Jessica Pellien, owner
Formerly director of marketing and communications at the MIT Press, associate director of publicity and ePublicity manager at Princeton University Press, and director of publicity at Fortier Public Relations, I have worked with many of the world’s leading thinkers, scientists, business leaders, and economists, including Cass Sunstein, Vaclav Smil, William G. Bowen, Kevin Bethune, Lee McIntyre, Patricia Churchland, Meredith Broussard, Ruchika Tulshyan, Ainissa Ramirez, Kat Holmes, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Andrew Gelman, Philip Tetlock, John Sides, Lynn Vavreck, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, Olivier Blanchard, Bryan Caplan, Henry Farrell, and Abraham Newman.
My portfolio includes the successful launch of conversation-starting campaigns, such as Deanna Mulligan's Wall Street Journal best-seller Hire Purpose, Bill Weir’s Life as We Know It (Can Be), Eliza VanCort's A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space, April Rinne's Flux, Eric Cline's 1177 B.C., Bill Helmreich’s The New York Nobody Knows, Andrei Codrescu's Post-Human Dada Guide, Adrienne Mayor's The Amazons, Ai Weiwei's Weiwei-isms, Bee Wilson's Swindled, Leah Plunkett's Sharenthood, Karine Jean-Pierre's Moving Forward, Maria Eriksson et al.'s Spotify Teardown, and the New York Times best-seller paperback Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game.
I have also collaborated with industry and thought leaders, including Scott Doorley and Carissa Carter of Stanford’s d.school; Rob Chesnut, Chief Ethics Officer and Corporate Counsel for Airbnb; MIT Professor Sinan Aral, co-leader of MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy and author of The Hype Machine; data scientist Howard Steven Friedman and Akshay Swaminathan, authors of Winning with Data Science, and Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer, coauthors of Harvard Business Review's Family Business Handbook.
My professional background also includes roles as Marketing and Sales Director at Georgetown University Press and Associate Director of Marketing and Sales at Rutgers University Press.
I hold a B.A. in English from Rutgers University and live and work in Lower Bucks County, PA.
Kailey Tse-Harlow, marketing manager
Kailey Tse-Harlow, a former Digital Marketing Associate at MIT Press, has six years of experience in marketing and communications. She has worked in publicity, digital marketing, advertising, and social media. While at the Press, she specialized in professional and academic books and collaborated with authors such as Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Lev Manovich, Gascia Ouzounian, and Lik Sam Chan. At Pellien Public Relations, Kailey leads event and podcast pitching, social media, and other related tasks.
Outside of work, Kailey is a writer from Boston's Chinatown and holds a Bachelor's degree in Film and TV Production from Emerson College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University. Her nonfiction writing has been featured in MIT News, and she is currently working on her debut novel with support from Tin House. She resides in Cambridge, MA, with her partner and two cats. To learn more, visit https://www.kaileytseharlow.com
Angelo Petrozzino, senior marketing associate
Angelo Petrozzino is a multidisciplinary creative specializing in PR, marketing, and design with a strong emphasis on social media strategy, content creation, and web development. Based in Porto, Portugal, and originally from just outside Boston, Massachusetts, Angelo holds a degree in Film/TV Production from Emerson College and brings over eight years of experience to his craft.
Through his freelance work, Angelo works with clients across industries to develop cohesive brand identities through social media analysis, web design, motion graphics, and content strategy. He's collaborated with organizations like Medbury, Quantopian, and Pellien PR—planning social media calendars, designing visually engaging graphics, analyzing audience engagement, and creating user-friendly websites via platforms like Squarespace and Wix.
When he’s not behind the screen, Angelo enjoys traveling across Portugal and discovering new places with his dog by his side.
Trish Banfitch, publicity associate
Patricia Banfitch is a former publicity intern at Wunderkind PR with a year of experience in book publishing. She has worked in local media pitching as well as social media marketing and pitching for fiction, nonfiction, and children's books, working with authors like Tovah Klein and Rea Frey. Her focus is pitching regional and national media.
She holds a Bachelor's degree in English/Creative Writing from Monmouth University and is based out of the Jersey Shore. When she is not writing or reading, she enjoys running, yoga, film, and planning her next travel adventure.
Marina Goldman, publicity associate
Marina Goldman is a marketing maverick with multiple years of experience in the non-profit, publishing, and clean energy industries. She graduated from the Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst a Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society member with a Bachelor of Arts in English, multiple letters of specialization, and Multidisciplinary Honors with the completion of her honors thesis "Check, Please?", a satirical reimagination of The Last Supper in the form of a play. Her focus is event and podcast outreach, connecting authors, venues, and show hosts from around the country and around the world.
Outside of work, she is walking her dog, attending drag shows, scavenging vintage thrifts and other eclectic shopping locales, and brainstorming her next short story. Connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-goldman/ and explore her portfolio website of marketing and writing projects at https://marinagoldmanportfolio4.wordpress.com/
25 years of books
Over the course of my publishing career, I’ve had the good fortune to work with an amazing number of authors and books. Here is a selection of particularly memorable campaigns.
Media hits include
CBS Sunday Morning
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Boston Globe
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Rolling Stone
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Los Angeles Times
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BBC
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Bloomberg
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The New York Times
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The New Yorker
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The Washington Post
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The Atlantic
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New York Magazine
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Chronicle of Higher Education
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Fast Company
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Marketplace
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New York Review of Books
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People
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Harvard Business Review
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Forbes
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Fortune
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Inside Higher Ed
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Vox
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Wired
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Science
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Natural History
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American Scientist
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National Geographic
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WBUR On Point
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Science Friday
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CBS Sunday Morning • Boston Globe • Rolling Stone • Los Angeles Times • BBC • Bloomberg • The New York Times • The New Yorker • The Washington Post • The Atlantic • New York Magazine • Chronicle of Higher Education • Fast Company • Marketplace • New York Review of Books • People • Harvard Business Review • Forbes • Fortune • Inside Higher Ed • Vox • Wired • Science • Natural History • American Scientist • National Geographic • WBUR On Point • Science Friday •
Books shown are projects I’ve worked on in the past, but are not current clients of Pellien Public Relations.
What are you working on?
There are a lot of publicity firms out there. Let us show you what makes PPR special. We’d welcome an opportunity to discuss your next book or project. Please use the contact form or email us at hello@pellienpr.com.
Thank you!