BRASILIA—JeffreyGroup, the Latin America marketing and corporate communications agency, has opened its seventh wholly-owned office in the Brazilian capital city of Brasilia, strengthening the agency’s regional public affairs practice.

Clarissa Oliveira, most recently political editor for IG Portal, is leading the new operation and will be director of public affairs for JeffreyGroup Brazil, reporting to Cristina Iglecio in São Paulo. Oliveira previously covered politics and economic issues for the national Brazilian daily O Estado de São Paulo.

JeffreyGroup works with clients including Airbnb, Airbus, American Airlines, Bayer, Facebook, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Nikon, Spotify and Xerox. It has wholly-owned offices in New York, Miami, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires, in addition to Brasilia.