Pinckney Hugo Group has hired Katelind Batill as an assistant account manager. She was an intern at Pinckney Hugo in this spring. Prior to joining the firm, Batill gained experience in marketing and television with other organizations in Central New York, Albany, and London. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ithaca College and expects to earn a master’s degree in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in August and a master’s degree from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in December.