About Us

PartnerComm is one of the country’s largest employee communication agencies, with people across the United States, from California to New York.

Our Story

We have nearly 100 employees, letting us create a true team-based approach to communication. Our writers, designers, programmers, videographers and lawyers are all committed to delivering the best product, on time and on budget, for every client. Every time.

Because of this emphasis on excellence, we have been around for over 25 years and are privileged to work with some of the best brands in the world — helping them create world-class communication for their employees.

So, if you need to talk benefits, pay, recruiting or anything else HR, PartnerComm is the one to call.

Our Brand Promise

To deliver the amazing. Every time. Faster than what many might say is humanly possible. But luckily, we’ve got superpowers. And we put them to work for you.

PartnerComm DNA

  1. We never settle.
  2. We’re always willing to regroup and revamp, even when we’re almost done. Because the right solution trumps extra elbow grease every time.
  3. We tell it like it is. You hire us to be visionaries, not order takers.
  4. We’re perfectionists.
  5. We’re fanatics for our clients. We do whatever it takes to get the job done and make you the hero.
  6. We make the impossible possible. On time. Every time.
  7. We challenge each other and you.
  8. We’re always looking for new and better ways to do something. We give you work that’s best in class. Nothing less.
  9. We aren’t afraid to do heavy lifting. Handling loads of content is in our wheelhouse.
  10. No project is too small. No ask is too big. Everything we do, we do with passion.

Award Winning Work

PartnerComm continues to win recognition as a world-class employee communication firm. We were a finalist for the prestigious International Association of Business Communicators’ Gold Quill Large Agency of the Year Award for 2019. (We won the title in 2017 and were finalists in 2018, too!) We won four 2019 awards from IABC: a Gold Quill Award of Excellence and three Gold Quill Awards of Merit. That’s a pretty great way to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Our work has now won 61 Gold Quills since PartnerComm was created in May 1994.
Award of Excellence (2019)
MSK CDHP Medical Plan Communication campaign
We helped Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center educate employees about a Consumer-Driven Health Plan and how the plan could help them save on healthcare expenses. Our open enrollment campaign’s results exceeded expectations, resulting in a 38% increase in enrollment submissions.
Award of Merit (2019)
AbbVie WOW Website
We teamed up with AbbVie to create a global wellness challenge, helping employees in 69 countries learn about well-being and adopt a new healthy habit for 30 days. Employees shared their stories and encouraged one another through the website’s news feed. Engagement exceeded our goals: Thousands of employees committed to a challenge and shared their progress throughout the 30-day challenge.
Award of Merit (2019)
Alliance Data Fortune 100 Announcement
Landing on the 2018 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list was a huge win for Alliance Data Systems, and we helped them celebrate their unique, award-winning culture. Our weeklong campaign used multiple channels to boost pride in working for Alliance Data.
Award of Merit (2019)
Cisco Benefits Enrollment Campaign
PartnerComm was asked to create a comprehensive benefits enrollment communication plan to increase migration to Cisco’s more cost-efficient medical plans. Our strategy featured targeting and persuasive messaging, emphasizing “brief and bold” communication with associates. The result: expectations were exceeded, with big increases in migration to the spotlighted plans.
Telly Award (2019)
Campbell New Hire Overview
Onboarding new employees can be a mundane process, but PartnerComm makes the mundane magical. PartnerComm’s creative consultants and film team members boiled the process down to an engaging, easy-to-understand video that introduces new hires at Campbell Soup Company to their benefits. The video won a bronze 2019 Telly Award in the Employee Communications category.
Telly Award (2019)
Alliance Data – Inview Launch
Alliance Data Systems wanted an engaging, educational way to let its employees know about updates to the Inview employee website. PartnerComm took up the challenge and delivered a fun, information-packed look at the website’s new tools and improved search functions. This video also won a bronze 2019 Telly Award in the Employee Communications category.

Our Strategy

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Content Knowledge

We know HR: What you have to say, what you need to say and all the legalese that goes with it. Our consultants understand things like health savings accounts, out-of-pocket maximums and 401(k) tax rules. So you can rest assured that the copy you get from PartnerComm is accurate and on point. That’s a given.

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Methodology

In addition to content knowledge and creativity, you also get our brain power to help you create a solid strategy based on your goals — such as awareness, understanding, buy-in or behavioral change. We listen — oftentimes with our PhD hat on — and then we develop a course of action based on experience, research and smart thinking. You can trust we will give you more than just a menu of standard communication options.

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Creativity

HR communication needs to be right — but that doesn’t mean it needs to be boring. You want your employees to value the things you offer — like benefits, pay and a good place to work. You also want them to stay, grow and help the company succeed. None of this is possible if your communication doesn’t register, and that will only happen if it is creative enough to stick. So don’t worry about nodding off when you get our deliverables. PartnerComm design is always an eye-opener.

What we do

Our Founders

Over 25 years ago, our founders established a new kind of internal communication agency.

DL

David Lee

CEO/President

JK

John Korinek

Chief Operating Officer

LK

Laurie Korinek

Creative Director

Let’s Be Partners

If you’re ready to change how your people use their benefits, experience company culture, and take actions that drive success at work and in life, we’re ready to help. Together, we can raise the bar on your employee communication and produce measurable results so that you can grow and thrive.

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