Nashville public relations executive and publicist specializing in earned media, media relations, publicity, and attention-getting events and activations for restaurants, hospitality, entertainment, lifestyle brands, experiential concepts, and nonprofits.
Jim Havey Public Relations works with restaurants, hospitality groups, entertainment companies, venues, lifestyle brands, and nonprofits across Nashville and major national markets. The agency develops publicity strategies for ongoing PR programs and special projects, from building sustained media visibility and launching new concepts to generating buzz around events and activations. The approach is straightforward: identify the story, create the opportunity, and put it in front of the right audiences.
Havey’s Nashville work spans food & beverage, entertainment, events and festivals, national touring productions, nonprofit organizations, and experiential activations. Representative clients and projects include Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, The Great Tennessee Air Show, Lucchese Bootmaker, Blended Festival, Ringside: A Fight for Kids, Songs For Sound, 903 Music, Inglourious Basterds (Nashville premiere), Country: Portraits of an American Sound, The Harlem Globetrotters, and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition.
Beyond Nashville, his hospitality public relations and events experience includes concepts within Wynn Las Vegas, Encore, Bellagio, The Mirage, Park MGM, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, Resorts World Las Vegas, Civilian Hotel in New York City, and Borgata Atlantic City. Havey began his public relations career as a publicist in New York City, representing restaurant and nightlife concepts, celebrities, top models, recording artists, and lifestyle brands.
