and lead her to where she is today a...

Thank you for tuning back into The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR - we are so thrilled to be back in action with a few more episodes before the close of the year.   In this week's episode, we chat to the wonderful Emma Vosti, a Melbourne based television presenter, journalist and producer, and now also the founder of content creation agency One Stop.   It was really interesting chatting to Emma o...

In this week’s episode of The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, host Marisa Jayne had the absolute pleasure of chatting to Zara Seidler, the co-founder of social-first news platform, The Daily Aus. We are sure those listening along most likely follow The Daily Aus on Instagram, with the platform having over 250K followers for their unique way in sharing news digitally, which is accessible for young...

Today on The Press Office with Kate & Co. PR, host Marisa Jayne is joined by the vivacious, Chessie Keebaugh. Chessie actually started her career here at Kate & Co. PR and after a few pivots in her professional life, is now the Brand Director at LA-based Flamingo Estate.   It is so nice to see a fellow CO. doing amazing work overseas, and the pair discuss all about her transition of moving to a ne...