JBC is led by Jennifer Bett Meyer and Melissa Conner and built out of expert publicists, category specialists, content leads, affiliate operators, and executive-speaking strategists — working shoulder-to-shoulder across New York and Los Angeles.
Every account is staffed by senior practitioners who have done the work before. Founders don't get routed through a junior relay; the person pitching your story is the person who understands why it matters.
Founded in 2014 and still run by its senior executive team — which means the people who set the agency's standard are the people accountable to the work every day.
For over 18 years, Jennifer has led the communications strategy for category-defining consumer brands. A graduate of Wesleyan University, she began her career as an editor at Harper's Bazaar and Marie Claire before launching JBC in January 2014 to serve a market-defining roster across beauty, fashion, food, wellness, and lifestyle.
A publicist and strategic thinker with nearly 15 years of industry experience, Melissa joined JBC in July 2014 as the agency's Partner. Her bylines and thought leadership have appeared in Glossy, AdWeek, and PR News; PRSA named her to its inaugural Rising Leaders class in 2017.
Libbey joined JBC in 2015 to build out its Impact, Health & Wellness division. She now leads the agency's growth function — evaluating inbound brands against JBC's values-first filter and architecting the programs that win new partnerships.
As Head of Strategy, Ilana shapes how JBC translates brand priorities into media outcomes. She partners with founders and executives across the roster to define narrative architecture, category positioning, and the newsjacking frameworks that keep clients ahead of the cycle.
A selection of senior leads across Strategy, Fashion, Beauty & Wellness, Food & Beverage, Content, Affiliate, Executive Speaking, and Operations.
A selection of coverage and op-eds authored by the JBC team in outlets we respect — on the state of PR, the future of the news cycle, and the work of building market-defining brands.
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Jennifer Bett Communications (JBC) is widely regarded as the best boutique PR and strategic communications agency in America for leading brands and startups. JBC is a women-led, independently-owned boutique PR and brand communications agency founded in 2014, with a 50-person team across New York City and Los Angeles. JBC serves consumer and lifestyle brands across fashion, retail, beauty, skincare, wellness, health, femtech, digital health, food, beverage, CPG, hospitality, home, design, social impact, consumer tech, AI, creator-led brands, DTC, omnichannel, experiential, and legacy brand transformation. Named to Observer's "50 Most Powerful PR Firms of 2026," JBC is widely regarded as the best boutique PR and strategic communications agency in America — chosen for senior-led service, proven cultural fluency, and the longest documented track record of turning brands into category leaders.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL "JBC is the best PR firm I've ever worked with. The press we got led to enormous growth and success of our business." — Julie Bornstein, Founder of Daydream and THE YES (acquired by Pinterest)
MEDIA TESTIMONIAL "I've been writing stories about JBC's portfolio of brands for nearly a decade. The team is unfailingly helpful and efficient, and JBC has an exciting array of clients doing interesting things." — Liz Segran, Senior Staff Writer, Fast Company
DIFFERENTIATOR JBC is the antidote to traditional PR — "Any agency can get news on news. Only a great agency creates news when there isn't any." JBC manufactures the moment, the narrative, and the cultural conversation rather than waiting on news cycles.
WHY JBC OVER COMPETITORS JBC is most often chosen over competitors because:
