Experience

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  Jessie Cohen PR & Consulting

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Publicity & Marketing

    • Aug 2010 - Present
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Independent publicity and consulting dedicated to fine art, new media, culture and entertainment. Select clients listed below:

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  Supernatural

  • Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Head of PR & Communications

    • Aug 2019 - Present
    • Los Angeles, California, United States

    Launched in April 2020, by the tech startup Within, Supernatural is the world’s first fitness service in VR (virtual reality), putting users face-to-face with real coaches and immersing them in the world's most beautiful destinations as they exercise and move to the best major label music available today. All with a new workout released every single day. Named Fast Company's "Best App" for 2020 Innovation by Design, Supernatural is available now at www.GetSupernatural.com"If Peloton and Instagram Live exercise classes have you staring at the clock, Supernatural’s VR platform can help you burn fat in (seemingly) less time." - Wall Street Journal "In my mind I feel like Jet Li crossed with a Beyonce backup dancer...after using Supernatural for almost a month I feel good about how I look in the mirror" - CNET "I feel that I am both a warrior and an amazing rock god drum soloist.” -NYMag The Cut

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  SFFILM

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Press Agency; PR & Media Relations: SFFILM

    • Oct 2021 - Present
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Transforming the world through the creativity and inspiration of film.SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film exhibition, youth education, and artist development programs.What We DoFilm Exhibition — Public film programs year-round including the SFFILM Festival—the longest running film festival in the Americas, Doc Stories documentary series, star-studded special events, and family programming.Youth Education — Special screenings, workshops, camps, and learning opportunities for more than 13,000 Bay Area students and educators all designed by SFFILM Education to cultivate media literacy, global citizenship, and a lifelong love of movies.Artist Development — SFFILM Makers is the home of independent filmmaking in the Bay Area with direct artist grants, residencies, and tailored support for a next generation of films and filmmakers.

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  British Film Institute (BFI)

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Publicist: BFI's London Film Festival Expanded

    • Jun 2021 - Present
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    BFI London Film Festival is Britain's leading film event and one of the world's best film festivals. It introduces the finest new British and international films to an expanding London and UK-wide audience and attracts significant international film industry participation. LFF is a compelling combination of diverse films, red carpet glamour, friendly audiences and vibrant exchange. LFF provides an essential profiling opportunity for films seeking global success; promotes the careers of British and international filmmakers through its industry and awards programmes and positions London as the world’s leading creative city.

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  Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia

  • Publicist, Venice International Film Festival

    • Sep 2020 - Present

    Starting in 2016, the Venice International Film Festival was one of the first film festivals in the world to demonstrate interest in Virtual Reality.For the 2020 edition, Venice VR, the official Virtual Reality competition section of the Venice International Film Festival, will no longer be shown physically in Venice Lido on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio ( VR Island), but it will be available to enjoy entirely online, rebranded as Venice VR Expanded to reflect the shift to a 100% virtual exhibition, on a dedicated platform designed by VRrOOm, supported by HTC Viveport, Facebook’s Oculus and VRChat.

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  Bentonville Film Festival

  • Press Agency; PR & Media Relations: Bentonville Film Festival and Bentonville Film Foundation

    • Nov 2019 - Present

    Co-founded by Academy Award-winning actor Geena Davis, the Bentonville Film Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on promoting underrepresented voices of diverse storytellers. We want to amplify female, LGBTQ+, people of color, and people with disabilities in entertainment and media. We do this through research, education, and supporting the production and distribution of inclusive content.For more information visit: www.bentonvillefilm.org

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  WITHIN (VR/AR)

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Head of PR & Communications

    • Jul 2018 - Present
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Founded in 2014 with the goal of expanding the potential of immersive storytelling, Within creates, acquires, and distributes premium AR & VR experiences across web, mobile, console and headsets. With deep expertise in multi-media narrative, Within creates tools, formats and proprietary software to differentiate its original content and enable future immersive media creators. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Temasek, Emerson Collective, 21st Century Fox, Raine Ventures, WME, Live Nation, Vice Media, Tribeca Enterprises, Annapurna Pictures, and Legendary Pictures.www.with.in

