Erik Platt Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for strategic planning, implementation, optimization, and analysis of data- driven pre-sale, on-sale, and long-tail advertising campaigns for New York Times bestselling authors including Kristin Hannah.
• Executes campaigns across Amazon Marketing Services, Facebook/Instagram, TikTok, Google Display/Search, Twitter, Snapchat, Spotify, Reddit, Pinterest, Hulu, and Liveintent.
• Built company database and reporting tools to streamline data analysis/management and dissemination of campaign results.
• Oversees audience acquisition for social media influencer and sales campaigns.

Greater New York City Area

New York, New York, United States

• Successfully negotiated lucrative public speaking engagements/contracts for best-selling, award-winning Simon & Schuster authors.
• Developed new leads and relationships with event and marketing executives at insurance companies, hedge funds, law firms, universities, etc, while taking pride in selling the right author for the right event.
• Oversaw all social media accounts and campaigns, including Facebook and Twitter accounts, email blasts and newsletters, author bios and videos, and company website.
• Oversaw in-house travel and event coordination departments to ensure all travel and logistical details went smoothly.

• Point person for advising clients about American and international books for publicationand translation in their markets, as well as for film/tv.
• Generated daily client-specific memos recapping important manuscripts and publishing submissions, catering to each publisher’s specific needs and tastes.
• Prepared clients for all major book fairs, including London, Frankfurt, BEA and Bologna, as well as for all New York visits and meetings.

• Cultivated relationships with film and literary agents, screenwriters, directors, and producers, while on the lookout for new talent and material.
• Read 5-10 manuscripts/screenplays a week, providing notes to NY and LA- based executives, communicating the commercial potential of a given piece of material.
• Assisted in development/production of feature films such as “Hall Pass” and “The Rite.”
• Managed interns and outside readers, handled busy executive scheduling and travel.

• Assisted as the literary consultant to Warner Bros and 15 foreign publishers.
• Read manuscripts, wrote editorial reports, and communicated with executives, producers, and publishers regarding literary acquisitions.
• Handled detailed scheduling requests for clients and president of the company, scheduling New York City client visits, WB executive meetings, and book fair meetings.