OKLAHOMA CITY – Saxum Public Relations, a full-service public relations, public affairs and strategic marketing firm, today announced the hiring of Chad Backus as account supervisor and Rachel Leonard as junior account executive. Maxus Creative, Saxum’s wholly owned, in-house creative and conceptual firm, announced the hiring of Ruben Cabrera as a designer.
Chad Backus serves as account supervisor and brings more than 10 years of agency, corporate and nonprofit experience to Saxum. Prior to joining Saxum, he served as account supervisor at Michael A. Burns & Associates in Dallas, communications director for Mental Health America of Greater Dallas, communications specialist with AARP’s southwest regional office in Dallas and public relations specialist at MarCom Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations in Oklahoma City. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and broadcasting with an emphasis in public relations.
Rachel Leonard serves as a junior account executive at Saxum. Leonard’s previous experience includes serving as an account executive at New Jersey-based Beckerman Public Relations and as an account coordinator for Stern + Associates in New Jersey. She served as an intern with Health For Friends in Norman, OU Medical Center, SouthCrest Hospital in Tulsa and KFOR-TV. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in public relations.
Ruben Cabrera serves as a designer for Maxus Creative. Before joining Maxus, Cabrera served as creative director of The Artistique Group Corp., production manager and creative director of The Street Advertising and Marketing Agency and as both a production manager and a marketing executive at Univision Network as a fluent Spanish-speaker. Cabrera holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and management and a Masters in Business Administration from Southern Nazarene University.
For more information on Saxum Public Relations and Maxus Creative, visit www.saxumpr.com and www.maxuscreative.com.
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