TESTIMONIALS
Roger Martin
Former Dean, Rotman School of Management, Thinkers50 #1 management thinker in the world, and author of 13 books, including When More Is Not Better and A New Way To Think
“Jessica has led the publicity effort on my past two books, and it has been a terrific experience. If you are looking for someone who is thorough but not mechanical, aggressive but not pushy, creative but not flighty, thoughtful but not opinionated, experienced but not jaded, fun but not frivolous, you will enjoy working with Jessica. I used a leading New York City book publicist for my first half-dozen books. It was fine but lacked the true feeling of partnership, of being a great team. So, I experimented with a new firm – and I am so happy that I did. I made a great friend and have a true professional that I would be delighted to work with any time.”
Kathryn Judge
Professor of Law, Columbia University and author, Direct
“Jessica did an outstanding job helping me launch my first book, DIRECT. She was well organized, diligent and always ready to provide helpful feedback on pitches and drafts. As a first-time author, I didn't know what to expect. Jessica helped me keep calm and focused at each step along the way, yielding amazing results by the end of our time working together. Jessica helped me figure out how to make the most of the connections I had and helped create a host of new ones. Whenever one door closed, she found a way to open another. I cannot recommend her highly enough.”
Phil Buchanan
President, The Center for Effective Philanthropy and author, Giving Done Right
“It is difficult to overstate my appreciation for Jessica. She is that rare person who is brilliant both at the big picture and at execution of all the crucial details. It is because of her that my book got the attention it did across a wide range of media. She deeply understood my book and its messages as well as my goals and priorities and prepared a pitch strategy document that blew me away. She then executed against it brilliantly, securing interviews for me with media from The New York Times to Fast Company to Bloomberg Radio to Vox and more. All along the way, she was a great colleague: responsive; friendly; direct; and honest. She worked in close collaboration with my colleagues at the Center for Effective Philanthropy and with the staff of PublicAffairs, my publisher. Among all her other talents and relationships with media, Jessica is also an excellent writer and editor - helping me to formulate and strengthen more than a half dozen op-eds related to the messages in the book. Working with Jessica was a truly excellent experience and I am grateful to her.”
Patty McCord
Former Chief Talent Officer, Netflix and author, Powerful
“As a first time author, I didn't know what to expect for the launch of my book. But Jessica awed me with her knowledge, influence, savvy and great organization. The book launch, the media schedule, and the follow-up were impeccable. I absolutely loved working with her and I am sure that my book was more successful because she was on my team.”
Bruce Daisley
Former Vice President, Twitter and author, Eat Sleep Work Repeat
“Jessica worked on the launch of my book, Eat Sleep Work Repeat, which came out with Harper One. Through attentive and resourceful work, Jessica managed to achieve some knockout promotion (including a page in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, and much more). I'm immensely grateful for Jessica's hard work on my behalf.”
Orly Lobel
Professor of Law, The University of San Diego and author, Talent Wants To Be Free
“A new book needs champions. Jessica is top notch in understanding the underlying message of serious contemporary books, finding connections to current public debates, and spreading the word in a sophisticated yet accessible way. The connections and platform we built are long-lasting and strong.”
Ranjay Gulati
Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School and author, Deep Purpose
“I was lucky to work with Jessica on my book, Deep Purpose. She came highly recommended and so I had high expectations going into our work together. And she far exceeded all my expectations. Not only had she done a deep dive into my book, but was proactive in helping me place excerpts and op-eds in outlets like Fortune and Fast Company, and arranged interviews in a variety of high-profile media, including The New York Times, Marketplace Radio, Bloomberg TV, and more. She not only has deep knowledge of how to get media attention for important books, but she genuinely cares and wants to make sure that you as an author get your message out there. And to top it off, she made my tasks as painless as possible. To have her as a partner in launching my book was a huge blessing.”
Daisy Dowling
Executive coach, Harvard Business Review columnist, and author of Workparent
“Jessica did an excellent job getting attention for my book, Workparent. She took the time to deeply understand my goals, the ideas in my book and how they connected to the current conversation around working parenthood. She developed a thoughtful media strategy and her persistent pitching resulted in an impressive array of high-profile media coverage, including a featured Q&A in The New York Times. If you want a publicist who is experienced, talented, and cares about helping you succeed, I highly recommend her.”
Robert E. Siegel
Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, venture investor, and author, The Brains and Brawn Company
“I had the pleasure of working with Jessica when I published my first book, The Brains and Brawn Company. Jessica was the person on point for my PR and she did an outstanding job. Not only did the book get broad coverage, but she was so easy to work with. I always enjoyed our meetings and felt like I was in good hands with her as I launched the book. She is a real treasure and I would absolutely work with her again if given a chance.”
Denise Lee Yohn
Brand leadership expert and author, What Great Brands Do and Fusion
“Thanks to Jessica, the launch of my book was a resounding success! We met all my key goals, including placement in national broadcast and print media. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and provided valuable counsel throughout the process.”
Kevin Cashman
Global Co-Leader, CEO & Enterprise Leader Development, Korn Ferry and author, The Pause Principle and Leadership From The Inside Out
"Jessica is a dream PR partner. Her collaborative, intelligent, creative and proactive approach is as good as it gets! I have used PR for 30+ years, and Jessica is the best!"
Angie Morgan Witowski
Founding Partner, Lead Star and co-author, Spark
“Jessica’s passion for excellence and ability to synthesize and put into action our thoughts and ideas contributed to Spark becoming a New York Times bestseller. Jessica is extremely organized, easy to work with and persistent at helping her clients achieve their goals!”
Russ Roberts
President, Shalem College, research fellow, Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, host of the award-winning podcast EconTalk, and author, Wild Problems
“Jessica did a superb job getting attention and PR for my book. And it was a delight to work with her.”
David Benjamin
Co-author, Cracking Complexity
“Jessica worked with me and my co-author on the launch of our book Cracking Complexity - from well before publication, through launch, and for a few years after. She was fantastic throughout. She very quickly became comfortable with the fairly cerebral material we speak and write about - in fact, I'd say her quick grasp of the concepts and stories we share was amazing. As we worked with her over time, she helped us secure articles in many impressive publications (including The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and Fast Company), appearances on leading radio shows and podcasts (including Bloomberg Radio), interviews with top thought leaders (Roger Martin, Safi Bahcall, Rosabeth Moss Kanter), and more. Jessica is wonderful and I couldn't recommend her more highly.”
Jean-Louis Barsoux
Professor, IMD and co-author, Alien Thinking
“Jessica worked on our book ALIEN Thinking: How to Bring Your Breakthrough Ideas to Life (co-authored with Cyril Bouquet and Mike Wade). She was instrumental in helping us publish articles in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review as well as Fast Company and Wired – and being invited to numerous podcasts. Jessica was very proactive in suggesting media angles and providing a clear plan of what we could place where. She also took the lead in many of our joint meetings with the publisher and really helped us maintain momentum after publication. She was a pleasure to work with and I would happily recommend her to academic colleagues.”
Douglas McCormick
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, HCI Equity and author, Family Inc.
“Jessica is an exceptional media relations adviser and thought partner. While serving as the lead for my book, Family Inc., she artfully advised on all aspects of book promotion to include channel strategy, book and content positioning, promotions, event planning, social media and branding strategy. Would recommend her for any media relations assignment without qualification.”