WHO WE ARE
Margie Korshak Inc. (MKI) is one of the 10 largest public relations/events firms in Chicago with annual gross billings in excess of $7 million. Over the past 39 years, MKI has developed an impressive list of diversified clientele, including consumer products, restaurant and hospitality, theatre, beauty, fashion, retail, attractions, health care, financial, real estate, legal and technology accounts. We represent local, regional, national and international companies with diversified business interests. In addition, MKI is involved in numerous philanthropic and fundraising efforts for major national charities, not-for-profit and community groups. These varied areas of expertise and resources allow MKI to create unique and effective public relations programs for a broad range of markets.
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HOW WE WORK
Margie Korshak Inc. has a well-rounded staff of 30 people, including account management, writing specialists, special event coordinators and production assistants. Our company divisions include: Corporate; Entertainment/Restaurant/Retail; Special Events; and Advertising/Promotions. The agency operates under a “team-effort” philosophy, allowing clients to be served by a number of professionals with specific areas of expertise. With an Account Director in charge of each department, a support team of account executives helps maintain an up-to-the-minute pulse on the current climate for media and promotional opportunities.
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RESULTS-ORIENTED
Our executive teams’ implementation of specifically designed public relations and marketing strategies has given Margie Korshak, Inc. an extremely high success record in providing television, radio, newspaper and magazine exposure for our clients. Our agency’s abilities in diversified areas provide a nucleus for creating original, highly successful programs. Our achievements have given us a reputation as results-oriented movers in our industry, a reputation to which MKI is proudly committed.
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MARGIE KORSHAK
CHAIRMAN
"PERSEVERANCE. I DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER."
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Margie Korshak is Chairman of the dynamic company that bears her name. Korshak began her successful career in 1967, joining the public relations department of the American Furniture Mart in Chicago. At the age of 29, she established her own agency, specializing in public relations and advertising for the entertainment, retail and restaurant industries, and later, corporate business.
Margie's expertise has been shared among a list of celebrities that reads like a "Who's Who" of the entertainment world. Major producers have sought the services of MKI because of Korshak's love of the theatre. Margie was instrumental in the re-opening of the Chicago Theatre, the Oriental Theater, the Cadillac Palace Theatre and the opening of The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
Over the past 39 years, MKI has represented every major theatrical production to play in Chicago. For 30 years, Korshak worked with the two largest Chicago theatrical institutions--the Nederlander and Shubert organizations. She currently is the press representative for Broadway in Chicago, handling all their shows for the past six years.
Korshak also helped shape the face of the retail industry in Chicago providing counsel to Sears, Bloomingdale's, Crate & Barrel, Plaza Escada, Gap and Old Navy, as well as the four main shopping malls: Water Tower Place, The Shops of 900 N. Michigan, Chicago Place and The Shops at North Bridge.
Margie's firm commitment to build community support via fund-raising and public relations efforts has benefited such notable charities as Gilda's Club, The James Jordan Boys & Girls Club, The National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, The Les Turner ALS Foundation, Starlight Children's Foundation, the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation and the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
Korshak is a lifelong resident of Chicago, and married with two grown children and two grandchildren. She has been an active member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers since 1976.
Click here to hear Margie's radio interview on WGN 720. (Sunday, July 15, 2007)
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JANIE GOLDBERG-DICKS
PRESIDENT
"REMEMBER WHO YOU MEET AND GIVE THEM A REASON TO REMEMBER YOU".
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Janie Goldberg-Dicks is President of the Entertainment Division of Margie Korshak, Inc. She coordinates and supervises activities for such sectors as: restaurants, theater, attractions, hotels, retail operations, fashion and beauty products and services, and not-for-profit organizations. Her responsibilities include creating and implementing public relations programs, developing promotional partnerships, account management and media relations. Putting the right people together to create the end result is a special skill that Goldberg-Dicks mastered long ago.
Goldberg-Dicks has been with the agency for over 30 years. She has handled the monumental openings of Disneyquest and ESPN Zone; Old Navy and Sears on State Street; Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago Downtown-Lakefront; The Shops at North Bridge; the 2008 re-design launch of the Chicago Tribune; and represents such institutions as: Broadway in Chicago, Home Run Inn, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Garrett Popcorn, Entertainment Cruises, Chicago Rush Arena Football, Chicago Magazine and Highland Park CBD Public/Private Economic Alliance (Downtown Highland Park), to name a few.
Her work for not-for-profits has included such high-profile groups as the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation, Les Turner ALS Foundation, Landmark Illinois and Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.
A strong part of her early career included a wide spectrum of clients, ranging from the representation of book tours; live entertainment, including the Chicago Tribune Charities production of “The Nutcracker,” Michael Bennett’s “A Chorus Line”; the movie premiere of Allan Carr’s “Can’t Stop the Music,” the development of many well-known restaurants, including the Levy Restaurants; as well as political leaders, doctors and other entrepreneurs.
Goldberg-Dicks holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Theater from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, where she also received teaching certification in Speech, English and Theater. She has been a union member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers since 1980.
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