Julie Farin

Julie Farin has extensive experience in public relations and communications, spanning over two decades. Julie'smost recent role is as a Media Relations Consultant at Mark Allen & Co. Public Relations since May 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Public Relations Strategist for the Haunted House FearFest Film Festival, where they provided publicity, media relations, and marketing consulting services for the international indie film festival specializing in the horror genre.

Julie's long-term experience includes working at PEOPLE Magazine | PEOPLE.com as the Senior Director of Brand Communications from June 2009 to February 2023. In this role, they oversaw multiplatform PR for the PEOPLE brand, including the magazine, digital platforms, podcasts, and special interest books. Julie strategized and executed publicity campaigns, developed stories for various media outlets, and placed consumer/breaking news stories to promote the brand.

Additionally, Julie served as the Public Relations Chair for Women@Meredith Corporation from October 2020 to April 2021. As a founding member, they created and implemented a PR plan featuring monthly live events with influential speakers and wrote bylined articles posted on PEOPLE.

Julie also has experience working as a Publicity Strategist & Consultant for Kimberly Butler Photography, where they managed publicity, media relations, social media, and video for a pop-up photo exhibition called CENSORED in support of photojournalist and celebrity portraitist Kimberly Butler. Julie secured placements in publications such as Page Six, Politico, and PEOPLE. This role was pro bono, and they held it from August 2018 to September 2020.

Earlier in their career, Julie worked as a PR & Communications Consultant at The Nielsen Company in January 2009, and as the Sr Director/VP of Public Relations & Communications at TV Guide from April 2005 to November 2008. Julie also held positions at Ted Faraone Communications, Inc. as Director/VP of Media Relations, Veronis Suhler Stevenson as Director/VP of Marketing & PR, and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as Director of Communications between 1998 and 2004.

In summary, Julie Farin is a seasoned professional in the field of public relations, with expertise in media relations, publicity campaigns, and brand communications.

Julie Farin holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Communication and Media Studies from Fordham University. No specific information is available regarding the start or end year of their education at Fordham University.