Project Description

CARRIE SIMONS

Carrie Simons is CEO and President of Triple 7 PR, a leading publicity firm with executive team members in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville. Sought after by media for her insights into publicity and entrepreneurship, Simons’ extensive career in publicity includes campaigns for globally recognized television studios, tune-in for critically acclaimed series, and PR oversight of health and wellness brands, thought leaders, and book launches. She also serves as a consultant to start-up businesses and as a media trainer to company CEOs.

For her work, Simons was selected by the Nashville Business Journal as one of their Woman of Influence winners. The International Women’s Leadership Association also recognized her as A Woman of Outstanding Leadership.

Named after her childhood home address of 777, Simons launched Triple 7 PR with values of honesty, loyalty and respect as taught to her by her parents Bernie and Evie Simons. With a goal of creating a boutique agency experience with veteran team members, who have extensive media relationships across all platforms, Triple 7 PR has flourished for 16+ years and earned numerous client testimonials, recognition by Nashville Business Journal for their Best in Business Award, and Forbes described the company as an “experienced agency.”

Prior to launching Triple 7 PR, Simons served as senior director of corporate entertainment at B|W|R Public Relations where she oversaw campaigns for businesses, production companies, television series, and a multitude of music specials.

Simons segued to B|W|R following a longstanding tenure with NBC Entertainment. In this post she handled every genre of programming publicity including six years of late night for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, scripted and unscripted series, and event programming including movies and mini-series, music specials, and award shows.

A graduate of Princeton University, Simons honors her mother’s memory on the board of the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation, supporting cancer research that focuses on both treating the disease and prioritizing patients’ well-being.

“Carrie is an outstanding public relations executive who is highly motivated to deliver above and beyond for her clients. She has always been a top performer and is admired by many in the field.”
– Kathy Kelly-Brown, Senior VP of Strategic Integration, Comcast NBCUniversal
“Carrie was an extremely supportive manager and continues to be a mentor to me. Her experience, knowledge and ability to foster relationships prove invaluable to her clients and colleagues.”
– Tracy St. Pierre, SVP of Communications, Entertainment Networks and UCP, NBCUniversal

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