Lynda Murphy
Founder/President
Murphy Knott Public Relations, Inc.
Lynda Murphy is a communications and marketing expert and the founder/owner of Murphy Knott Public Relations, Inc, which focuses on the retail/fashion, food/beverage, security/technology, health/wellness/fitness and commercial real estate industries. With more than 25 years of experience in public relations and marketing, Lynda’s career has spanned all sectors within non-profit, corporate and agency settings, working with top managers to strategize and direct the development of results-oriented programs and initiatives.
Prior to forming Murphy Knott, Lynda held senior positions with Daniel J. Edelman PR in the consumer products division, Golin/Harris Communications on the McDonald’s account team and Trisha Miller Communications, overseeing the agency’s entertainment division that represented Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus and The Ice Follies throughout the country. She was the Marketing/Communications Director for Life Care Services, Inc., where she and her staff opened senior living communities throughout the country, working with city and state governments to pave the way for this groundbreaking style of independent living. Lynda was the Public Relations Director for The Kidney Foundation of Iowa, overseeing all marketing and fundraising activities, helping to raise that branch's ranking to within the top three National Kidney Foundation affiliates in the country.
Murphy Knott Public Relations was based in Sydney, Australia from 1996 – 2001, where the agency represented clients throughout Australia and New Zealand including Signature Security Group, Linsey Foods and numerous Australian-based businesses and companies.
As a specialty, Lynda has worked with top executives and management teams within the electronic security industry for over 20 years representing national security integrator companies including Ameritech SecurityLink, Cambridge Protection Industries, HSM Electronic Protection Services, Inc., Signature Security Group, Stanley Convergent Security Solutions, Inc. (A Stanley Works Company) and Keyth Security and Technology. Ranging from crisis communications to new market and product/service launches to acquisition media relations and CEO media training, she has an in-depth understanding of this niche industry in which she has won a number of professional honors and awards.
Over the years, her clients have included a variety of industries and well-known companies, including Ameritech Mobile Communications, IBM, Miller Brewing Company, The 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Bernina Sewing Machines, Konami Video Games, Vienna Sausage Company, Peapod On-line Grocery and Delivery, McDonald’s Corporation, The Stanley Works’ Stanley Security Solutions and General Growth Properties.