Rabbit Hole picks PR shop, hires marketing director (Score 52)

Sales lead: Reach out to help this brand increase awareness.

  • Rabbit Hole (RH) named Crowe its PR agency in October 2023.
  • The agency will handle influencer partnerships, brand activation, media relations, strategic communications, and events.
  • It is also tasked with boosting brand awareness.

In other news: 

  • RH hired Lisa Hunter as global marketing director in August 2023.
  • Hunter joined from Brown-Forman, where she served as marketing director of Jack Daniel's Flavors. 

Target demographic: Gen-X & millennial men

The brand will likely:

  • Keep ramping up digital spend
  • Experiment with new ad channels
  • Seek influencer partnerships
  • Build out the agency roster

Digital and social insights (digital ad spend, effectiveness, impressions, and performance)

  • YTD spend: RH spent about $401.3k on digital display ads YTD, a significant increase from $128.7k spent in this channel during the same time period of 2022. 
  • YTD data: 57.1m impressions via Facebook (53%), Instagram (38%), YouTube (7%), and desktop display (1%). 
  • 2021-2022 spend: Full-year spend fell by 45% from $537k in 2021 to $296.9k in 2022. 
  • Ad location: It placed 100% of these ads directly onto sites such as facebook.com, instagram.com, youtube.com, slickdeals.net, and twitter.com. 

Additional channel insights  

  • Vivvix: RH also utilizes OOH, print, and local broadcast. 

Agency analysis:

  • Opportunity: PR hires commonly precede additional agency appointments. 
  • Current roster:

Insight Sources: Digital spend insights estimated by Pathmatics; additional channel insights estimated by Vivvix.