PR News
Arm taps agency for global technology and product comms

Arm taps agency for global technology and product comms

AI compute company, Arm, has appointed Golin as its global agency of record for technology and product communications. The agency is tasked with providing strategic communications counsel and insights for Chinese, Taiwanese, South Korean, Japanese, the UK, and the U.S. markets, with additional project remits in select target locations and disciplines.
 
Golin San Francisco leads the relationship with an integrated team of specialists to support upcoming product launches, creative strategy, and engagement with key audiences that span the technology ecosystem.
 
The selection process involved a competitive review that evaluated semiconductor and AI market expertise, global integration capabilities, and delivery of creative launch strategies.
 
“Arm is the foundation of modern computing and AI, with more than 325 billion Arm-based chips shipped and touching 100% of the world’s connected population,” said Erica Rodriguez Pompen, Vice President, External Communications at Arm. “We sought an agency with strong tech, semiconductor, and AI storytelling expertise, along with global reach, to partner with us as we scale our story with impact. We’re looking forward to working with Golin as we build the future of computing on Arm.”
 
"It’s a pivotal time for Arm, and we can’t wait to help this visionary company shape its narrative to achieve a new level of visibility and recognition,” said John Derryberry, West Coast Tech Practice Lead at Golin. “We’re excited to work with Arm, bringing our deep technical subject matter understanding, strategic rigor, creative thinking, and data-driven mindset to support Arm’s next chapter.”

Previous story

Elliot Giakalis steps back into financial services as Head of External Relations

Next story

Former journo lands in-house role at TSMP Law Corporation

You might also enjoy

2025
Industry update

2025 MEPRA Awards winners revealed

The 17th edition of the MEPRA Awards announced its 2025 winners on 27 November, recognising work demonstrating strategic thinking, creativity, effective storytelling and measurable impact. The awards highlighted achievements in brand reputation, integrated communications and strategic narrative development, reflecting how agencies are adapting to a rapidly changing communications landscape.

Agency winners
Weber Shandwick MENAT dominated the evening with 26 wins, followed by Gambit Communications with 18 awards, securing their positions as leaders across popular categories. Weber Shandwick MENAT also claimed Large Agency of the Year, while Current Global MENAT was named Medium Agency of the Year, and The Romans took home Small Agency of the Year.

Individual honours
The Chairperson’s award was conferred upon Scott Armstrong (founder, Mentl) for accelerating mental health advocacy, whereas Brian Lott of Mubadala Investment Company won the Best Communicator of the Year. Tala Majzoub of HAVAS Red ME won the ‘Dave Robinson’ award for Outstanding Young Communicator of the Year, and Fathimath Nooha of Murdoch University won the Outstanding Student Campaign.

Kate Midttun, MEPRA Chairperson, commented, “MEPRA Awards has become a vital benchmark for recognising PR brilliance and exceptional talent in the Middle East’s PR and communications sector.  This has been a standout year for creative resilience, and work across the communications spectrum has been truly astounding. The honorees have showcased the power of PR to inform and engage, elevating the art of an insightful communications approach. Congratulations to all the winners tonight, and we would like to thank them for redefining excellence benchmarks, motivating the entire fraternity to gear up for the upcoming year.”

The 2025 awards were supported by Gambit Communications (Diamond Partner), TAQA (Platinum Partner), Weber Shandwick MENAT and CARMA (Gold Partners), along with Mubadala, Kibsons, SEC Newgate Middle East, Telum Media, Burson, Place Communications, First and Ten Productions, Current Global MENAT, Matrix Public Relations and AMEC.

View the full list of  2025 MEPRA winners here.

ACID
Moves

ACID brings in new Associate Partner

Stephanie Thng has taken on a new role as Associate Partner at ACID. Based in Singapore, she works with business founders, startups, and companies on strategic communications, media relations, brand narrative development, and executive positioning.

Stephanie's prior communications experience includes roles at Fullerton Fund Management, Aberdeen Asset Management and iFAST. She currently also serves as the Head of Communications for Femtech Association Asia in an advisory capacity.

Pfizer
Moves

Pfizer appoints Communications Director in Beijing

Pfizer has elevated Michelle Yuan Xiao to Director, China Communications. Based in Beijing, she oversees external and internal communications, including corporate, brand and digital functions.

Michelle has been with the biopharmaceutical company for over a decade and was most recently Associate Director of External Communications. Before moving in-house, she served as Beijing Healthcare team lead at Weber Shandwick.