Linda Andross
Co-Owner & Managing Partner, APEX Public Relations | ruckus Digital
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Linda Andross - why did you choose to go into PR? (1/5)
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Featuring Linda Andross, Managing Partner and Co-owner of APEX Public Relations and Ruckus Digital.
APEX Public Relations named one of Canada's top growing companies in 2019
Biography
A high-performance, high-energy communications and independent social content in-house agency, APEX and ruckus are fueled by innovation, strategic collaboration and senior-level involvement. Under Linda Andross’s management for the past few years as Co-Owner/Managing Partner, APEX and ruckus have won numerous industry awards. They are fueled by innovation, strategic collaboration and senior-level involvement. Andross herself was awarded with the prestigious IABC Master Communicator Award in 2017, which is given out yearly to one individual in eastern Canada and one individual in western Canada. https://toronto.iabc.com/2017/10/06/iabctorontos-linda-andross-abc-recipient-iabc-canadas-prestigious-master-communicator-award/
She is actively involved in each side of the APEX/ruckus business – bringing her experience from the world of communications to the widely changing business of digital, social, content + the kitchen sink. Prior to joining APEX, she held positions with three major international public relations firms. Andross holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Radio and Television Arts and a Canadian Public Relations Society Certificate from Ryerson University. She is a Past President of the International Association Business Communicators/Toronto (the largest communications association world-wide), a member of the board of directors for Seneca College’s Corporate Communications Peer Advisory Council (PAC), and a member of the board of directors for Make-A-Wish.
In 2016, Andross and her co-partner bought out the founder of APEX PR to kick-start a new era of entrepreneurship.