# R&J Strategic Communications

> R&J Strategic Communications is a privately held Somerville, New Jersey agency that combines public relations, creative services and digital marketing for commercial real estate, healthcare, human-services, nonprofit and professional-services organizations. Founded in 1986, it has repeatedly changed its name and service mix as media changed, while keeping a relationship-led, measurement-minded operating model.

- **Founded:** 1986
- **Headquarters:** Somerville, United States
- **Founders:** John P. Lonsdorf (Co-founder and CEO Emeritus), Robert Gagauf (Co-founder), Robert Wille (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Public relations, Creative services, Digital marketing, True Grade
- **Notable:** Reached its 40th anniversary on April 6, 2026., Founder John Lonsdorf was inducted into the New Jersey Advertising Hall of Fame in 2019 and received an NJBIZ ICON Award in 2020., The agency says it has been selected as a Top Place to Work in New Jersey five times.

## Products & services

- **Public relations** — Media relations, product launches, influencer engagement, crisis communications, investor relations, reputation management, media training and event support.
- **Creative services** — Branding, graphic design, web design and development, advertising, marketing communications and email marketing.
- **Digital marketing** — Social and content marketing, digital advertising, SEO, SEM, email campaigns and audience targeting.
- **True Grade** — A reputation-management system that aggregates review profiles, supports response workflows and solicits customer feedback.

## Achievements

- Reached its 40th anniversary on April 6, 2026.
- Founder John Lonsdorf was inducted into the New Jersey Advertising Hall of Fame in 2019 and received an NJBIZ ICON Award in 2020.
- The agency says it has been selected as a Top Place to Work in New Jersey five times.
- A Paradigm Therapeutic Day School launch drew more than 100 attendees and preceded an enrollment increase from 12 to 21 students in two weeks.
- A recurring NAI James E. Hanson program generated 13,043 landing-page sessions and, in Q1 2026, 228,895 YouTube impressions from a $750 budget.
- A healthcare reputation program raised average location ratings from 1.5 to 3.5 stars in one month.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published a case study showing how NAI James E. Hanson's quarterly market reports became a recurring multichannel thought-leadership program.
- **2026-08** — Published the design history of five agency identities and introduced the thinking behind its 40th-anniversary mark.
- **2026-05** — Founder John Lonsdorf published the second chapter of the 40th-anniversary history, covering expansion and specialization from 1993 to 1999.
- **2026-04** — Marked 40 years in business and launched the year-long Moments That Made a Difference history series.
- **2024-11** — John Lonsdorf retired from active work; day-to-day operations passed to President Scott Marioni and Executive Vice President Tiffany Miller.

## Links

- Website: https://www.randjsc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/r%26j-strategic-communications
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/randjsc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/randjsc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/randjsc

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Last updated: 2026-09-20