Sarah Maizes

Beverly Hills, CA USA
Website: http://
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Professional Experience

I can write. As a former literary agent and entertainment executive, a comedian, award-winning author, and creator O' viral content, I write, develop and edit compelling, entertaining and original content for a wide variety of platforms. I am innovative, meticulous and fearless, and have been referred to as the love child of Tina Fey and Sarah Silverman.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
9 Years
Book Author
15 Years
Writer
10 Years

Specialty

Entertainment
15 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
15 Years
Humor
15 Years

Industries


Broadcasting - Ent - TV (National)
6 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
15 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
5 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

20 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

CBS (10+), E! Television (10+), MSNBC (10+), Penguin Publishing/Berkley Books (6-10), Walker Books / Bloomsbury (3-5), NPR (3-5), Los Angeles Magazine (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Mattel (10+), Huggalo (1-2)

Other Work History

Former literary agent (William Morris Agency - NYC); TV development executive (animation and live action); stand-up comedian (appeared at The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, and Stand-Up NY); MC; sketch comedy writer; speech writer, and blogger for E! TV's "Fashion Police."

Technical Skills

video editing, photo editing, basic web design, photographer and cello tuning.

Foreign Language Skills

Pig latin with a forte in gibberish. Additionally, I can say "Where?" in Spanish and hello, goodbye and peace in Hebrew.

Unions

None.

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Mac OS, Powerpoint, Keynote, Adobe, Photoshop.

Equipment

laptop, desktop, HD portable camera (Zi8), digital camera, and a circa 1990 cuisinart.

References

Robert Gottlieb - CEO, Trident Media Group Lisa Cutone Bacon - EP "Fashion Police," E! TV Rebecca Dube - Editorial Dir. TODAY.com Adrienne Avilla - Editor/Berkley Publishing Group

Awards

"Best Children's Book of 2013" Bank Street College / Children's Book Council; New York Times, "Bookshelf Pick"; Children's Book of the Month, Main Selection; Tennessee Volunteer Book Nominee.

Associations

PEN, Author's Guild, SCBWI, National Women's Publishing Association Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators The REAL, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Showcase

TODAY.com / MSNBC

A satirical response to the Time Magazine piece about Jamie Grumet and Attachment Parenting. This post had over 10,000 shares on Facebook, "Trended," and had over 150,000 page views.
Many women fear that once they have kids they will no longer be perceived as attractive. But author Sarah Maizes’ new book can help any mom get her groove and confidence back on track. Read an excerpt from “Got MILF? The Modern Mom’s Guide to Feeling Fabulous, Looking Great and Rocking A Minivan.�

Articles

This feature for Los Angeles Magazine is a humorous look at raising a child with Autism.
A humorous look at having real boobs in Los Angeles.

General

Website for Sarah Maizes: Award winning author, humor, parenting, women's lifestyle, pop-culture, celebrity gossip writer.