Have you met our newest full-time employee? We hesitate to call her “new” because she interned with us twice before joining as an account assistant! Carlee Smith is a recent graduate of Arkansas State University, and a shiny new Memphian. She supports our team on a number of…

Summertime means sunscreen, road trips and patio time. In the Obsidian office, it’s also a time when we welcome college interns to our office for the summer! This year, our Level 1 intern, Ashley McDuffie, joins us from Mississippi State. As a rising senior, Ashley has high expectations…

In the OPR office, if you have a question about sports, you head to Murray’s desk. For more than two years (nearly three if you count her time as an intern), Murray has provided restaurant and entertainment clients with top-notch PR services, honing her skills as the office…

Since the last time we spoke with Taylor, a lot has happened! Professionally, she’s moved up in the ranks at Obsidian, serving clients as an account specialist and Obsidian as brand and culture manager. In her personal life, she married the love of her life, moved Downtown and…

Our director of client services, Lauren Hannaford, started at Obsidian as an intern nearly 10 years ago. During her tenure at Obsidian, Lauren’s honed her professional skills and has become our go-to source for OPR history. If you’re one of our clients, you probably know her well. But,…

An avid reader and writer since the age of 5, Courtney believed she was destined for a long and happy career as a writer of novels, short stories and poetry. While she still uses those very writing skills on a daily basis, her education and career track led…

Obsidian’s longest-tenured telecommuting team member, Kelli Brignac, has been working for our firm from her hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana, since 2013, when her husband received a great job opportunity that lured them away from Memphis. Now a mommy to 1-year-old Cecilia, Kelli says remotely working for Obsidian…