Profiles, Inc. is pleased to announce that Senior Vice President Jamie Watt Arnold has been selected as a 2017 recipient of The Daily Record’s “Very Important Professionals” award, making her the second Profiles associate to make the VIP list.

The Daily Record created its VIP List in 2011 to recognize Maryland professionals 40 years old and younger who compose the state’s next generation of leaders. Past honorees select winners on the basis of their professional accomplishments, their community service and the impact of their achievements.

“Jamie’s contributions to the public relations field, the Baltimore community, and our clients by extension have made a tremendous impact,” said President of Profiles, Amy Burke Friedman. “Our team benefits greatly from Jamie’s mentorship and we take pride in her many successes on behalf of clients, as well as the company. This honor is well-deserved and we’re lucky to have her on the Profiles team.”

Watt Arnold, of Crofton, Maryland, has more than a decade of experience developing and implementing successful communications programs on behalf of Profiles’ clients, including strategically generating media coverage for clients, coordinating special events and building fundraising campaigns. She has been with Profiles since 2005. In 2011, PRNews named her to its “15 to Watch” list, a recognition honoring budding PR leaders, age 30 and under, from around the world.Watt Arnold currently works with a variety of clients including Rusty Scupper, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Y in Central Maryland and The Baltimore Station. Her clients have been featured in national and local media outlets including The New York Times, NBC’s “The Today Show”, ABC’s “20/20”,TIME Magazine’s “HealthLand” blog, Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun.

The Sept. 14 issue of The Daily Record will profile Watt Arnold and others named to the VIP list. The ceremony to recognize all 2017 VIP nominees will take place at Gertrude’s at the Baltimore Museum of Art on Sept. 13, 2017.

About Profiles, Inc.

At Profiles, we tell stories. Founded in 1990, the Baltimore, Md.-based public relations firm provides strategic planning, branding and messaging, earned media, social/online communications, special event planning and management, marketing, advertising, and crisis communications programs that change clients’ fate. Profiles identifies what is unique about clients and crafts interesting, insightful, intriguing and compelling stories that are shared with those matter most through a variety of channels, generating high-impact, cost-effective results. For more information, visit www.profilespr.com.