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New York, NY, US

New York, NY

Supported community outreach and programing for two annual initiatives: Bag Hunger and AIDSWalk New York which both exceeded targeted goals.

New York City, NY

• Directed all publicity plans for an aggressive publishing program focused on 50+ medical, legal, and education titles per year.
• Coordinated highly detailed year long promotion (travel, interviews, panels, social media engagement) for chairman and CEO of Kaplan Inc. ($2.3 billion), interfacing with special projects advisor, freelancers (FSB.
• Collaborated on the April 2011 launch of KaplanLabs, a digital product research… Show more
• Collaborated on the April 2011 launch of KaplanLabs, a digital product research and development imprint.
• Initiated Social Media for eBook promotions on Twitter and Facebook.
• Secured national television, radio, and print coverage including many Kaplan firsts: New York Times Book Review (cover review), Fresh Air with Terry Gross (NPR), CBS Early Show, NBC Today Show, and ABC Good Morning.

New York City, NY

• Created and oversaw innovative publicity plans tailored to maximize the strengths of high profile authors.
• Negotiated national, regional, and local media, lining up USA Today Book Buzz column, Newsweek Society Page feature, and Talk of the Nation (NPR), for Sam Gosling, author of Snoop. For his six-city tour, pursued and.
• Negotiated national, regional, and local media, lining up USA Today Book Buzz column, Newsweek Society Page feature, and Talk of the Nation (NPR), for Sam Gosling, author of Snoop. For his six-city tour, pursued and.
• Secured two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Anthony Lewis’s New York Times Magazine feature interview. Freedom For The Thought That We Hate was the cover review in the New York Times Book Review. Arranged appearances for.
• Promoted and launched two new, hardcover titles per month in the areas of science, history, politics, health, and contemporary culture while managing 10-12 backlist titles.
• Built relationships with foundations, museums, university clubs, and community organizations for special author/book events, expanding the database for future campaigns.

New York, NY

• Developed promotional strategies for bestselling fiction, and non-fiction hardcover and trade paperback books. Areas of specialization included fiction, mental health, history, biography, and memoir.
• Maximized tour budgets for mid-list authors extending author tours by 33% - 67% by clustering book events geographically.
• Orchestrated coverage for up to 20-city author tours including national and local television, radio, print, and internet publicity as well as, signings… Show more
• Orchestrated coverage for up to 20-city author tours including national and local television, radio, print, and internet publicity as well as, signings, lectures, and book release parties.
• National broadcast placements – CNN, Fox News Channel, The Early Show, Weekend Today, Charlie Rose, Sex in the City, Court TV, Politically Incorrect, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. Feature and review coverage – New.
• Wrote and distributed an average of 14 press release packages, pitch letters, and Q&A’s per month. Show less

New York, NY

• Managed publicity plans for fiction and non-fiction trade paperback titles. Partnered with senior level publicists on front-list hardcover books.
• Researched non-traditional promotional companies for young writers, partnering and creating added value and exposure with reduced publicity budgets.
• Represented HarperCollins at Publishing Publicity Association (PPA) meetings and helped in program planning for professional lunchtime speaker series.

B.S, Marketing And Public Relations

Activities and Societies: PRSSA Returning to school to finish my degree was the best thing I could have ever done and the CUNY-BA program.

Musical Theater Diploma, Musical Theater