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- Managed publicity campaigns for multiple indie comic book series, which included researching outlets for press coverage, sending out pitches, securing previews and reviews, coordinating interviews, handling art assets, advising on social media strategy, and working on virtual events.- For Lovecraftian horror series Ithaqa, secured previews with horror outlet Daily Dead, positive reviews with comic review sites like The Beat, But Why Tho?, and AIPT, and interviews with The Beat; for virtual book tour, wrote a press release for local distribution and coordinated with local organizations on a virtual book launch and kids event.- For historical comic series Drawn to Key West, helped secure positive reviews with The Beat and But Why Tho, and a radio interview with Florida journalist Gwen Filosa; planning additional reviews and interviews with comic sites and Florida press.

- Coordinated publicity campaigns for DC’s comic books and graphic novels, including securing press coverage for a number of their bestselling books, like placing the trailer reveal for New York Times bestseller Harleen with Nerdist and arranging an excerpt reveal and interview with Gizmodo for Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime. - Secured exclusive previews of DC’s titles and MAD Magazine’s issues with top tier comic trade press and pop culture outlets; arranged and staffed interviews with talent, and provided press with assets to generate reviews and coverage.- Developed publicity plans with objectives and strategies for securing press coverage, and angles for pitching stories.- Handled asset management, including obtaining preview pages and covers from Production, organizing files, watermarking and compressing issues, and sharing the assets with internal teams and external press.- Helped with creating the daily clip report of press breaks, which was sent to all of DC and executives at Warner Bros.- Managed media lists for press releases, blasts, and mailings; wrote pitch letters and handled press mailings.- Assisted the Publishing team with tracking projects and pitches, submitting titles for awards, sending digital copies of books to press, stocking books, and keeping the storage area clean and organized.

Handled executive assistant jobs, mostly for a number of entertainment companies including Warner Bros, Fox, and Imagine Entertainment. Included calendar management and scheduling meetings, organizing day-to-day needs for executives and producers, submitting expenses, taking meeting notes, planning travel, answering phones and rolling calls, watermarking and sending scripts, copyediting scripts, coordinating between a variety of departments, and helping with any office tasks needed.

Marina Del Rey, Ca

- Assisted CEO with administrative, marketing, and public relations tasks related to managing multiple properties and businesses in the boating industry.- Spearheaded in-house online marketing, print advertising, public relations, and photography for web needs; for instance, worked with boating newspaper The Log on a feature about the new dockmaster that joined the team.- Managed Facebook accounts for multiple businesses and created ad campaigns.- Coordinated on web design and content creation for the company website; helped build the code on Wordpress to design pages; implemented SEO techniques and tracked patterns via Google Analytics; drove increased traffic to company web pages using optimized keywords and Google ads.- Worked on creating new merchandise and apparel to better promote the company.- Helped with accounting needs using the QuickBooks program.

Los Angeles

- Supported the owner of film and corporate publicity firm, which represented high-profile films and industry clients.- Film campaigns included: Jenny's Wedding, Infinitely Polar Bear, and A Tale of Love and Darkness; corporate clients included: Film4, Radiant Films International, and Fortitude International.- Sent press breaks to clients on a daily basis. Put together physical press books rounding up news from film festivals where we represented clients (including Cannes and TIFF). Monitored the industry trade outlets (Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, IndieWire and Screen International) for press breaks and relevant stories. - Wrote press releases and worked with the trade outlets on placing exclusive and embargoed stories. Sent stories wide to additional press after the embargo lifted.- Communicated with international film distributors regarding the review and approval of creative assets for campaigns, including posters, trailers, photo stills, and more. Handled requests for interviews with talent and the approval of international release dates.- Assisted with staffing phone interviews between talent and journalists. Coordinated with talent and journalists on interviews over email; edited interview answers as needed.- Created film festival schedules and booked travel for staff and clients. Oversaw event invites and RSVP lists.- Submitted information about clients' films for film festival guides.- Kept press lists and film databases up-to-date with the latest information. - Handled day-to-day office management needs.

