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Claire Connors

Celebrity Talent Booker and Entertainment Content Strategist
New York, NY
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cpc2000@gmail.com
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917-868-9264
Strong writer, editor, celebrity talent booker and cultural content strategist with over 25 years of national magazine and video production experience. With outstanding entertainment industry contacts, I am responsible for negotiating, producing, and executing exceptional magazine covers with A-list talent. Also book and conduct video interviews for use on national news programs, online, and digital outlets. Solid knowledge of the entertainment industry and pop culture, including film, TV, music, and celebrity social media. Especially deft at managing evolving work responsibilities by using soft skills to juggle many projects and bookings at once.
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Work Experience

SHAPE magazine

Entertainment Director
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Sep 2005 - Jan 2017

Negotiate, produce and book all covers and inside celebrity content, including fashion, beauty, fitness, and food articles. In charge of behind-the-scenes video interviews with talent for use on website and national news programming. Write all cover profiles and most celebrity features.

MEN’S FITNESS, MUSCLE & FITNESS, NATURAL HEALTH, FIT PREGNANCY

Entertainment Director
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Apr 2012 - Oct 2015

Simultaneously negotiated, produced, and booked covers and inside celebrity features of five American Media magazines--including SHAPE. Conducted pre-interviews with talent to determine their health and fitness angle for editors, as well as BTS video interviews for websites and entertainment news programing.

InStyle Magazine

Entertainment editor
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Sep 2004 - Sep 2005

Wrote, edited, and assigned celebrity profiles and cultural content , as well as articles pertaining to fashion, beauty, and entertaining.

CENTRAL TALENT BOOKING

Magazine Director
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Jun 2002 - Sep 2004

Talent booker and coordinator for a variety of magazines including Jane Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Organic Style, Good Housekeeping, Latina, and Modern Bride. Met with editors and creative directors bi-monthly to create cultural editorial content for each magazine.

Primedia

Executive Editor
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Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

Conceptualized and executed complete editorial redesign of four monthly teen titles, including Teen Beat and Tiger Beat magazines. Created and developed all editorial content (columns, news, and feature stories). Top- and line-edited 300 pages of content per month. Managed a staff of twenty editors and designers.

Education

University of Minnesota

Bachelor of Science Design

Parsons School of Design

Post Graduate Design Program Fashion Design

Skills

  • AP Style
  • Adobe InCopy