We aren’t like other public relations agencies.
And we like it that way.
You’re one of a kind. It takes a special type of agency to understand your magic. We’re that agency.
Since our launch in 2010, we’ve worked hand-in-hand with new and heritage brands of all sizes, creating intentional awareness, driving influence, and helping them achieve their goals through a holistic communications approach. Brand building through earned media and influencer relations is at the heart of what we do, but if you ask our clients, they’ll tell you that we’re way more than publicists. And that’s what makes us different.
Our team is unlike one you’ve met before. We’re as intuitive as we are strategic. We think big on a bootstrap budget. We’re committed to helping you get noticed in a way that matters. We’re advocates, storytellers, strategists, connectors, and above all, fans. We exist for you, the forward thinkers, the industry disrupters, and the visionaries of the world.
Over the last 10 years we’ve been lucky enough to represent brands in natural skincare, hair tools, women’s shaving, bath and body, clean fragrance, color cosmetics, home fragrance, interior design, tabletop, home accents, home entertaining, planners, paper goods, children’s furnishings, and e-commerce shops. Our efforts have not only resulted in press hits, but we’ve helped to build brand awareness, equity, and advocacy for our incredible clients.
We are a next generation PR agency that’s small but mighty, keeps our promises, knows what’s next, and above all, believes in collaboration.
Ashley Elkiwan
PR Coordinator • @ashelkiwan
Zodiac: Libra
Spirit Animal: Owl
Enneagram: Type 1, The Reformer
Ashley joined ACPR in Summer 2020, relocating from her hometown of Kansas City. A graduate of Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas (also known as the Little Apple), Ashley holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications with a specialization in Public Relations. Ashley started her career in social marketing at Country Stampede, a country music festival in Manhattan (which, if you know Ashley, you know country isn’t her jam), where she grew the festival’s social media engagement by over 24%, managed relations with high level sponsors, and worked hands on with artists like Kane Brown, Cole Swindell, Florida Georgia Line, and more. From there, Ashley went on to be the Social Media Specialist for Shutterfly, where, NBD, she managed an active community of 5.5 million members collectively. During her time at Shutterfly, Ashley implemented a social media strategy that reduced customer service related contacts by 26%, owned the Shutterfly brand voice on every social channel, and created organic and paid social content for all Shutterfly brands. After more than a decade in Kansas City (and a worldwide pandemic), Ashley suddenly realized that the world was in fact her oyster, and she decided it was time to pivot. And lucky for ACPR, she decided it was PR that she wanted to do. After wooing Allyson on Zoom and sealing the deal, she quickly made her way to Fort Collins. And like they say, the rest is history. Since her start at ACPR, Ashley has landed hits in VOGUE online, Mindbodygreen, Well + Good, Rue, The Wall Street Journal, and more. When she is not coordinating virtual events, landing press hits for our clients, and acting has ACPR’s in-house photographer, you can find her in downward dog (she’s our resident yogi), hanging with her cutie cat, Kyle, listening to music (and yearning for an IRL concert), or testing the latest vegan recipe.
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