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San Diego, California, United States

Greater San Diego Area

Greater San Diego Area

Greater San Diego Area

San Francisco, Ca

Portland, Oregon Area

• As an independent Public Relations Consultant, worked on a project basis with numerous interactive entertainment and lifestyle companies, including SEGA, Cartoon Network and Red Bull USA. Additionally, formed partnerships and acted as an external consultant on projects with PR agencies ONE PR Studio and Plugged In PR.• Networked and researched opportunities with a variety of companies for contract-based PR work, generating proposals that included situation analysis, strategies and tactics, targeted media, press coverage goals and time/cost estimates.

Oakland, Ca

* Acted as primary contact for major clients on all communication relating to PR strategies and reporting of current and upcoming tactics. Clients included Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, SEGA, Pandemic Studios and the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA). * Worked directly with owners on monthly employee hours and assigned responsibilities to my team, including project-based work, media outreach and PR plan execution.* Reached out to potential new clients and collaborated on proposal drafting.

San Francisco, Ca

* Crafted the PR strategies and key messaging of all interactive entertainment products within the Star Wars and Indiana Jones brands.* Managed all art assets and worked directly with the sales, channel marketing and creative services departments on POP, print and online ads, and other promotional materials.* Managed a team of publicists and worked with them to help develop their careers and increase their learning and understanding of PR within the interactive entertainment industry.* Planned multiple worldwide press events and press tours for over 150 domestic and international journalists.

Redwood Shores, Ca

• As Senior Public Relations Specialist, generated PR plans/timelines and executed the strategies for over 10 premier EA SPORTS and EA GAMES titles, including American McGee’s Alice, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 and The Lord of the Rings franchise. Wrote and edited supporting press releases for international distribution. • Worked with over 200 radio, broadcast, print and online journalists to secure feature coverage in consumer publications (including Rolling Stone, Newsweek and Entertainment Weekly) and cover features in all major trade publications (including EGM, PC Gamer, PSM and Nintendo Power). • Created asset schedules and communicated directly with in-house studio partners and third-party developers to obtain appropriate PR materials for use in press coverage.