Vicki Dearmon Email & Phone Number

California, United States

National

All Things Book existed to help authors with their books. We used our extensive background in the book publishing industry to provide editorial, production, and marketing services for authors who were either self-publishing or looking for publication by a publisher. Prior to Covid, ATB was also a New York Times-reporting events bookstore. We worked with.

San Francisco Bay Area

Agency offering event management and production. All aspects of events: concept and branding, strategy, business development and sponsorship, business and nonprofit partnering, venue selection and negotiation, experiential, immersive, and traditional programming, marketing and sales, media and publicity, social media, advertising and collateral.

Sonoma, Napa, And Marin Counties

Eight-store independent chain in San Francisco's North Bay www.copperfieldsbooks.com*Developed and directed the company-wide marketing and events program that resulted in a 5-8 percent increase in company sales annually over the last five years * Developed nationally recognized event program and income stream consisting of 300+ author events a year and.

Petaluma, California

A regional fair for Sonoma and Marin counties drawing 65,000 people annually. A fair is essentially 300 events wrapped into a five-day period. Also responsible for media and corporate sponsorship. * Managed marketing and publicity for annual fair, increasing fair attendance for last three years (2%, 2%, 5%) and outreach (ex. 150,000 unique visitors a month.

Sonoma, Sacramento, And San Mateo Counties

Mentoring organization providing programs for teen boys and their families, www.leadershipworks.org* Developed mentoring and initiation programs, events, workshops, and resources such as curricula and books for youth, mentors, and parents * Produced weekly radio show scripts, ads, and outreach programs including video * Secured grants ($501,000 Department.

San Francisco

Independent publisher of outdoor and recreation guides. Founded 1985 and sold in 1999 to Avalon Travel Publishing, imprint recently purchased by Hachette* Founded company at age 25 * Published 20 titles a year from regional to national with a staff of 20 * Oversaw all phases of publishing cycle: concept, author contract, scheduling, editorials, design.

San Francisco

Nonprofit responsible for the annual San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival (attendance 35,000 with 200 publisher booths) and other programs to promote publishing and literacy in the Bay Area* Initiated the creation of the San Francisco Bay Area Book Council to support the annual Fall San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival and to launch year-round programming.

San Francisco, California

Speaker and later Instructor: University of California Berkeley Extension, Introduction to Book Publishing Course

1983-1985, 1997 MediaFile (freelance, San Francisco), Vista Press (internship turned into full time job after college), San Diego Union (freelance), Santa Rosa Press Democrat (Petaluma bureau reporter)

Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Completed one year toward Master's. 4.0 GPA.

Ba, English Literature