Lisa Barnes Email & Phone Number

Montclair, Nj, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Leading FPR’s team of 25+ publicists• Recruiting, onboarding and training new team members• Identifying and addressing employee needs• Helping employees to achieve their goals and job satisfaction• Advising on campaign strategies, management and written materials• Maintaining a strong culture of support, inspiration, inclusion and excellence. • Co-leading annual reviews, weekly team meetings and manager meetings• Managing our systems for onboarding, training, feedback, and regular one-on-one check-ins with managers and employees

New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

* Pitched, contracted and managed paid speaking engagements for prominent fiction and non-fiction authors, including Pulitzer Prize winners Fredrik Logevall, Elizabeth Strout and Isabel Wilkerson* Strategized with bureau colleagues on goals, growth, and integration* Coordinated events and media outreach with in-house PR teams and outside bureaus* Helped speakers set guidelines for speaking fees and other points of negotiation

Greater New York City Area

* Planned and executed a wide variety of national publicity campaigns for bestselling, award-winning books across categories, genres and imprints* Proven track record of establishing debut and “make fiction” titles as New York Times bestsellers * Crafted press kits, specialized pitch letters, Q&As, talking points and other promotional materials* Organized and executed robust author tours * Managed in-house PR teams and coordinated publicity efforts with outside PR firms* Attended and represented the company at trade shows and fan events* Provided media training

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

* Launched the show: set up weekly interviews with national and local press, secured major features and TV book covers for launch week, conducted satellite/radio tours, coordinated talent travel/appearances* Maintained media focus on the show throughout the year by pursuing episodic PR and cross-promotion* Participated in and created reports for sweeps calls and weekly strategy meetings with PR team* Served as liaison between talent and speaking organizations* Coordinated with production, promotions, marketing, online and affiliate relations departments to maximize public awareness of the show

Greater New York City Area

* Wrote and edited business proposals, mission statement and philosophy, fact sheets, bios, press releases, and client correspondence (real estate)* Participated in strategic planning initiatives * Conducted field research (finance)

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

* Designed and taught writing-intensive courses in composition, drama, fiction, film, poetry, and women’s studies* Responsible for constructing lesson plans, lecturing and promoting class discussion, creating and evaluating assignments, improving student writing and analysis, mentoring, and overseeing student projects* Conducted teaching colloquia for incoming instructors

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), English Language And Literature, General

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega