
Film Publicist and Social Media Strategist at Donna Daniels Public Relations, LLC
Greater New York City Area

Film Publicist and Social Media Strategist at Donna Daniels Public Relations, LLC
Greater New York City Area
New media and traditional media executive with comprehensive experience in website creation, archival research and rights and clearances, radio and television production, writing and editing, audience development and niche marketing, talent relations and publicity.
Columnist for the Huffington Post (subjects: television, film, music, books and pop culture) and Writer/Editor and Blogger for my own blog, Snoop* Du Jour.
Publicity, Promotions and Marketing; Audience Growth Development and Social Media Strategies; Archival & Content Research and Rights Clearances; Writing/Editing/Producing for Web, Print, Radio, TV; Talent and Media Relations; Live Event Production.
(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Manage publicity campaigns for independent features and documentary films - both theatrical releases and television broadcasts.
Film Campaigns:
- "Boy Interrupted" produced and directed by Dana Perry, broadcast on HBO August 2009
- "Earth Days" produced and directed by Robert Stone, theatrical release August 2009
- "The Yes Men Fix the World" produced and directed by Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, theatrical release October 2009
(Media Production industry)
December 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Provide archival research and rights clearance services for film, television, and print projects; write and edit content; create blogs, newsletter campaigns, facebook pages; produce and update websites, hire and manage technical and design vendors for web.
Partial Project List:
- "Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB" documentary about the legendary New York club - archival research and rights clearances
- "Barack Obama: People's President / The Campaign That Changed History" produced and directed by Danny Schechter for Videovision Entertainment - archival research and rights clearances
- “Cash: The Documentary” PBS documentary about Johnny Cash – archival research and rights clearances
- “Bridge to Nowhere” music video by Harry Shearer – archival research and rights clearances
- McDougal Littel - talent clearances for actors in feature film clips utilized in educational DVD component for Grades 6-12 textbooks
- "Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills” documentary by Cecile Leroy Beaulieu/Person Films aired on Sundance Channel - archival research and rights clearances
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
October 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 1 month)
Wrote and edited website content; manipulated images; interacted directly with site partners.
(Online Media industry)
October 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Part of team that created and launched digital entertainment studio My Damn Channel, a new media platform created to empower artists to co-produce, distribute and monetize original, episodic video content.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2006 — April 2007 (9 months)
Created and expanded online businesses in website services company. Brought in clients, oversaw website production, hired designers, wrote and edited web copy.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
November 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 4 months)
Business Development; Marketing; Acquisitions; Outreach; Web Producer; Manager of Film and Photo Research for outside productions.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
November 2005 — May 2006 (7 months)
Content and photo research for two titles published in Fall 2006: Bruce Springsteen On Tour by Dave Marsh (Bloomsbury Publishing) and Greetings From E Street by Robert Santelli (Chronicle Books).
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years )
Co-produced weekly 2-hour rock music radio program (“Little Steven's Underground Garage”) for broadcast in U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia. Identified new music, developed and researched content themes, wrote scripts, arranged program ID’s and promos. Artist and record company liaison. Supervised production staff.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years )
Career Archivist and Liaison for Steven Van Zandt. Managed schedule, travel; licensing and music publishing clearances. Duties included two international rock tours by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, 1999-2000 and 2002-2003. Coordinated backstage VIP events. Live Event producer for a series of 16 concerts at the Village Underground nightclub in New York during 2001.
(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)
1999 — 2005 (6 years )
Created, developed, and produced high profile website for Little Steven Van Zandt. Established and maintained active online community.
(Music industry)
August 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Handled all ticketing and credentials for guests of Little Steven Van Zandt in the United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand on Bruce Springsteen's world tour with The E Street Band 2002-2003. Managed Little Steven's Underground Garage meet and greets.
(Music industry)
March 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 5 months)
Handled all ticketing, meet and greets, and credentials for guests of Little Steven Van Zandt in the United States and Europe on Bruce Springsteen's world tour with The E Street Band 1999-2000.
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
1989 — 1999 (10 years )
Partial List:
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame + Museum–Manager of Archival Research
- Experience Music Project–Archival Research
- VH1 “Legends”-Archival Research for profiles of John Lennon & Bruce Springsteen
- The American Experience “Chicago ‘68”–Archival Research
- HBO “The McCourts of New York”–Archival Research
- CBS News Productions–Archival Coordinator
- Sound Republic (MTV/Planet Hollywood)–Manager of Acquisitions, Rights & Clearances
- Discovery Channel “Cronkite Remembers”–Archival Research & Clearances for 8-part series
- VH1 “The Seventies”–Archival research for 5-part series
- WGBH/BBC “Rock & Roll”–Archival Research for 10-part series
- Channel 4/A&E “The Atlantic Records Story”–Archival Research & Clearances
- American Masters “John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen”–Production Coordinator, Photo Researcher for biographical film (winner of Peabody Award and CINE Golden Eagle)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
March 1992 — May 1992 (3 months)
Lobbied U.S. public television stations in order to set up broadcast distribution of “Behind Censorship: The Assault on Civil Liberties” seven-hour series produced by Paper Tiger.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
June 1991 — August 1991 (3 months)
Implemented various audience outreach strategies and set up community-based screenings of independent films for the summer 1991 season of P.O.V.
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1990 — 1991 (1 year )
Supported Executive Producer Susan Lacy and two in-house producers at award-winning series American Masters. Assessed new projects, managed office.
(Broadcast Media industry)
1989 — 1989 (less than a year)
Assistant to Executive Producer Danny Schechter at "South Africa Now," a weekly newsmagazine about South Africa and the region which aired on U.S. public television.
B. Ph. , Communications
film, pop culture, music, new media, networking, rock & roll, writing, editing, blogging, researching, travel, svaroopa yoga
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