Lauren Carr Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, NY

Spearheaded New York Times bestselling publicity campaigns for PRETTY BOYS ARE POISONOUS by Megan Fox; WE'VE GOT ISSUES: HOW YOU CAN STAND STRONG FOR AMERICA'S SOUL AND SANITY by Phillip C. McGraw (Dr. Phil); ELEVATE & DOMINATE: 21 WAYS TO WIN ON AND OFF THE FIELD by Deion Sanders; THE PARADISE PROBLEM by Christina Lauren; YOU CAN’T HAVE IT ALL by Stassi.

New York, United States

Spearheaded New York Times bestselling publicity campaigns for COUNTING THE COST by Jill Duggar; BAD MORMON by Heather Gay; THE PASTA QUEEN by Nadia Caterina Munno; SOMETHING WILDER and THE TRUE LOVE EXPERIMENT by Christina Lauren; THE SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS by Kristy Woodson Harvey; IMMORTAL LONGINGS by Chloe Gong; LASSITER by J. R. Ward.Other notable.

New York, New York, United States

• Maintain responsibilities under the Publicist title.
• Coverage highlights include placements in: GMA3, American Voices on MSNBC, NBC News, Oprah Daily, NPR 1a, i09/Gizmodo, Bon Appétit, Buzzfeed, The Mary Sue

New York, New York

• Developed and implemented publicity campaigns, e.g. securing media (national, regional, print, online, and broadcast), planned multi-city talent tours, booked travel, and developed in person and virtual events
• Contributed to success of books receiving bestseller status, e.g. ​Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, Parker Looks Up by Parker and Jessica Curry, ​Finding Home ​by Karen Kingsbury, and ​The Dork Diaries Series ​by Rachel.
• Publicized approximately 30 titles a year that receive full publicity campaigns
• Developed and maintained relationships with media, booksellers, and talent
• Engineered strategic media lists, tailored press materials, and media pitches
• Communicated publicity plans and offered guidance for interviews/events to talent

New York, New York

• Publicist for all titles across little bee books, BuzzPop, and Yellow Jacket imprints
• Created and implemented title specific publicity plans and campaigns
• Secured media across national, regional, print, online, and broadcast outlets
• Organized talent appearances at bookstores, festivals, conferences, and conventions
• Worked across departments to implement publishing processes
• Coverage Highlights included placements in: The New York Times, HuffPost Queer Voices, aPlus, Hallmark Channel Home & Family

New York, New York

• Maintained responsibilities held under Publicity Assistant title
• Planed and executed single events as well as multi-city author tours and accompany authors as needed
• Created tour and event itineraries for traveling authors
• Handled authors and media at consumer, trade, and educational conferences
• Coordinated consumer award submissions
• Secured and coordinated interviews for authors

Greater New York City Area

• Provided administrative support to the Vice President of Publicity and Educational/Library Marketing
• Managed assigned authors and titles as well as provided assistance to the Vice President in planning tours and events
• Wrote press releases and researched media contacts for specific and upcoming title pitches
• Interviewed, hired, and managed departmental interns
• Booked travel and transportation for authors
• Traveled with authors to events and conventions as needed

Greater New York City Area

• Provided administrative support to the trade publicity department as needed
• Executed mailings of advance review copies and promotional materials
• Assisted in the weekly mailings of advance review copies to trade publications
• Drafted press releases for upcoming titles
• Assisted in tracking media and press for publicists in the department

Manhattan College

-In charge of developing pitch ideas for the staff each week -Networking with other clubs and people on campus for articles-Setting up interviews for writers if needed -Editing articles that are sent from the staff as well as writing my own articles for the section -Uploading articles to our website via Wordpress

Manhattan College

-Assisted the Arts and Entertainment Editor with the weekly responsibilities of the section such as pitch ideas and writing articles

Greater New York City Area

-Contributes pop culture articles to the Community Page on this popular website

Manhattan

- Wrote articles that mainly pertained to fashion such as Get The Look, Shoesday Tuesday and Best Bargain Buy- Wrote 5-6 articles per day that centered around celebrities and fashion - Wrote weekly recaps for Project Runway and Project Runway All Stars - Interviewed Bethenny Frankel and Project Runway Season 13 winner Sean Kelly - Developed interview.

Bachelor'S Degree, Broadcast Journalism

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