The MIT Press (MITP) has announced that Jessica Pellien is returning to MITP as the Director of Marketing and Communications. From 2018 to 2019, she was MITP’s Executive Publicist and Communications Manager. In the newly defined role, Pellien will direct marketing and communications strategy for MITP and its books, journals, and digital programs. She will oversee the Press’s global marketing teams in Cambridge and London and serve on the executive leadership team, reporting to MITP’s director and publisher, Amy Brand.
Currently Director of Publicity at Fortier Public Relations in New York, Pellien brings a wealth of industry experience to the role. She began her career in the marketing department at Rutgers University Press and has worked in publicity and marketing positions at Princeton University Press, Georgetown University Press, and Rutgers University Libraries.
Pellien begins as Director of Marketing and Communication in July 2021.
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