Frances Schmidt Email & Phone Number

San Francisco

San Francisco Bay Area

• Create and implement marketing strategies for numerous titles
• Execute digital, physical and media components for each marketing plan
• Maintain marketing documents and grids to meet deadlines
• Manage and maintain social media outlets including Facebook, Twitter and Good Reads
• Coordinate production of video book trailers for select titles
• Liaison with authors, publicists and various media

San Francisco Bay Area

• Manage, maintain and communicate schedules, calendars and timelines
• Create weekly and monthly narratives and sales reports as well as PowerPoint presentations
• Submit expense reports, book travel and assist with preparation for annual trade shows
• Field and assist all phone and email queries

• Performed general editorial duties including fact-checking, transcribing, product requests, creating and sending hard copy and PDF tearsheets and proofing the book before final production
• Researched and wrote articles for print and web including product reviews, interviews, pieces on politics, money, theater, art and general topics of interest
• Communication with publicists, editors and writers via phone, email and Google Groups forums

· Correspondence through phone, email and fax with clients and editors · Maintained work area and office supplies; Provided general assistance to PR team · Created and maintained editorial and industry calendar; Generated weekly list of press kits · Prepared both hard copy and electronic press kits for daily delivery

· General customer assistance while maintaining work area and store standards · Developed knowledge of workplace to facilitate positive work environment and leadership skills

• General customer assistance; Worked closely with children's department
• Provided recommendations and expertise on products

· Created, edited and reviewed documents · Collaborated on group projects and assignments

· Self-published a zine utilizing skills in literary and technical writing · Applied graphic design skills to create visual look of project · Edited publication for textual and visual cohesiveness and thematic development

· Assisted in development and restructure of programs · Created textual and thematic content for program pamphlet and website

· General customer assistance through phone, email and fax · Provided students and families with housing information while maintaining work area

Education record

Attended six-week intensive course on all aspects of book and magazine publishing

English, Women'S Studies

Activities and Societies: Sigma Tau Delta