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 Years
- Coordinator 15 Years
- Writer 20 Years
Specialty
- Arts & Humanities 20 Years
- Environment & Nature 16 Years
- Science 10 Years
Industries
- PR (in-house) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients 17 Years
- Online/new media 20 Years
- Book 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(# projects)
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)
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
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.
General
review
(Economist 10/3/2015)
A Q&A interview for a book, STRATEGY FOR THE GLOBAL MARKET.
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
(Maglomaniac)
Health Care Industry
Is Angelica Huston Channeling Colette?
(notanotherbookreview.blogspot.com)
Review of Huston's biography Vol 1.
The Making of ADD/ADHD
(Maglomaniac)
A different perspective
Maira Kalman's My Favorite Things
(notanotherbookreview.blogspot.com)
Book review