meaghan shanley

With over a decade of communications experience, PR consultant Meaghan Shanley specializes in working exclusively with interior designers to elevate their names, share their stories and get their work published in national, regional and digital media. She works closely with designers to hone in on key messaging to find their ideal clientele and grow their credibility through strong media relationships, creative storytelling and strategic public relations strategies.

Meaghan started Evergreen PR after working at both boutique and large scale PR agencies and missing that true connection with clients. Designers work 1 on 1 with Meaghan to feel seen and heard, have their work celebrated and their business goals supported. The experience is collaborative, educational and sustainable for long term success.

A Short Story

As golden hues and crisp air welcomed the fall of 2011, a fiercely passionate, flame-haired 20-something working in fashion PR found even the most mundane tasks on the floor of a fashion showroom closet an opportunity to thrive. Meaghan Shanley, a New Jersey native who migrated to Manhattan 10 years earlier, lived for the rare SJP sighting in the halls of the iconic American fashion brand HALSTON’s showroom. Meaghan was drawn to the ever-evolving, infectious energy of New York City and the (un)glamorous world of fashion PR.

Fast-forward five years in a rather serendipitous moment, Meaghan was connected with the young female founder of Nylon Consulting, a boutique PR agency whose creative clients—rising star interior designers with projects across the world and small design businesses whose unique wares captured design-aficionados hearts—were steadily making names for themselves in the industry. Over the next five years at Nylon Consulting, Meaghan found her stride: She had a seat at the proverbial table, working alongside such iconic luminaries as Sasha Bikoff, the young designer behind the famed Kips Bay Memphis Milano-inspired staircase that burst with as many punchy colors as it did clever patterns; Anne Hepfer, a Canadian native whose contemporary yet warm Muskoka project made its way onto the cover of House Beautiful; and Kevin Dumais, who almost redefines mid-century modern design with his own effortless and airy twist on the classics. Working alongside such visionaries was the hook that pulled Meaghan into the design sphere.

Meaghan wasn’t working with just any brands, though; she was working with the industry’s most elite names during their most pivotal moments. Think quintessential British kitchen designers Plain English and their New York City debut, the quietly luxurious and intricately detailed wallpaper brand de Gournay’s collaborations with the likes of Bergdorf Goodman and Aquazzura, Luke Irwin’s storied rug collection with Williams Sonoma, and Hollywood’s go-to interior designer Brigette Romanek’s vintage-inspired furniture line with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams. But like Robert Frost so astutely admitted, “Nothing gold can stay,” and eventually, Meaghan realized that it was time to put New York, the noisy metropolis whose magic gleamed through every season, behind her.

After nearly a decade in Manhattan, Meaghan headed back across the Hudson to her roots on the Jersey Shore. But she took a piece of New York, the piece she cherished so deeply, with her: The passion for all things interior design is ingrained in her like a happy memory that continues to unfold before her. In fact, it was on a hike through Mount Tammany winding trails that the name for her pandemic-borne, interiors-focused business, EVERGREEN PR, occurred to her. EVERGREEN PR eventually became everlasting in 2021 and just like the journalistic term and the trees that never lose their leaves, remained relevant regardless of the season.