Meghan Rowe Phillips

214 Riverside Drive, #114 • New York, New York 10025 212-932-0688 • [email protected]

Meghan Phillips has over 15 years of public relations and communications experience, including staff positions in the publicity departments at Rodale and Workman Publishing. She has handled publicity efforts for a wide range of books in many genres, including New York Times best-sellers The Abs Diet franchise by David Zinczenko, The Yogi Book by Yogi Berra, and many other notable titles. Meghan launched her own public relations agency in May 2007, and her clients have included Harry N. Abrams, Fair Winds Press, Newmarket Press, Other Criteria, Play Bac Publishing, Quirk Books, STC Craft, Sterling Publishing, and The Written Word Autographs.

She specializes in crafting publicity outreach in the areas of art; home décor and architecture; cooking; health and fitness; crafts; parenting and children; graphic novels; gardening; humor; and sports.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Publicist May 2007-present Highlights include (campaigns for Harry N. Abrams, Inc.):

• Wacky Packages The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, Associated The Topps Company, Inc. Press, USA Today “Pop Candy” blog, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, CNN.com, NPR’s “The Bryant Park Project”

• Tony Duquette The New York Times, InStyle, Vanity Fair, Elle, Town & Country, Wendy Goodman and House & Garden, Elle Décor, Departures, Domino, Los Angeles Times, Hutton Wilkinson Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle

• Poolside with Slim Aarons The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Town & William Norwich Country, New York Daily News, Black Book

Rodale, Inc., New York, NY—Assistant Director of Publicity April 2004-May 2007 • Developed and executed publicity campaigns for non-fiction titles in categories including self-help, health, cooking, memoirs, politics, sports and business • Secured strong national and local print, broadcast and online media coverage • Wrote press materials and coordinated pitches to targeted media for reviews, features and interviews • Managed budgets for each title • Worked closely with authors, agents, editors and members of marketing and sales departments

Highlights include:

• Peace, Love and Barbecue “Live with Regis and Kelly,” “,” The New York Times, Mike Mills and Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Associated Press feature, Associated Press Amy Mills Tunnicliffe review, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Boston Globe

• Hooked “Today,” “,” “Leonard Lopate,” Parade, The Bruce Knecht New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men’s Journal, Sierra

• Fast Food Fix “Good Morning America,” “The View,” “Fox and Friends,” USA Today, Devin Alexander Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Newsday

• Morgan Freeman and Friends “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Today,” “The View,” “Rachael Ray,” Parade, Wendy Wilkinson and USA Today feature, USA Today review, Washington Post, New York Donna Lee Daily News, New York Post

Gruner + Jahr USA, New York, NY—Senior Publicist March 2003-March 2004 • Directed consumer public relations for Family Circle and Parents magazines • Wrote press materials for select articles in each issue • Secured print and electronic media coverage of magazine content and interviews with editors • Media-trained editors for interviews • Developed strong national print and electronic media contacts

Highlights include:

• Booked multiple national television segments for Family Circle and Parents editors on “Today,” “Good Morning America,” “The Early Show,” CNN and other national television outlets • Secured one-year contract for monthly segment, “In the Family Circle,” on “The Early Show” for Family Circle

Meghan Rowe Phillips PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, continued:

Workman Publishing, New York, NY—Senior Publicity Manager April 1996-March 2003 • Developed and implemented extensive publicity campaigns with emphasis on multi-city tours • Secured off-the-book-page print coverage for a variety of titles including health, sports, gardening, humor and children’s books • Planned publication parties and author events • Supervised publicity assistant

Highlights include:

• The Yogi Book Parade cover feature, The New York Times, “Today,” “Larry King Yogi Berra Weekend,” “Charlie Rose,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Imus in the Morning,” “,” 5-city media tour

• Keep Your Brain Alive Parade, Family Circle, Self, Associated Press, Better Homes and Lawrence Katz Gardens, Boston Globe Magazine, Chicago Tribune, “Today,” CBS- TV’s “This Morning,” 15-city media tour

• 8 Simple Rules for Dating People, Time, Chicago Tribune, Rocky Mountain News, CNN, “The My Teenage Daughter Early Show,” “The Other Half,” book developed into ABC-TV sitcom, Bruce Cameron 25-city media tour

HarperCollins Children’s Books, New York, NY—Publicist March 1992-April 1996 • Planned and conducted author tours • Wrote press materials • Co-wrote and edited newsletter circulated to sales representatives and booksellers • Pitched books and authors to print and electronic media for reviews and interviews • Coordinated reviewer mailings

EDUCATION

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania • B.A., English Literature/International Relations • Graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa