BIOS
Linda Mann - President and CEO
Linda Mann is a seasoned marketing communications professional with diverse public relations experience. A strategic thinker, excellent writer and media placement specialist, Linda has developed comprehensive public relations programs for a wide range of clients.
From 1977 to 1987, Linda worked at John Walsh Associates, handling high-profile corporate golf, tennis and track-and-field events for Colgate-Palmolive Co. At JWA she worked also on the Cutty Sark Menswear Awards, Finlandia Vodka, Baron Philippe de Rothschild Wines, ArtExpo, Davidoff of Geneva Tobacconists and Elizabeth Arden.
From 1987 to 1997, Linda was a senior officer at Jody Donohue Associates, one of the foremost fashion/lifestyle PR agencies in the nation, handling Swatch, Almay Cosmetics, Echo Design Group, Spiegel Catalog, Speedo, Charlotte Moss Interior Design and The Humane Society of New York; international design names such as Bob Mackie, Scaasi, Givenchy, Celine and Ferragamo; as well as several projects for the Italian Trade Commission, the Commercial Office of Spain and Montres et Bijoux Geneve.
In 1997, Linda and her JDA colleague Joan Deignan formed Deignan/Mann, Inc. During the five-year partnership, their client roster included Kids “R” Us, Essence Magazine, Girls Rule!, Loehmann’s, Body Central Wellness Center, D. Esse Spa, Matthew David Events, Delacorte Press and Rizzoli Publishing, as well as designers Bob Mackie, Donald Deal, Donna Haag and Haneza.
In 2002, Linda launched Mann Media, Inc., specializing in fashion, retail, beauty, health and lifestyle public relations, writing services and media training.
New York City-born and raised, Linda attended Brooklyn College and The New School for Social Research. She has studied French and Italian at Alliance Française and Parliamo Italiano respectively. A movie and theater buff, fanatic reader, blogger, frustrated traveler, and would-be gardener, Linda lives in Greenwich Village. She is a member of Women in Communications, and she works regularly with a number of charities, including Gilda’s Club, Lighthouse International, and SHARE.
Elizabeth Mann - Creative Director
Elizabeth is a multi-talented communications expert. A writer, web designer, graphic artist, and diarist, she brings a unique perspective to public relations/marketing. Her offbeat humor, irreverent attitude and intoxicating way with words are what make her writing irresistible.
Elizabeth has vast PR background, having experience, since the age of 17, in writing and design projects, 7th on Sixth seating, backstage press chaos, designer ego-soothing, and fashionista politics.
In addition to designing the PRdivas website, Elizabeth has written press releases, invitations, original rap songs and jingles for a number of clients, including Close-Up Toothpaste, Kids 'R' Us, Girls Rule! and Loehmann's.
Prior to joining Mann Media, Elizabeth worked at fred flare, as a graphic designer and copywriter, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television in Toronto, as P.R. coordinator for the annual Gemini Awards, Canada's equivalent of the Emmy's. Before that, she was a production artist at Icon/Nicholson, the international website design firm, where she worked on Pfizer (Viagra), Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Advanstar, VisionWeb and Wall Street Rarities.
Elizabeth graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York and she attended the University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art & Design. She is a resident of Greenwich Village and is an accomplished baker of apple crisp, nervous stand-up comedian, avid reader, blogger and raconteuse.