Karem Planas

Senior Account Manager

BIO  |  PROFILE

Karem Planas, carries over 12 years in the public relations industry. With her expertise in the technology, finance and real estate markets, Karem has successfully launched and publicized dozens of products and businesses. Having worked with companies ranging from small start-ups to large enterprise corporations, Karem has established herself as a media expert in the Phoenix/Southwest Region as well as national and international markets. In addition to excelling as a media relations strategist, she provides senior counsel in crisis communications, company and product launches, as well as strategic positioning. Karem has managed accounts for one of the world’s largest PR firms, Brodeur Worldwide. Karem has also worked at Cunningham Communications with the IBM Consumer Technology Team and with Hill & Knowlton, where she helped launch a campaign for the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. She is a graduate from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and an emphasis in Public Relations. She founded her own PR firm, Buzz Strategies in 1999 and later become a key-strategic partner with Ideas Collide in 2006.