Katharine Van Leer Email & Phone Number

Durham, NC, US

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Created and oversaw company-wide communications plan across marketing, sales, public relations, investor relations, ABC Board compliance, and social media.
• Negotiated and implemented a strategic partnership with the NHL Carolina Hurricanes for their first ever Celebrity Chef Dinner Series featuring the best chefs from across North Carolina.
• Increased Social Media following by 25% across Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
• Oversaw hiring and training of a 50-person brand ambassador team across the state of North Carolina.
• Created guidelines and monitored that all communications from the company were in compliance with North Carolina and Federal ABC regulations including all marketing, social media, public relations and investor.
• Worked with the President on new investor acquisitions including introducing them to the brand, creating and providing financial projections, securing investment and providing timely company communications and updates.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Chapel Hill, NC

• Created and managed million-dollar corporate marketing budget across the North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia markets as well as ecommerce.
• Orchestrated a partnership with Vivian Howard, star of the Peabody Award PBS winning series “A Chef’s Life” including co-branded products, appearances and marketing campaign.
• Negotiated and implemented a major sponsorship of the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival.
• Organized successful advertising, promotions and public relations campaigns for Chapel Hill, Charleston, Raleigh and Richmond retail locations and an ecommerce site
• Oversaw all company promotions including booking celebrity chefs, storewide events, and month long opening campaigns for new retail establishments (Charleston, Richmond, Raleigh).
• Created and implemented email campaign for over 115,000 subscriber list including schedule, content, ecommerce tie-ins and email procurement.

154 Grand St

• Founder of NY based boutique firm specializing in lifestyle, fashion, art, luxury, music, and hospitality.
• Responsible for all new business outreach, client pitches, and client procurement.
• Created and managed all press, social media, and marketing strategy for diverse client base including Louis Roederer’s Cristal Champagne, Thompson Hotels, Milk Gallery, Somaly Mam Foundation, Reebok, Hotel on.
• Employed and managed account executives.
• Organized high profile events overseeing press, production, celebrity attendance, and post event follow up.
• Leveraged extensive network to bring clients unique partnerships, events, and collaborations throughout the realms of luxury, fashion, art, media, music, and hospitality.

Greater New York City Area