LW Communications

LW Communications is headed by Lisa Weitz and offers full service promotions including national and international media coverage, local event publicity, tour support (incl. U.S. and U.K.), and commercial/ public/ community/ campus/ web/ satellite radio promotion/tracking.

Lisa Weitz has been a communications/media relations professional for 10 years, working with Hugh's Room in Toronto for 7 years since its opening in 2001, and for numerous performing artists on a variety of publicity campaigns, including CD launches, special events, artist tours, and club concerts.

Lisa offers both event-specific support and longer term services focused on artist development, communications strategies, and positioning. Most importantly, she offers strategies tailored to the specific needs, goals, music styles and budgets of each artist and translates them into real results. Her honed ability to outreach to radio, newspapers, television, music publications and web resources has earned her the respect of artists and media professionals alike.

Alongside her work with LW Communications, Lisa has been Associate Consultant for 10 years with Barbara Herring & Associates Inc., a company specializing in advising the public sector, non-profit and the private sector about employment equity and compliance with human rights and employment standards legislation. Prior to this, Lisa worked for 6 years in Communications at ARCH, a legal aid clinic advancing the rights of people with disabilities.