Kindall Gant
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Hachette Book Group
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United States
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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Publicist
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Jan 2023 - Present
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Phaidon
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United Kingdom
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Publicity Coordinator
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Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Creatively pitched press for books, authors, and brand coverage. Provided administrative support to the Publicity Manager and oversaw and reviewed intern tasks. Maintained publicity clips, and uploaded press quotes to feed out to Amazon and phaidon.com. Managed book mailings in New York office. Wrote press releases and drafted other campaign materials in InDesign. Coordinated with the UK team to draft a bi-monthly Global Publicity Report. Built and maintained media lists in Muck Rack. Managed the awards program and tracked submissions. Assisted with research projects and social media platforms. Prepped and staffed author events. Led campaigns for: The Only Woman, 1000 Design Classics, Revolution: The History of Turntable Design, Lucian Freud, Living in the Forest, The Fashion Book, The Bread Book, What a Shell Can Tell, Full of Life: Exploring Earth’s Biodiversity, etc. Show less
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Oxford University Press
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United Kingdom
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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Publishing Assistant
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Jul 2021 - Mar 2022
Assisted in the management of existing journals through administrative and research support. Prepared the regular publishing update reports covering a wide range of performance measures. Provided regular data reports and analytics to support and develop Journal strategies. Organized meetings, attending and taking minutes as appropriate, undertaking catering, travel, and room booking arrangements, and the paying of expenses. Ensured journal home pages were up to date. Maintained relevant and appropriate gratis subscriptions across a list of titles. Assisted in the acquisition process with the preparation of proposals. Worked with other Journals departments to accomplish tasks and enhance communications between NY, Cary, and Oxford, UK. In addition, I worked on special projects as needed. Show less
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Poets & Writers, Inc.
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Advertising Assistant
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Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
Provided customer service, processed orders, and contacted classified advertising prospects. I coordinated with the proofreader and executed edits. I flowed and formatted classified ads into InDesign during print production of the magazine. In addition to this, I formatted, styled, and posted online classified ads. I regularly contacted prospects for online job listings, and administered job listings on pw.org and in the e-newsletter. I generated and sent classified advertising invoices, and performed general accounts receivable tasks. Show less
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Artbook | D.A.P.
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United States
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
Assisted on campaigns for: Africobra: Messages to the People, Kara Walker's A Black Hole Is Everything a Star Longs to Be, Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories, An Illustrated Catalog of Fruits and Nuts, The Tarot of Leonora Carrington, Barbara Kruger's Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You, Common Practice: Basketball & Contemporary Art, The Soul of a Nation Reader, etc.
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Sep 2019 - Jul 2020
Cultivated reports on the press activity for all distributed titles. This included organizing and updating information for a variety of media contacts, tracking interest, confirmed reviews, and logging published features into our database on Airtable. In addition to this, I designed press releases on Mailchimp for upcoming publications and events, built pitch lists for full publicity titles, excerpted review quotes, uploaded quotes to Acumen to feed out to artbook.com and Amazon, and assisted with warehouse orders/in-office mailings. Show less
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Brooklyn Book Festival
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United States
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Special Events and Communications Intern
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Jul 2020 - Oct 2020
Assisted the Festival’s co-producers with varied tasks including communicating with authors, agents, and publicists, writing and editing program descriptions, creating marketing materials, assisting with social media, updating content on brooklynbookfestival.org, researching authors and books, as well as providing basic administrative support. Assisted the Festival’s co-producers with varied tasks including communicating with authors, agents, and publicists, writing and editing program descriptions, creating marketing materials, assisting with social media, updating content on brooklynbookfestival.org, researching authors and books, as well as providing basic administrative support.
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Hearst Magazines
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United States
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Media Production
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700 & Above Employee
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Books Intern, O, The Oprah Magazine
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Jan 2019 - May 2019
By reading and reviewing galleys, and attending pitch meetings, I worked with the Books Editors to mold the Reading Room spread. During my term, I received my first byline writing book reviews. Separate from editorial work, I coordinated with organizations that accepted book donations, organized books for the seasonal sale, and performed administrative tasks such as mailing, filing, and logging forthcoming books into our database. By reading and reviewing galleys, and attending pitch meetings, I worked with the Books Editors to mold the Reading Room spread. During my term, I received my first byline writing book reviews. Separate from editorial work, I coordinated with organizations that accepted book donations, organized books for the seasonal sale, and performed administrative tasks such as mailing, filing, and logging forthcoming books into our database.
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Sarah Lawrence College
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United States
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Higher Education
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400 - 500 Employee
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Event/Office Assistant, College Events
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Jan 2018 - May 2019
Performed traditional office tasks such as answering phone calls, printing, filing, copying, and scanning documents, along with tasks such as creating guest lists, inputting food orders, designing table tents and signage for events, setting up necessary materials and furniture, and coordinating with caterers, the audio visual department, and other services. Performed traditional office tasks such as answering phone calls, printing, filing, copying, and scanning documents, along with tasks such as creating guest lists, inputting food orders, designing table tents and signage for events, setting up necessary materials and furniture, and coordinating with caterers, the audio visual department, and other services.
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Education
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The New School
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Poetry -
Sarah Lawrence College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Creative Arts, Social Sciences, and History -
Lusher Charter School
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