Eva McCloskey

Director of Communications :: New York office

Eva is our Director of Communications. She works out of our New York office. Most of the time.
Our PR department, headed by Eva, is unlike any other in the world. As employee number one, Eva was integral in shaping not just the public and press’ opinion of The Barbarian Group at the outset, but indeed how the press covered interactive production companies and interactive agencies at all. She’s been instrumental in laying the intellectual groundwork in the industry for things that we take for granted in traditional advertising – issues like credit where credit is due, attribution, awards, and where interactive creativity comes from (hint: it’s not just the graphic designer).

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some exciting hits this week, outside of the general ad industry sphere: benjamin is featured in december’s issue of esquire as one their best and brightest. they don’t seem to post much of their content online, but the issue is now available on newsstands, and you know, our office coffee table, for at least a few more weeks.
in this sunday’s new york times magazine (!), available online now – benjamin is one of three digital experts who discuss, well, digital, and some other riveting subjects such as katie couric and overalls. yes.
holler.

um. unintentionally filthy spam?

apparently, sexy times will be had at the “Cision Webinar”...

on being human traffic

so on june 4th, i’m being auctioned off by boston magazine to benefit the sport in society kevin fitz fund.
the good: the money raised will go to this amazing charity, which is very dear to my heart. someone who doesn’t have the motor skills of a small, stupid child will put make up on me. i will get my hair did. i will be wearing a foxy dress.
the bad: someone really awful could buy me. and probably will. i could fall off the stage and land in a cake like on a sitcom. and probably will. also, i am being auctioned off.

newsweek! roller derby!

so after a marathon trip out west, i took a red eye home to boston to talk with newsweek about roller derby. and also, apparently, to make sure that my greasy forehead was captured forever on film. good times. the segments are live at newsweek.