SAN FRANCISCO—KickApps Corporation has selected The Bateman Group as public relations agency of record, effective immediately. Bateman’s ongoing responsibilities include day-to-day strategic communications counsel; corporate positioning and message development; writing services; business, trade and vertical market media relations; blogger relations; speaker placement; awards pursuits as well as grassroots programs targeting the web developer. The Bateman team will be split between the East and West Coasts, with the firm’s managing directors Tyler Lewis Perry and Bill Bourdon co-leading the account from New York City and San Francisco, respectively.