grapevine pr + consulting is an award-winning entertainment & lifestyle public relations and strategic consulting firm headquartered in Los Angeles, with additional offices located in Austin and Nashville. Offering a highly personalized approach, the company works closely with each client to first take inventory of all of their key assets, then draws upon those assets to strategically map out a tailor-made, media friendly campaign that makes effective use of that client's unique strengths, market differentiators and core values, as Steven Le Vine refers to as a “brand's DNA."
Working with the core principles of brand strategy and earned media relations, the firm greater enhances each of its clients’ PR campaigns by leveraging the power of digital media, social media, published thought leadership, and other methods, leading to increased awareness by the mainstream public, specialized markets and targeted industry verticals.
Over the years, grapevine pr + consulting’s visionary PR campaigns have helped countless clients to benefit from consistent positive media visibility, leading to greater brand awareness and increased opportunities, cementing each as a leader within their own respective industry. This award-winning approach has helped solidify our status as one of the industry’s premier one-stop shops for integrated public relations campaigns.
Steven Le Vine is founder and president of Los Angeles-based grapevine pr + consulting, a full-service entertainment and lifestyle PR agency he launched in 2006. A gifted and well-respected media influencer, Steven blends his acute sense of what sells with his intense skill to craft creative story ideas, bringing his clients solid exposure in countless print and digital media outlets. All of this culminates into meticulously crafted media relations campaigns that target influential demographics.
As a current contributor and commentator for prominent consumer business publications such as Forbes and Entrepreneur, and a founding member of the Forbes Agency Council, Steven has covered topics ranging from PR to entrepreneurship to entertainment. Le Vine has been named a “Rising Star” by Global Business Magazine and has also been honored with a “Power 30” Award from the Apex Society. He contributes his time mentoring students on business through the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).
Steven began his career in Public Relations in his home state of New Jersey first in a boutique integrated marketing and PR agency where he successfully organized community events to support economic growth of local municipalities, as well as conducted press outreach for a sizable roster of clients ranging from Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) to street fairs and festivals, as well as the founder's personal PR. He then took a position at a midsize PR firm specializing in real estate and professional services clients, where he worked autonomously on behalf of some clients, and as part of vertical-specific teams where his specific expertise was leveraged throughout the agency's client roster. He concurrently co-founded and co-chaired a municipal public affairs committee to position the New Jersey town as a vibrant community and viable tourist destination. Driven by his entrepreneurial spirit, Le Vine then went on to found grapevine pr + consulting.
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