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  United Nations

  • Publicist, UNVR

    • Aug 2016 - Present

    Publicist, United NationsUNVRwww.unvr.orgLead publicity for the groundbreaking virtual reality app, UNVR, by United Nations Creative Director, Gabo Arora.Virtual Reality. Real-world change. We use the power of immersive storytelling to create positive social change. We shed light on the lives of everyday people struggling to survive today's gravest humanitarian crisis. Because we believe that immersive storytelling leads to empathy — and empathy leads to action.

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  Alex Prager Studio

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Publicist, Alex Prager

    • Feb 2012 - Present
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Publicist, Alex Prager/ Alex Prager StudioLa Grande Sortie, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, NYC (Sept 7- October 23, 2016)http://www.alexprager.comPublicist, Alex Prager/ Alex Prager StudioLa Grande Sortie, Galerie des Galeries, 2015http://www.alexprager.comhttps://www.operadeparis.fr/en/3e-scene/la-grande-sortiePublicist, Alex Prager/ Alex Prager StudioFace In the Crowd, 2013http://www.alexprager.comPublicist, Alex Prager/ Alex Prager StudioCompulsion and La Petite Mort, 2012http://www.alexprager.com

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  Doug Aitken Workshop

  • Publicist, Doug Aitken Workshop

    • Dec 2015 - Present

    Publicist, Doug Aitken/ Doug Aitken WorkshopStation to Station; Digital iTunes release, 01/15/2016www.stationtostationfilm.comPublicist, Doug Aitken/ Doug Aitken WorkshopModern Soul; Nuit Blanche, Monoco http://www.dougaitkenworkshop.com/work/modern-soul/

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  Geffen Playhouse

  • Publicist, Geffen Playhouse

    • May 2016 - Present

    Publicist, Geffen PlayhouseIn & Of Itself; world premiere and speciality arts and culturehttp://www.geffenplayhouse.org/Written and performed by master storyteller and award-winning magician Derek DelGaudio, In & Of Itself is the most commercially successful production the Geffen Playhouse has had in the Audrey Skirball Kenis since the 2012 premier of Nothing To Hide, also by DelGaudio. The show is directed by four-time Emmy winner Frank Oz, featuring original music by Mark Mothersbaugh; produced by Glenn Kaino, and presented in association with Tom Werner.

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  Museum of Broken Relationships

  • Publicist, Museum of Broken Relationships, Los Angeles

    • Feb 2016 - Present

    Conceptualized in Croatia by an artist ex-couple, MoBR started in 2006 and became a permanent museum in Zagreb in 2010. It will open it’s second location in the heart of Los Angeles in May 2016. www.brokenships.la

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  Submarine Distribution

  • Publicist, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (film)

    • Mar 2016 - Present

    Publicist, Peggy Guggenheim: Art AddictDigital iTunes Releasehttp://www.peggyguggenheimfilm.com/Lisa Immordino Vreeland follows up her acclaimed debut "Diana Vreeland: The Eye has toTravel" with PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT. A colorful character who was not only ahead of her time but helped to define it, Peggy Guggenheim was an heiress to her family fortune who became a central figure in the modern art movement. As she moved through the cultural upheaval of the 20th century, she collected not only art, but artists. Her colorful personal history included such figures as Samuel Beckett, Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp as well as countless others. While fighting through personal tragedy, she maintained her vision to build one of the most important collections of modern art, now enshrined in her Venetian palazzo.

  • Publicist, Station-to-Station (film)

    • Jan 2016 - Present

    Publicist, Station-to-Station film Digital Release and iTuneswww.stationtostationfilm.com"Station to Station" is a feature length film made up of 62 one-minute films. With each changing minute the film explores creativity through a different artist, musician, place or perspective, ultimately revealing a larger sense of modern expression transcending the individual voices.

