Get To Know
Abby Nelson
Start Date: January 9, 2023
Based In: Austin, TX
Just for Fun
🍪 Favorite cookie:
Chocolate chip
🗽 Favorite city:
New York City
🍕 Dream weekend:
A long walk around my neighborhood followed by Thai takeout and “Traitors” on the TV. Then on Saturday, I’d go to brunch with a good glass of iced coffee. Then another long walk. Then I’d chow down on Allday Pizza in Austin’s Hyde Park neighborhood and peruse the bookstore next door after. And somewhere in there I’d be singing as well.
🍒 If you were a drink, you’d be:
Cherry limeade
🎭 Hidden talent:
I can do a few impressions: Perry the Platypus, Hermione Granger, Shakira and Britney Spears.
📚 Book that changed your life:
“Throne of Glass” series by Sarah J. Maas
🎪 What are you reading right now?
“The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern
☕️ If you could have coffee with anyone (dead or alive):
Taylor Swift or Lin-Manuel Miranda
🎤 First concert:
Speak Now Tour, Taylor Swift
🎫 Favorite concert:
Reputation Stadium Tour, Taylor Swift
As an account executive for Ketner Group, I love to help my clients with whatever they need. From pitching their business stories to the media, securing interviews at industry trade shows, reporting against KPIs, drafting content and more, I’m happy to support and strengthen their PR strategy.
One of my more defining qualities is my limitless energy, which translates well to the fast-paced PR landscape. I love to laugh and make my clients laugh, but I also love to channel my energy into sifting through client trackers and keeping my accounts organized. At the end of the day, I believe the key to my work is remembering that the folks on the other side of my emails are human, too — which makes PR so much more rewarding and fun!
I joined Ketner Group right out of college, starting as an intern and then joining full time. I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2023 with a B.A. in public relations and a minor in business. At school, I also served in marketing positions in several campus organizations, including a student ministry and an a cappella group. Fun fact: I started my a cappella group’s TikTok, and we went viral!
Outside of work, you can find me singing and writing music, drinking iced vanilla lattes and going on long walks around my Austin neighborhood.