NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans’ public relations firm Gambel Communications announced Sarah Hugg Centorino has joined the Gambel team as a communications strategist. The appointment is effective immediately.
As a communications strategist, Centorino’s job responsibilities include media relations, community relations, special event planning and management and social media execution for clients representing a variety of disciplines. Centorino’s current clients include 731 St. Charles Condominiums and Preservation Resource Center’s Rebuilding Together New Orleans. She also provides support on a number of other clients the agency represents.
“Sarah’s passion for strategy and communication complements our existing team’s skill set,” stated Betsie Gambel, president of Gambel Communications. “Sarah has grown to be an important part of our team.”
A native New Orleanian, Centorino most recently worked as paid search analyst at Merkle|RKG in Charlottesville, VA, where she was in charge of creating, managing and optimizing paid search campaigns for her clients. Centorino moved back home to New Orleans in 2015 with her husband, Scott Centorino.
Centorino holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from Washington and Lee University and a Masters of Commerce from the University of Virginia, with a concentration in Marketing. She attended Trinity Episcopal School and St. Martin’s Episcopal School in New Orleans before heading to Virginia for her graduate and post-graduate studies.
Gambel Communications is a full-service public relations agency, with offices in New Orleans and Mandeville, LA, specializing in communication strategy, media, community and government relations, issue management, special events, social media and marketing/branding.