R/west Opens New York City Office Hires Chandni Patel And Adrienne Christner

R/West, a full-service national marketing agency, opens an office in New York City. The new office and growing New York City team supports the company's growing East Coast business. The new office is located at 1 Little West 12th Street in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. Along with the new office, R/West has hired Chandni Patel as director of public relations and brand strategy. Previously she worked as a public relations consultant specializing in the wine and spirits industry. She has more than eight years of public relations and marketing experience, including managing public relations and brand campaigns for Wines from Spain, Tenuta dell'Ornellaia and the Washington State Wine Commission.

R/West also hired Adrienne Christner, account executive, in the New York Office. Adrienne has more than three years of marketing experience in food, wine and lifestyle. She has worked on public relations and brand campaigns for a variety of lifestyle brands including Gaiam Yoga Lifestyle as well as for wine and food clients including the Italian wine region of Alto Adige and the Spanish wine region of Rias Baixas.

"New York has always been an important market for us," said Sean Blixseth, president and founder of R/West. "We are increasingly handling more business there. It's a major media hub and after collaborating with Chandni for the past year we found an incredible partner and saw the added value this office will bring our clients, as well as our agency."

About R/West
Founded in 1997, R/West is an integrated full-service marketing agency with offices in Portland, Ore., San Francisco and New York. The agency specializes in regional and national advertising, creative design, interactive strategy and design, media planning and buying, social media and public relations. Current clients include DeMarini Sports, Inc., BridgePort Brewing Company, Trumer Pils, The Portland Clinic, SOREL, Intel and First Tech Federal Credit Union, among others. For more information about R/West, please visit www.r-west.com.