Among PR agency leaders, Jamie Izaks possesses a combination of credentials rarely found in others. His professional experience spans over two decades, including executive-level management at a leading national public relations agency serving the franchise industry prior to launching All Points PR. Previously, Jamie was also the public relations manager for Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corporation, working at the company’s global headquarters. Earlier in his career, he earned his stripes in the news industry as an anchor, reporter and producer at various NBC, ABC, FOX and FOX SportsNet network affiliates throughout the United States.

Jamie’s professional background paved the way for the unique space that All Points Public Relations fills in the franchising industry and beyond. His vision is to leverage PR as the foundation for an integrated mix, blending it with social media, content marketing, digital marketing, graphic design, paid strategies and sales representation. Taken together, APPR’s integrated model creates a powerful, strategic approach for clients that fuels the agency’s THINK BIG, ACT BIG, PRESENT BIG mantra.

A seasoned publicist, writer, presenter and public speaker who has addressed rooms filled with hundreds of entrepreneurs as well as small panel and roundtable settings, Jamie has driven client objectives beyond expectations. This high level of achievement has earned Jamie respect among industry peers and afforded him the opportunity to successfully pursue new business development, International Franchise Association Board placement and involvement in various industry committees, including co-founding the Northern Illinois Franchise Association (NIFA).

Dating back to his days as a teenager, working in media has always been a professional pursuit. Jamie parlayed that passion into a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the esteemed Ernie Pyle School of Journalism at Indiana University. He went on to work as a journalist in several U.S. markets, including Chicago, as a television anchor, reporter and producer. Eager to learn more about the forces driving industry in America, Jamie pursued post-graduate studies and earned his MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.

Together with his wife, Lauren, Jamie launched All Points Public Relations in August 2011 to realize their shared entrepreneurial dreams and to advance the dreams of other entrepreneurially spirited individuals and companies.