MIAMI – June 24, 2010 – Mike Valdés-Fauli has been promoted to the newly created post of U.S. Managing Director at The Jeffrey Group, the leading integrated communications firm targeting Latin audiences across the Americas. He was also appointed to the agency’s Executive Management Committee, joining Founder and Chairman Jeffrey Sharlach, President Jorge Ortega and Chief Operating Officer Brian Burlingame. He will now be responsible for all U.S. staff and client service, including teams handling the firm’s Latin America pan-regional accounts coordinated from the U.S., as well as U.S. Hispanic market clients. “Mike has demonstrated unparalleled leadership and success since joining the firm and will continue to play an important role as we continue to evolve as an agency,” said Jorge Ortega. Valdés-Fauli (LinkedIn) joined The Jeffrey Group in 2004 and most recently opened the New York City office and headed the firm’s U.S. Hispanic Practice.
With wholly owned offices in New York, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and São Paulo in addition to its Miami headquarters, The Jeffrey Group provides a full range of public relations, communications and marketing services to top global companies including Abbott Laboratories, Airbus, American Airlines, Bayer, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Hasbro, Johnson & Johnson, Kaspersky, Pfizer, T-Mobile, and Volkswagen among others.
Valdés-Fauli, a graduate of Tulane University, worked at corporate and agency positions in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. before joining the firm. He continues to be active in the South Florida community, serving on the board of the Wolfsonian-FIU and the “Downtown Livability” task force for the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
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About The Jeffrey Group
Established in 1993, The Jeffrey Group is the leading independent agency focused on providing integrated communications expertise to help multinational companies and organizations throughout the Americas connect with Latin audiences and the stakeholders that influence them. The firm has adopted a unique approach to developing and managing creative communications for major companies across the hemisphere including Abbott Laboratories, Acer, Airbus, American Airlines, Bayer, Coca-Cola, Hasbro, Johnson & Johnson, Kaspersky, T-Mobile, and Volkswagen among others. In addition to wholly owned offices in Miami, New York, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Mexico City, the company maintains an exclusive Local Service Partner network to cost-effectively provide clients with local insights, strategic counsel and tactical support in multiple markets throughout North and South America. The firm’s proprietary PubTracker® system provides media monitoring, tracking and analysis of media coverage throughout the Americas. For more information, visit www.jeffreygroup.com.