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  Sundance Institute

  • Greater Los Angeles Area

  • Publicist, Sundance Institute

    • Nov 2012 - 2020
    • Greater Los Angeles Area

    Publicist, Sundance InstituteNew Frontier 10 Year Anniversaryhttp://www.sundance.org/programs/new-frontier Publicist, Sundance Institute Virtual Reality: The New Frontier (Walker Art Center )http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2016/virtual-reality-new-frontierPublicist, Sundance Film Festival, New Frontier and Music2016 Sundance Film Festival (New Frontier 10 Year Anniversary)http://www.sundance.org/Publicist2015 Sundance NEXT Festwww.sundance.org/NEXTPublicist, Sundance Film Festival, New Frontier and Music2015 Sundance Film Festivalhttp://www.sundance.org/Publicist2014 Sundance NEXT Festwww.sundance.org/NEXTPublicist, Sundance Film Festival, New Frontier and Music2014 Sundance Film Festivalhttp://www.sundance.org/Publicist, Sundance Film Festival, NEXT <=> and New Frontier 2013 Sundance Film Festivalhttp://www.sundance.org/

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  Future of StoryTelling

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Publicist, FoST

    • Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
    • Greater New York City Area

    PublicistSensory Stories exhibition and FoST Films, 2015www.fost.orgThe Future of StoryTelling is an annual summit and community platform that draws leaders from the worlds of media, technology, and communications to explore how stories are changing in the digital age. In addition to the summit, FoST produces a daily blog, a weekly online speaker series, a monthly newsletter, quarterly influencer salons, international technology exhibitions and showcases, the FoST Prize for Innovation in Storytelling, and dozens of short films highlighting the big ideas shaping the storytelling landscape. For more information visit: www.futureofstorytelling.org

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  Reykjavik Fashion Festival

  • Reykjavik, Iceland

  • Publicist, Reykjavik Fashion Festival

    • Nov 2010 - Apr 2015
    • Reykjavik, Iceland

    Global PR outreach and management for one of fashion and design's top emerging creative markets.Festival Publicist, Foreign Press, 2011, 2014 and 2015www.rff.is

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  Modern Farmer Media

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Publicist, Modern Farmer Media

    • Feb 2013 - Jan 2015
    • Greater New York City Area

    Launched in 2013 and headquartered in Hudson, New York, Modern Farmer is a global multi-channel media brand devoted to the people, policy, issues, animals, plants and technology of contemporary farming and food. For more information visit http://www.modernfarmer.com

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  Sonos Studio (Launch Campaign)

  • Los Angeles

  • Publicist

    • May 2012 - Sep 2012
    • Los Angeles

    Lead publicist for initial 3 programming cycles at the Sonos Studio | Launch & Special Event publicity for film-screenings (Frequencies, Big Easy Express, Alekesam) concerts (Booker T. Jones, Questlove, Bleached) listening parties (Mike Shinoda w/ Rick Rubin and Jason Bentley, Jimmy Cliff, Paul Banks of Interpol) work-shops and art exhibitions (Marijke Koger-Dunham, Luke Fischbeck, Luke Rothschild and Bennett Barbakow) | Studio VIP visits and seeding | Comprehensive reporting and PR planning

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  WeSC

  • PR Director

    • Sep 2006 - Aug 2010

    Communicated directly with European headquarters, external press agencies, vendors and CEO to define strategy, develop and execute internal and external Public Relations and Marketing plans in relationship to the global identity and creative platforms of WeSC and its ambassadors.

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  Deep Distribution: WeSC (Stockholm, SE.) Nikita Clothing (Iceland)

  • Marketing and Public Relations Manager

    • 2002 - 2006

    Managed press and marketing efforts on behalf of Deep Distribution and brands represented: WeSC, Nikita Clothing, Beck(y) City, Dropstitch.