Kevin Wilkerson: Publicist, Writer & Publisher in San Diego, CA
Kevin Wilkerson
Publicist, Writer & Publisher
San Diego | United States
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Running
Beach volleyball
Traveling
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Bicycling
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Magnum PR
Publicist, Writer & Publisher | 04/2003 - Current
Public Relations
Independent contractor serving a variety of Public Relations clients, including contract work with PR agencies (Rogers & Cowan, Bob Gold & Associates, Wynne Communications, SaalGood PR), head of PR for companies and events (the Redondo Ballet, Long Beach Marathon, Long Beach Sea Festival, Congressional Cup international sailboat race), and several special projects. These include the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, the Lexus Gauntlet and celebrity Dr. Drew. Media hits have been national and local from the Today Show to KCBS TV. Supervised as many as 25 Miss Grand Prix pageant contests while working with Procon Leisure Promotions.
Virtual Entertainment Producer
Virtual Entertainment Promoter as a creator, producer and promoter of two livestream social media shows with a travel focus and a blogger for a website that has covered travel and lifestyle for more than 20 years. Shows are broadcast on social media outlets.
Website Publisher – PubClub.com
Publisher of a lifestyle and travel website. I serve as the lead writer, producing up to 20 posts per week, head of SEO, head of social media, photographer and video vlogger. Write and post stories on a daily basis. Google search often ranks article in its "Top Stories." The site gets 65K page views a month from 55K unique visitors. In the spring of 2019, launched a "visual" podcast, a live streaming show that produces nearly 1,000 views per episode.
PPG IndyCar World Series
Advancer Public Relations Representative | 07/1996 - 11/2002
Worked with local promotors, sponsors and team representatives to secure coverage in advance of races for this major international motorsports organizations. This included, but was not limited to advance driver media tours, live on-site TV hits, arranging in-studio interviews and very heavy pitching to local media outlets in sports, news, entertainment and even food. Served as company spokesperson in several media interviews.
Drivers included Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Danica Patrick, Helio Castroneves, Dario Franchitti, Bobby Rahal and Al Unser Jr.
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