# FleishmanHillard

> FleishmanHillard is a St. Louis-founded global communications consultancy that helps companies, institutions and public bodies shape reputations, manage crises, launch products and move audiences from awareness to action. Founded in 1946 and owned by Omnicom, it operates across six continents and combines classic public relations counsel with research, creative, paid media, public affairs, social, influencer and AI-assisted risk tools.

- **Founded:** 1946
- **Headquarters:** St. Louis, United States
- **Founders:** Alfred Fleishman (Co-founder), Robert E. Hillard (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Crisis, Issues and Risk Solutions Suite, Reputation and corporate affairs, Consumer and brand marketing, Public affairs and engagement, Media, social and digital
- **Notable:** Ranked fourth in PRovoke Media's 2026 global PR agency table, with estimated 2025 fee income of $691 million and about 3,500 employees., Won Campaign's Global PR Agency of the Year category for three consecutive years before making the 2023 shortlist announced in 2024., The Noluma campaign produced 2,000 LinkedIn lead forms, three major deals, eight pilots and a commitment covering 446 million liters of light-protected milk.

## Products & services

- **Crisis, Issues and Risk Solutions Suite** — An AI-assisted suite comprising Risk ID, Crisis Simulator and Sage Audiences for pre-launch risk detection, adaptive crisis rehearsal and message testing.
- **Reputation and corporate affairs** — Executive positioning, stakeholder engagement, employee communications, responsible business, issues counsel and reputation recovery.
- **Consumer and brand marketing** — Earned creative, brand strategy, cultural insight, influencer work, events, activations and integrated campaigns.
- **Public affairs and engagement** — Policy communications, coalition building, government and public-sector engagement across markets.
- **Media, social and digital** — Media relations, content strategy, paid amplification, social engagement, digital advertising and measurement.
- **Intelligence, insights and measurement** — Audience research, analytics, campaign testing and performance measurement used to shape and assess communications.

## Achievements

- Ranked fourth in PRovoke Media's 2026 global PR agency table, with estimated 2025 fee income of $691 million and about 3,500 employees.
- Won Campaign's Global PR Agency of the Year category for three consecutive years before making the 2023 shortlist announced in 2024.
- The Noluma campaign produced 2,000 LinkedIn lead forms, three major deals, eight pilots and a commitment covering 446 million liters of light-protected milk.
- The Icelandair Around the Corner event generated more than $312,000 in travel bookings at the event and won honors at the 2023 Travel Marketing Awards and ICCO Global Awards.
- Grew from a two-person St. Louis operation into a network spanning six continents, nearly 80 offices and more than 30 countries.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Launched an AI-powered Crisis, Issues and Risk Solutions Suite featuring Risk ID, Crisis Simulator and Sage Audiences.
- **2026-02** — Integrated Porter Novelli as a dedicated brand within FleishmanHillard following a wider Omnicom Public Relations realignment.
- **2024-10** — J.J. Carter became president and CEO; former CEO John Saunders moved to chairman.
- **2024-08** — Announced the Carter-Saunders leadership transition, ending Saunders' nine-year tenure as CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://fleishmanhillard.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fleishman-hillard
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/fleishman
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FleishmanHillard
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fleishman_global/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FleishmanHillard

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Last updated: 2026-09-24