Providence Cicero

Current

• Freelance restaurant critic & food writer at The Seattle Times
• Writer at selfemployed (Self-employed)

Past

• Food Editor at Seattle Magazine
• Director, Corporate Communications at Simon & Schuster
• VP, Contracts & Licensing at The Scribner Book Companies

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Education

• Chatham College

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Providence Cicero’s Summary

Communications professional combines a background in public relations and book publishing with recent experience as writer/editor for newspapers, magazines and websites. Food, wine and travel of special interest.

Providence Cicero’s Experience

• Freelance restaurant critic & food writer

  The Seattle Times

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  2000 — Present (9 years )

• Writer

  selfemployed (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)

  September 1992 — Present (17 years 3 months)

  I am a writer and editor with a special interest in food, wine and travel. My work has appeared in local and national media, including Food & Wine, Gourmet Magazine and Epicurious.com. I have been an editor of the Zagat Survey of Seattle restaurants and served as food editor for Seattle Magazine for 5 years. I am currently a restaurant critic for The Seattle Times.

• Food Editor

  Seattle Magazine

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1994 — 1999 (5 years )

• Director, Corporate Communications

  Simon & Schuster

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  1984 — 1989 (5 years )

  Brand identity, public affairs, public reations, employee communcations, speechwriting, corporate presentations.

• VP, Contracts & Licensing

  The Scribner Book Companies

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 1974 — April 1984 (9 years 8 months)

  Began as an assistant in the Contracts Dept and moved up to head of the department. Responsible for negotiating contracts with authors/agents, sales of subsidiary rights and permissions.

Providence Cicero’s Education

• Chatham College

  B.A. , English, creative writing , 1971 — 1974

  Interned at University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972-74; attended The Radcliffe Publishing Course, Summer 1974.

Additional Information

Providence Cicero’s Groups:

James Beard Foundation

•    Seattle Media People

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