Amy Briskin
Media Specialist
Amy Briskin, is a media relations specialist with more than twenty years of public relations experience. Recent projects include work for the Ford Foundation (working on their portfolio of journalists who cover social justice issues) and the Laura Mercier Ovarian Cancer Fund. Other accounts have included Tutor.com, the National Coffee Association, the Kids’ Science Challenge and the NFL Network’s Keep Gym in School campaign. She enjoys being a generalist and working across a variety of genres.
Her agency clients include Cohn & Wolfe, Marina Maher Communications, GolinHarris, MBooth & Associates, Blick PR, Kaplow Communications and others.
Cause-related accounts have included the American Express Partners in Preservation initiative, Country Crock’s “Spread the Sharing” campaign (MBooth), Godiva Liqueur’s “Go Chocolate for Charity” (Maloney & Fox), Exxon’s “Save the Tiger” campaign (Fleishman Hillard), Lever Brothers’ “Clean Waterworks Campaign” (Wyatt Communications), American Jewish World Service, GLAD Bag-A-Thon (Ruder-Finn); American Express "Charge Against Hunger" Campaign (M. Silver Associates)
Food and beverage projects have include a four year program for the National Coffee Association, which won a Public Relations Society of America Silver Anvil Award, Jif’s Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest for Kids, Roland Foods, Dorot Frozen Herbs and Garlic, Smucker’s, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Avocados from Mexico, Whole Foods, Heinz Ketchup, Piper Heidsieck Champagne, and Ben & Jerry’s.
Arts-related accounts include the New York Art Ensemble, various National Public Radio series, and previously, the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center for seven years, Symphony Space’s “Selected Shorts” series and the National Jewish Book Awards for three years.
Other projects have included education, home design, travel, beauty and healthcare.
As Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard,(NY) her work included Entenmann's 100th birthday celebration, the launch of Virgin Cola, Exxon's "Save the Tiger" campaign, Chubb's Antiques Roadshow, and Best Foods “Running of the Bulls” Previously, she was Director of Public Relations for the Ronkin Educational Group and Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers, Ltd. Before that, as Vice President, Fran Kaufman & Co., Public Relations, she received the IABC Award for publicizing the Starrett City Integration Lawsuit, and also worked on Linus Pauling’s “How to Live Longer and Feel Better and the Starrett City Wellness Year and China Exchange Program.
Before her public relations experience, she did book publicity for a variety of hardcover book publishers.
She has a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University.
Media Specialist
Amy Briskin, is a media relations specialist with more than twenty years of public relations experience. Recent projects include work for the Ford Foundation (working on their portfolio of journalists who cover social justice issues) and the Laura Mercier Ovarian Cancer Fund. Other accounts have included Tutor.com, the National Coffee Association, the Kids’ Science Challenge and the NFL Network’s Keep Gym in School campaign. She enjoys being a generalist and working across a variety of genres.
Her agency clients include Cohn & Wolfe, Marina Maher Communications, GolinHarris, MBooth & Associates, Blick PR, Kaplow Communications and others.
Cause-related accounts have included the American Express Partners in Preservation initiative, Country Crock’s “Spread the Sharing” campaign (MBooth), Godiva Liqueur’s “Go Chocolate for Charity” (Maloney & Fox), Exxon’s “Save the Tiger” campaign (Fleishman Hillard), Lever Brothers’ “Clean Waterworks Campaign” (Wyatt Communications), American Jewish World Service, GLAD Bag-A-Thon (Ruder-Finn); American Express "Charge Against Hunger" Campaign (M. Silver Associates)
Food and beverage projects have include a four year program for the National Coffee Association, which won a Public Relations Society of America Silver Anvil Award, Jif’s Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest for Kids, Roland Foods, Dorot Frozen Herbs and Garlic, Smucker’s, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Avocados from Mexico, Whole Foods, Heinz Ketchup, Piper Heidsieck Champagne, and Ben & Jerry’s.
Arts-related accounts include the New York Art Ensemble, various National Public Radio series, and previously, the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center for seven years, Symphony Space’s “Selected Shorts” series and the National Jewish Book Awards for three years.
Other projects have included education, home design, travel, beauty and healthcare.
As Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard,(NY) her work included Entenmann's 100th birthday celebration, the launch of Virgin Cola, Exxon's "Save the Tiger" campaign, Chubb's Antiques Roadshow, and Best Foods “Running of the Bulls” Previously, she was Director of Public Relations for the Ronkin Educational Group and Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers, Ltd. Before that, as Vice President, Fran Kaufman & Co., Public Relations, she received the IABC Award for publicizing the Starrett City Integration Lawsuit, and also worked on Linus Pauling’s “How to Live Longer and Feel Better and the Starrett City Wellness Year and China Exchange Program.
Before her public relations experience, she did book publicity for a variety of hardcover book publishers.
She has a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University.