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#WPRD2025 | Butter Knife PR's Zara Lindsay-Bowman: PR is all about peopleEvan-Lee Courie

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Distinctive packaging design reshapes the wine industry

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Record entries drive expansion of 2025 Effie Awards South Africa jury

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#WPRD2025 | Flow Comms Caroline Smith's 4 smart steps for PR graduates

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Source: © Careers Publicis Groupe in Paris, France. Publicis is putting AI at its core to become the industry’s first intelligent system

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