Book marketer and earned media specialist with 10 years of experience across non-fiction content categories, specializing in culinary.
- Conceived, budgeted and executed multi-channel publicity and marketing campaigns across diverse content categories for global luxury, illustrated book publisher
- Aligned North American marketing campaigns and communications strategies with international objectives and teams
- Developed high-end culinary events programming as incremental revenue channel
- Managed high-profile chef/ author relations and executed national events/tours for all authors, including Ferran Adria, Rene Redzepi, Massimo Bottura and Magnus Nilsson
- Prospected, executed, and maintained partnerships (brand, media and retail)
- Supervised freelance publicity staff, departmental assistant, and interns
- Partner with consumer brands, non-profits, and government agencies to develop, manage and execute multi-platform educational programs for K-12 classrooms in support of client corporate social responsibility and brand marketing objectives
- Act as post-sales client liaison to manage year-over-year account health and renewal of legacy programs
- Collaborate with group leadership and Corporate Communications as department lead for earned media strategy
- Lead cross-department teams to develop and deliver earned-centric integrated marketing campaigns that meet client mandatories, brand objectives, and KPI's
- Build and manage project scopes, timelines and budgets ($500k - $3 million)
- Manage financial health of projects, monitoring employee utilization and OOP spends across all teams and deliverables
- Managed brand identity for high-end men’s outdoor lifestyle retailer through development and implementation of integrated marketing campaigns
- Pursued audience development through earned media and brand partnerships
- Oversaw budgeting, creative development, production and deployment of photographic/ content assets for print catalog, e-commerce, email and social media
- Coordinated production and delivery of marketing samples
- National Account Manager: The Standard Hotels
- Established and executed PR/ media relations and marketing partnerships for client initiatives and ongoing brand management
- Coordinated and managed client events (logistics, guest list management, press invitations, sponsorship)
To re-launch Phaidon's Children's Publishing program, I partnered with Park Hyatt to incorporate a "book menu" for culinary inspired titles into the New York flagship's in-room and fine dining options.
Program included:
- Activity workbook for young guests
- Artist designed menus
- Launch Event with author Joshua David Stein
Secured media included:
- The New York Times (Travel Section)
- American Way
New York Times Best-Seller campaign included:
- Product/ Author positioning
- Press Materials
- Celebrity Endorsement Campaign
- Media Outreach
- Brand and Promotional Partnerships
- National Events Series
Secured media included:
- NPR: Morning Edition
- Better Homes & Gardens
- The New York Times
- The Los Angeles Times
- The New York Times Book Review
- Food & Wine
- Bon Appetit
- Smithsonian
Brand/ Promotional Partnerships included:
- Casa Noble Tequila
- Tacombi
- Culinary Institute of America
Devised and executed comprehensive marketing and communications campaign for global book launch, including:
- Product positioning
- Press Materials
- Pre-sale Marketing Strategy & Collateral Development
- Media Outreach
- National Event Series/ Author Tour
- Retail, Brand and Media Partnerships
Secured media included:
- T: The New York Times Style Magazine (6 page print feature in June 2014 issue)
- TIME
- Food Network Magazine
- Food & Wine
- Bon Appetit
- NPR
- The Los Angeles Times
- The Economist
Retail Partnerships included:
- Williams-Sonoma
- Indigo Books
- MoMA Design Store
- Barnes & Noble
Brand Partnerships included:
- Sotheby's
- The Modernist Cuisine
Media Partnerships included:
- The Financial Times: How to Spend It (International ticketed events series)
Devised and executed comprehensive marketing and communications campaign for book launch including:
- Product/ Author positioning
- Press Materials
- Media Outreach
- Partnership Outreach
- National Event Series/ Author Tour
Secured media included:
- Saveur (Print feature in Sept 2015 issue)
- Food & Wine (Print feature in Feb 2016 issue)
- T: The New York Times Style Magazine (Print feature in Oct 2015 issue)
- NPR: Weekend Edition (radio interview Nov 2016)
- WNYC: America's Test Kitchen (radio interview Nov 2016)
- KCRW: Good Food (radio interview Nov 2016)
Partnerships included:
- Saveur (Media and events exclusives)
- Dinner Lab (6 City ticketed culinary event series)
- American Swedish Institute (traveling museum exhibition and catalog)
Margarita Carrillo Arronte
A New York Times Best SellerA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Cookbook (Fall 2014)"All my life I have wanted to travel through Mexico to learn authentic recipes from each region and now I don’t have to – Margarita has done it for me!" – Eva LongoriaThe first truly comprehensive bible of authentic Mexican home cooking, written by a living culinary legend, Mexico: The Cookbook features an unprecedente... read more
Magnus Nilsson
The Nordic Cookbook offers an unprecedented look at the rich culinary offerings of the Nordic region with 700 recipes collected by the acclaimed Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson featured in the Emmy-Award winning US PBS series The Mind of a Chef and the Netflix docuseries Chef's Table.The Nordic Cookbook, richly illustrated with the personal photography of internationally acclaimed chef Magnus Nils... read more
Ferran Adrià, Albert Adrià, Juli Soler
Nathan Myhrvold, co–author of Modernist Cuisine, says of Ferran Adriá’s elBulli 2005 – 2011, "This record of his cuisine, techniques, and creative process is invaluable both as a book to cook from, and as one of the foundations of 21st century food."The Picasso of culinary arts, Ferran Adriá of the famed restaurant elBulli reached an unrivaled place in the food world between the years 2005 and... read more
Joshua David Stein
A whimsical–yet factual–series of questions and answers about the things we eat... and don't eat!Food critic Joshua David Stein whets the appetite of young readers with a wondrous and informative approach to talking about food. This humorous, stylized and entirely unexpected set of food facts will engage both good eaters and resisters alike. With questions both practical ("Can you eat a sea ur... read more
Majed Halawi, June 2020
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book head. drinker. wrangler & mangler of words. wannabe poet. freelance book publicist. author manager.
Sydney, Australia
I run a well-established public relations firm with over 25 years experience, representing many high-profile authors.
Denver, United States