Susan Weinstein

New York City, NY USA
20 Years Experience

Professional Experience

CONTENT PROVIDER, Public Relations/social media marketing, for books, arts, social/political issues, events. Publicist, writer, blogger. I work with publishers, from university presses to major houses on non-fiction, and for organizations on issues, often controversial.. For individuals, I offer specific publicity, such as press kits, pitching, solicitations of media, blog tours, writing blogs/OpEds, scripts, interviews, web site copy. My book review blog (syndicated) is www.notanotherbookreview.blogspot.com. Work has appeared in Huff Post, WSJ Intl, Wash Post, Forbes.com. I gearing content for multiple platforms, FB, Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr, Instagram. Google +, etc. I have succeeded in creating interest in brands, driven traffic to sites, sold books and provoked thought. Proposal, references, samples on request

Expertise

Promotions 20 YearsCoordinator 15 YearsWriter 20 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities 20 YearsEnvironment & Nature 16 YearsScience 10 Years

Industries

PR (in-house) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients 17 YearsOnline/new media 20 YearsBook publishing - all 20 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Lake Forest College Press (1-2)
  • Dartmouth Health Policy Institute (1-2)
  • Albanian Civic League & Foundation (1-2)
  • Univ. Press of Notre Dame

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • AAUP (Assoc. of Presses) (10+)
  • Columbia University Press (6-10)
  • Oxford University Press (6-10)
  • Disney WorldWide Hyperion (3-5)
  • Harper Collins Publishers (3-5)

Awards

I received a scholarship to the Iowa Writers Lab to write plays, Painting selected for Curate NYC 2013 competition, Play selected by Samuel French produced Off-Broadway

Associations

pr organizations, member of The Dramatists Guild, Inc.

Other Work History

Warner Publisher Services, department writer/pr and Publicist for Warner books. Publicity Director Lawrence Hill, Soho Press, interim Director Harper Collins and Disney.

Technical Skills

Writing press materials, Opeds, scripts, web copy, all forms of content. Illustration.

Foreign Language Skills

English

Computer Skills

Word, Windows, Final Draft, Excell

Equipment

laptop, PC, iphone

References

Dartmouth, Shirley Cloyes, Paxton Quigley, James Farwell

General

Health Care Industry
Review of Huston's biography Vol 1.
A different perspective
Book review
A Q&A interview for a book, STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL MARKET.