Experience

high10 media
• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Account Director

  • May 2022 - Present


Vecey Strategies, LLC

• Freelance Writer

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  My work has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, Longreads, Salon, Slate, Bustle, Medium, LitHub, Huffington Post, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn to name a few. I also teach at the Decatur Writers Studio in Decatur, GA. My work has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, Longreads, Salon, Slate, Bustle, Medium, LitHub, Huffington Post, and Vol. 1 Brooklyn to name a few. I also teach at the Decatur Writers Studio in Decatur, GA.



Emory University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Communications and Marketing

  • Aug 2017 - Sep 2021

  • Led communications and marketing strategy for Emory University, a nationally top-ranked private university and the leading health care system in the fastest growing market in the southeast. • Led communications and marketing strategy for Emory University, a nationally top-ranked private university and the leading health care system in the fastest growing market in the southeast.



HarperCollins Publishers

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Publicity; Harper & Harper Wave Books

  • Nov 2015 - Jun 2017

  • Led the publicity department for Harper Wave Books, a broad-based non-fiction imprint that publishes approximately 24 books a year across categories including health & wellness, lifestyle, inspirational, and literary works from leading writers, journalists, doctors, scientists, innovators, and practitioners in their fields with 13 books that have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.

• Director of Publicity; Harper360

  • Sep 2012 - Nov 2015

  Worked to provide editorial and publicity input and guidance when selecting titles from HC UK, HS AUS, HC Canada, and HC India for acquisition for the U.S. market for HarperCollins 360, a global publishing platform launched in September 2012.



Penguin Publishing Group

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Publicity Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Sep 2012

  Implemented media campaigns for top-level books at G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group USA that has led the publishing industry with more hardcover New York Times bestsellers than any other imprint for more than two decades. Clients included Senator Harry Reid, Secretary James A. Baker III, Goldie Hawn, Lorraine Bracco, Tyler Perry, Ken Follett, Daniel Silva, Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton, Khaled Hosseini, Nick Hornby, and Sarah Vowell.

• Publicist

  • 2007 - 2010

  Representing G.P. Putnam's Sons and Riverhead Books. Worked with bestselling authors such as Khaled Hosseini, Walter Mosley, Nick Hornby, Sarah Vowell, Sue Grafton, Daniel Silva, and Clive Cussler.

• Associate Publicist

  • 2006 - 2007

  Representing G.P. Putnam's Sons and Riverhead Books. Worked with authors such as Khaled Hosseini, Walter Mosley, Nick Hornby, Sarah Vowell, Sue Grafton, Daniel Silva, and Clive Cussler.


Pearson Education
• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Development Editor

  • 2004 - 2006

Perseus Books Group
• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Publicity Intern, Da Capo Press

  • 2003 - 2004