Rick Gomes Email & Phone Number

New York, NY

• Clients: Jazz Singer Antonia Bennett, Daughter of Tony Bennett, Queen of Knives starring Mel Harris (Thirtysomething) and Gene Pope (Independent Film), Selling Superman (Docuseries), Sapelo (PBS/WORLD Documentary).
• Create strategic media plans with clear direction to ensure maximum results across all media outlets
• Communicate effectively and convey direct and meaningful messages to a target audience
• Secure national and local broadcast, print, and digital publicity for clients

New York, NY

• Oversaw all mainstream press efforts for Season 2 of Telemundo’s critically acclaimed drama series La Reina del Sur
• Led publicity campaign for El Rey Network’s unscripted pop culture series The Chuey Martinez Show and El Rey Nation
• Press support for Hulu’s original scripted series, Into the Dark
• Preliminary Academy Awards campaign for the music documentary Bali: Beats of Paradise
• Managed press for The Chemotherapy Foundation’s 2018 Innovation Gala honoring Pierce Brosnan

New York, NY

• Clients included: Jordan Hembrough (former host of Travel Channel’s Toy Hunter), Ovid’s Flea podcast
• Personal publicist for Jordan Hembrough – pop culture expert, host of Lucasfilm's unscripted streaming series Our Star Wars Stories and former host of Travel Channel’s Toy Hunter
• Strategic advisor and publicist for Ovid’s Flea, podcast based on the book by P.J. Edghill

New York, NY & Washington, DC

• Created and implemented multi-tiered publicity campaigns to garner press with national broadcast outlets, major market television and features writers, and local press specific to program content, including campaigns.
• Worked cross-functionally with Marketing, Programming, Ad Sales, Affiliate Sales, Digital and Corporate Communications to ensure business goals were achieved and increased network ratings, as well as with talent and.
• Cultivated and maintained positive working relationships with bookers, producers and writers to brainstorm and execute segment and story ideas
• Wrote and developed talking points, fact sheets, synopses, Q&A’s and media statements for network executives, talent and producers, and led media training to ensure consistent and strategic messaging and coverage,
• Wrote and developed talking points, fact sheets, synopses, Q&A’s and media statements for network executives, talent and producers, led media training to ensure consistent and strategic messaging and coverage.
• Served as lead media contact and brand ambassador at various industry and corporate events including Upfronts, Realscreen, Cablefax Awards and James Beard Awards, and produced major events including press tours.

• Clients included: ION Television (series included The Emeril Lagasse Show and Durham County), THIRTEEN/WNET (PBS), Bravo, Sonar Entertainment, Chorion, Broadcasting & Cable Magazine, OK! Magazine
• Secured national broadcast, print and digital publicity for Sonar Entertainment’s broadcast premieres of mini-series and movies on NBC, Syfy, ION Television, Spike and Lifetime. Television premieres included: NBC - The.
• Oversaw talent relations, and liaised with talent management and agents for celebrities including Isabella Rossellini, Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, David Carradine
• Developed and executed strategic public relations plan for the launch of ION Television’s talk show, The Emeril Lagasse Show
• Implemented publicity campaign for ION Television’s first original series, Durham County, and oversaw Guinness World Record press stunt of “World’s Largest Moving Box” to kick off premiere
• Spearheaded national press efforts for the Bravo TV special, “Tommy Hilfiger Presents Ironic Iconic America” co-hosted by supermodel Bar Refaeli

• Clients included: United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), NCAA, Wet Ones (Playtex Products)
• Created global press initiatives for UNA-USA’s HERO Youth Ambassador Program in Africa
• Local and national press for Adopt-A-Minefield’s Night of a Thousand Dinners at UN hosted by Academy Award-winner Michael Douglas and attended by Rachael Ray and Moby
• Executed press efforts for UNA-USA’s Global Classrooms: New York City Model UN Conference (Russell Simmons – keynote speaker)
• Delivered local print & broadcast press for Hoop City, fan festival for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four held in Boston
• Secured local press for the “Wet Ones Challenge” at national food festivals including Sacramento (CA), Syracuse (NY) and Kansas City (MO)

• Oversaw public relations department for multimillion-dollar apparel chain with 125+ stores nationwide
• Created and implemented strategic public relations plans generating coverage in outlets including Forbes, US News & World Report, AP, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, Detroit Free Press and WWD
• Managed grand opening press for more than 60 stores resulting in local print/broadcast coverage
• Developed, wrote and edited collateral materials including press releases, press kits and bios

• Clients included: Bacardi Limon, Tommy Hilfiger, Metreon – A Sony Entertainment Center, ShopNBC - It’s All About You With Star Jones, MECA Communications, DVD Station, Inc.
• Generated local and trade press for Bacardi Limon 3003 event in New York
• Secured local broadcast, print and online press for H Hilfiger cross-country tour
• Supervised local press coverage of Wheel of Fortune contestant search at Metreon
• Spearheaded national publicity campaign for launch of ShopNBC’s It’s All About You With Star Jones

• Devised and carried out national trade and consumer press initiatives for:- “Dangerously Low” fall advertising campaign that included an exclusive party in L.A.- Levi’s Dangerously Low Dough Show - All-day rock concert.
• Increased visibility of Levi’s Jeans entertainment programs within the music industry
• Wrote press materials and designed press kit folders and collateral

• Clients included: Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Desmond Child, Joe Jackson, Hall & Oates, The Isley Brothers, Michael Flatley, The Disney Channel, Lifetime Television
• Developed and implemented publicity plan for Diana Ross & the Supremes’ Return To Love Tour; the largest press conference to date at Grand Central Station
• Press strategist and media liaison for Bette Midler's sold-out 35-city Divine Miss Millennium tour
• Handled all aspects of Antonio "L.A." Reid's personal publicity including appointment as CEO and President of Arista Records
• Heightened Desmond Child's profile throughout national media; award-winning producer/songwriter (Cher, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith) behind Ricky Martin's self-titled Grammy-nominated album and chart-topping hit "Livin' La Vida.

• Clients included: American Movie Classics (AMC), WE TV/Romance Classics, Lane Bryant
• Handled all press for Romance Classics’ “The Big Toss” - largest bridal bouquet toss in history
• Generated national publicity for AMC series - The Hollywood Fashion Machine
• Talent liaison and press coordinator for event launching Lane Bryant’s “V-Girl” clothing line

• Generated national and local press coverage in broadcast and print outlets including Access Hollywood, People, Child, Billboard and Video Business
• Daily media relations for audio and video product including the award-winning Sesame Street series, Nickelodeon titles, Random House titles, MTV video series and Nick at Nite Records
• Assisted in developing special events to generate media exposure for Sony Wonder and SMV titles