Robert Arends - Sr. Account Executive

Robert Arends is a man of many hats—all of which have fit quite nicely over the years.

He began his public relations career just prior to college as a public affairs clerk at the Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters at NAS North Island.

Before joining J.Walcher Communications in 2004, Robert was a nine-year veteran of the national public relations team for the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, publicizing San Diego as a premier leisure and business travel destination to national and international media.

Prior to the Bureau, Robert worked for five years in communications at the San Diego Convention Center Corporation, publicizing performing arts events at the San Diego Civic Theatre and writing for in-house meeting planner and employee publications.

Over the years Robert has also worked various stints in radio and television, including Fox Television in Los Angeles, “Entertainment Tonight,” San Diego’s KGTV, KPBS Radio and KSDO AM-1130.

Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications with an emphasis in broadcast news from Pepperdine University. He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). He won the silver award for Feature Media Releases in the 2005 SATW Western Chapter Travel Writing Awards.

In his spare time Robert enjoys traveling, photography and reading anything by David Sedaris.