Hello! I'm Sami. I'm a graduate of Penn State (B.A, M.Ed) and the University of Alabama (M.A). I live and work in State College, PA where I funnel an M.Ed in Learning, Design, and Technology and an M.A in Journalism into creating engaging, high value trainings for authors across the publishing spectrum in my current position as the Director of Pubvendo Author Launch.

Previously, I served as Pubvendo's Chief Book Publicist and Outreach Coordinator. I represented more than 50 titles from across the publishing spectrum in seeking organic media coverage. I designed and implemented a searchable, sortable outreach database of more than 3,000 records in Airtable and implemented automated outreach processes through Flodesk to increase efficiency and provide improved reporting.

I am committed to creating learner-centered experiences that are primed to meet the needs of a diverse population through synchronous and asynchronous instruction. I thrive in remote environments that prioritize self-direction and creative problem solving in achieving objectives.

In my free time, I enjoy nerding out about twentieth century material history and culture; sewing; gardening; knitting; and sneaking in the odd bit of gaming. I'm an obsessive narrative nerd and love to talk worldbuilding, character development, and immersive storytelling in technology-mediated and face-to-face settings. My M.Ed thesis focused on immersive, interactive performance in secondary history education.

In addition to proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign) and Articulate Storyline, I am also well-versed in best practice for social media marketing, cross-channel content creation and development, project management, long- and short-form journalism, Thinkific course management, and constructivist learning methodologies.

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What Clients Have to Say:

Samantha has a fantastic grasp of immersive, interactive storytelling. She brought intuitive insight and impressive skills to design, drive and deepen the audience engagement of our new augmented reality experience. She’s been of invaluable help in our quest to capture attention and build connection.

— Thomas Greanias, New York Times Bestselling Author and Founder of Atlantis Media Rights

I loved working with Sami when I took a digital book marketing course from Pubvendo. Not only is she an excellent artist, she's a delightful person to work with. I had never run a Facebook ad or even heard of Canva, but with Sami's guidance and artistic vision, I learned how to make highly effective creatives that drove traffic to my Amazon book pages at click-rate costs far below the average. To this day, my two most successful Facebook ads were patterned directly on samples she created for my book, The Hiding Girl. I couldn't recommend Sami more highly.

— Dorian Box, award-winning author of The Emily Calby Series