Ketchum author Laura Hargrove'

(she/her/hers)

Laura joined Ketchum eight years ago and has 15 years of marketing communications agency experience. She is a leader in our Health Services industry and serves as the marketplace lead for our Raleigh office. Shas built her agency muscle directing accounts to focus on big-picture, insights-driven brand marketing and communications. She excels at integrated brand marketing, brand positioning and messaging, and content and digital marketing. Laura brings an invaluable ability to keep on top of each detail while also helping the team to think big and plan strategic marketing and communications that resonate with the audience and deliver real value on their behalf. She also makes it a priority to build and foster lasting relationships with her clients, believing it drives better results. Laura received her bachelor’s in journalism and mass communications with a focus in advertising, along with a double major in psychology, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. When not behind the computer, Laura is raising two young, amazing kids with her husband in Raleigh, NC.

Posts: Laura Hargrove

Our fears were realized. Women in the workforce have left at alarming rates.

Our fears were realized. Women in the workforce have left at alarming rates.

by Laura Hargrove | October 15, 2021

A year after my post on the difficulties working mothers were facing at the beginning of the pandemic, more women in the workforce than I could have imagined have left. According to a March 2021 U.S. Census Bureau survey, women made up roughly 80% of those who left the workforce at the onset of the […]

Being a Working Mom was Hard Enough—Then 2020 Happened

Being a Working Mom was Hard Enough—Then 2020 Happened

by Laura Hargrove | November 11, 2020

As a proud working mother of a four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son, I’ve found that achieving the mythical work-life balance is impossible. Every day contains a complex mix of both, with the scales tipping back and forth in each direction. As someone who loves order, it’s taken me several years to fully accept this as […]