Los Angeles

Assisted Publicity Director with finding and collating press breaks, coordinating with reporters, designing lookbooks and event flyers, researching reporters and press outlets via Cision, and selecting event photos to use for press and web needs.

Pacific Palisades

- Alongside business owner Marilyn Haese, handled PR account management with clients from various industries, including transportation, food, and medical.- Put together press releases and bylined articles by doing research on the topic, working with clients on quotes, and writing the content. Distributed press materials to journalists.- Copy-edited colleague's written materials and helped with translating client material from English to Spanish and vice versa.- Researched outlets and journalists via Cision to put together targeted press lists based on the industry and ideal audience; used resources like HARO to find journalists looking for specific stories.- Helped with the pitching process by reaching out to journalists with story ideas.- Implemented new Haese & Wood website, managed social media accounts for clients, and ran social ad campaigns.- Photographed projects for clients to use for press needs, social media, and company websites; for instance, worked on a project with Caltrans and MCM Construction to photograph the building stages of the I-10/I-605 connector bridge. The photos were then shared with the public via a project Facebook page that I managed.- Designed social media banners and ads using Photoshop.

Park City, Utah

Assisted Myriad Pictures President and executive staff at Sundance Film Festival for two years; helped by screening films and writing coverage, driving staff to film viewings and meetings, managing screening schedules, and coordinating with the office assistants in LA.

Santa Monica, California

- Helped the Office Manager with daily office tasks and worked with the executive assistants to answer phones and take notes for calls.- Read scripts, wrote coverage, and attended weekly Acquisitions meetings to give notes and recommendations for whether to move forward or pass on a project.- Assisted the new television department with reading books and scripts to analyze for potential series ideas; helped create poster designs for pitches.- Called talent agencies to find out whether talent was available, and assisted with scheduling.

Ithaca

At indie publishing house, Split Oak Press, assisted with editing manuscripts, implementing a new company website, engaging social media followers with flash fiction contests, and working alongside authors to make edits to their manuscripts and put together their bios.

Ithaca

- DJ'd modern rock, specialty, and jazz shows at Ithaca College's official FM radio station, which has won numerous awards, including MTV's first college radio Woodie award, and is often featured in Princeton Review's top 5 for college radio stations.- Interviewed musicians live on air, including famous folk singer Marissa Nadler.- DJ'd the weekly Broadway show in 2012; interviewed cast and crew members from Ithaca College productions and local theater troupes.- In 2008, assisted the Music Programming Director with putting together daily music schedules for DJs, and adding new music to the Audiovault program; helped choose which music to keep or remove from the old catalogue.

Ithaca, New York Area

- DJ'ed weekly radio show Homebrew, featuring local music from the Central New York area; reported local music news, announced upcoming concerts, and interviewed musicians who often played live sets on air.- Coordinated with the Ithaca College TV department to do the first ever live electric set on air, while it was simultaneously taped for the student TV show Panorama.- Worked with a local music store on promotions for on-air giveaways.- Recorded promotional material and daily "Concert Connections" via Protools, to be played throughout the day on the station.- Promoted WICB and Homebrew at local shows in Ithaca.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Assisted the Los Angeles Branch Director with restaurant reviews for the Thrillist website; researched new restaurants and cataloged them in a spreadsheet, wrote reviews, and took professional photos of the locations to post.

Santa Ana, California

Attended live shows and wrote music reviews for The OC Register's music blog; reviewed live performances by Usher, Tiger Army, and Colbie Caillat

Bachelor'S Degree, Writing, General, 3.7

Activities and Societies: WICB radio, Cake music zine, The Ithacan, Buzzsaw Minor in English Literature

Tv Writing

TV pilot writing and TV spec writing classes

Writing, English

Studied abroad at London campus; studied Irish literature, British pop music, television comedy, and theater

Screenwriting, 4.0

Screenwriting class