Gina Kolbe

New York, NY USA
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Professional Experience

Yes, I am a metrics-driven content provider, arts journalist and PR pro with a specialties in art and culture (with an emphasis on Asian culture, museum exhibitions in general, and American art. I also have a ton of, magazine circulation direct marketing experience. I've worked with largest companies and emerging businesses. Years of art fairs, antiques shows, and promotions for arts and culture organizations allowed me to build a huge contact list -- all of which makes it possible to deliver engaging content for print, digital, SM and SEO. Recent PR placements from my copy include NPR, WINS Radio, NYTV-1, NY Times, Unique Homes, Discovery Channel's "Final Offer," Forbes.com, New York Post, Sing Tao Daily, NY1-TV, Artnet.com, Yahoo News, and dozens of blog sites. If you have a need, please give me a call. There's much to discuss.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
10 Years
Writer
13 Years
Promotions
18 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities
10 Years
Consumer Products
18 Years
Lifestyle
10 Years

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
10 Years
PR (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients
14 Years
Marketing (in-house) - Fortune 1000 corp. clients
18 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

11 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Gianguan Auctions (3-5), AsiaWeekGuide.com (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Conde-Nast (1-2), MATA Ancient & Tribal Arts (1-2), NYC Book & Ephemera Fair (1-2)

Other Work History

Sotheby's - Direct Marketing Director, Time, Inc. - direct response, Antiques Weeks Media, LLC - publisher/chief content provider.

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Pages

Equipment

Laptop, camera

References

Mary Ann Lum, Gianguan Auctions David Smith, The Arts & Antiques Weekly David Goldberg, Appraisal Group USA Joseph Manqueros, Blue World Web Harvey Gamm, RAW.com

Showcase

Press Release Placement Results

Birdstone Auction
(Dan Ripley's Antiques Helper: NY Times 6/7/2012)
This two-part auction took 8 months to place, from one press release. NY Times' Eve Kahn covered it prior to session two. To view the original press release, please contact me.
Arthur Laurents Estate
(Roland Auctions 5/31/2012)
To view my press release that generated this reporter interview and placement, please contact me.
HH Dorje Chang Buddha III Painting Breaks Record
(Gianguan Auctions NY 10/17/2015)
The sale of a painting by HH Dorje Chang Buddha III now has the record for being most expensive Chinese painting by dimension. Client's post sale report on this was widely reported. I circulated it internationally on PR Web.

Writing Samples

Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea
(Antiques and the Arts Weekly 9/11/2009)
Hired to write 2,000 word cover story on the first large-scale US exhibition of Vietnamese art and culture.
Asian Art Market Editorial Round Up
(Antiques & Arts Weekly 10/23/2015)
Now that the Chinese stock market is volatile, everyone is questioning its impact on the Chinese art market. An editor asked me to reach out to my contacts in the field to get their opinions. I submitted a list of contacts, drafted the questions, wrote the story.

Content

AsiaWeekGuide.com
(AsiaWeekGuide.com 10/25/2014)
As publisher and content provider for this events platform, I add content and premium content almost daily. Average length of posts is 300 - 500 words.