We’re Celebrating with Paper
April 25, 2023 Twelve months ago, we officially launched VVK PR + Creative. Throughout the year, VVK PR + Creative has seen incredible growth and success. We’re proud to have expanded our team to 18 members (and growing!). We can’t say “thank you” enough to the 40+ wonderful clients who our team has served this year. We […]
One of Ours is Notable
April 23, 2023 Our very own Jamie Kaye Walters has been recognized as one of 2023 Crain’s Detroit Business Notable Leaders in Marketing. We are proud of her. From Crain’s Detroit Business “A founding partner of the agency, Walters is responsible for its website, social media and all brand materials for the $2.7 million company. […]
Welcome Stephen and Zakiyyah to the VVK Team
March 17, 2023 We have two fantastic new additions to the VVK family. Meet Stephen Jones, Our New Senior Account ExecutiveIf you’re wondering, you can call him Stephen or Steve. He comes to us from Barton Malow where he was working in internal communications for the construction company. With a rich background in strategic communication […]
Barry Sanders, Kirk Gibson, Rick Mahorn, and Darren McCarty walk into a bar…
By John Heiple, VP of Creative Production Late last summer – a grainy cellphone video arrives from one of our clients. An idea for a commercial with some former athletes, a trivia night, and everyone answering the client’s tagline at the end. Fast forward to today – that rough sketch is now a 30-second Super […]
The Village Network Of Battle Creek: Creating Equity Through Collaboration
By Jamie Kaye Walters, COO / Head of Marketing and Talent In Battle Creek, a small city in Michigan, community-based organizations are coming together to promote equity and challenge systemic barriers that prevent growth and prosperity for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. The Village Network of Battle Creek is a collective of […]
VVK CEO Selected For Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School
Happy to announce that VVK’s CEO Peter Van Dyke was chosen for the Detroit region’s seventh cohort of the Young American Leaders Program (YALP) at Harvard Business School (HBS). The aim of YALP is to improve U.S. competitiveness by advancing prosperity for all Americans and to develop leaders who can implement cross-sector collaboration at the […]
Velocity Cow is now VVK PR + Creative
Velocity Cow is now VVK PR + Creative. We’re still producing great video and we’re still partnering with amazing clients. That’ll never change. How we move forward and what we can offer our clients, that IS changing. And it’s exciting! We’re now an integrated communications company with a 12-person team dedicated to helping clients tell stories in […]
In the news: “PR exec Peter Van Dyke launches new firm with other communications veterans”
EXERPT FROM CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS (APRIL 25, 2022) By: Nick Maines Just seven weeks after a sudden departure from the Detroit public relations firm with his name on the front door, Peter Van Dyke is back with a new venture. Van Dyke and two other partners — Jamie Kaye Walters and Michael Sherman — have formed […]
Client in the News: “Invest Detroit Ventures Makes Money Moves for Disenfranchised Entrepreneurs”
By: Sherri Kolade (The Michigan Chronicle April 27, 2022) Although minority tech startups are making a larger footprint in Michigan, the landscape does not always offer equal financial footing from the initiation stages. Luckily, bridging the gap for these underserved entrepreneurs, like women, minorities, immigrant founders and other marginalized populations is something that comes naturally to Invest […]
Happy to Announce Laura L’esperance as VVK’s New SVP of PR
May 22, 2022: Recruitment is hard. Plain and simple. Never mind the immense competition for talent that challenges all employers, finding the right candidate, with the right skillset, who values our agency culture, takes time and intuition. But, sometimes there is that one candidate who just clicks. When I started interviewing for our senior […]
