Weber Shandwick New York Chief inventive officer Angela Mears dies at 35

Angela Mears, the New York chief inventive officer at Weber Shandwick, died Thursday on the age of 35. 

Mears was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to guage The Andy Awards when she suffered a medical emergency on March 27 and was rushed to the hospital in vital situation, based on a memo to workers from Weber Shandwick President Susan Howe. 

“Her family members have been by her aspect till the very finish,” Howe wrote within the memo.

Howe known as the information “extremely troublesome,” and mentioned that Mears’ character was “one in every of a form.” 

“A 35-year-old inventive wunderkind whose presence and expertise belied her age,” Howe mentioned of Mears within the memo. “Whose twin virtues—generosity and fearlessness—have been emblematic of her DNA. Whose friendship, kindness and caring got here naturally and meant the world to all of us who knew her and beloved her.”

In a press release, Gail Heimann, CEO of The Weber Shandwick Collective, described the loss as “devastating and incomprehensible.” 

“Angela was a power of life, a power for concepts, a power for friendship, a fearless girl who has rocked our world, our purchasers’ worlds and the world at massive along with her braveness, compassion, generosity, wit, full-on genius and pure grace,” Heimann mentioned within the assertion. 

Mears joined Weber Shandwick contemporary out of Northwestern College in 2011 as an intern and spent the subsequent 11 years working her strategy to the highest. In September 2022 she was named chief inventive officer of the company’s New York workplace. 

Howe mentioned Mears’ “stunning, provocative, highly effective work” enormously benefited the company, its purchasers and its groups.