Taylor Brightwell is the Director of Operations at SparkPoint Studio, where she oversees and collaborates with both the publicity and digital marketing teams. She has been with the company for over eight years and worked her way up from intern to assistant publicist to lead publicist, and beyond. Taylor has been a driving force behind creative and strategic campaigns for some of the biggest names in publishing. She has secured national media coverage for clients including New York Times bestselling authors Rachel Howzell Hall, Carola Lovering (Tell Me Lies), and Sara Shepard (Pretty Little Liars), as well as USA Today bestselling author Christina McDonald, international bestseller Michele Campbell, Andrea Dunlop, Grant Ginder, and leading publishers such as Flatiron Books, St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan, and Graydon House/Harlequin. In addition to her publicity work, Taylor has led numerous digital marketing and book influencer campaigns across genres and platforms, including high-impact book-to-screen projects for Netflix for The Night Agent, Bridgerton, Ripley, A Man In Full, and The Perfect Find.

She has extensive experience pitching, writing content and developing social media campaigns for a variety of clients including fashion, real estate, technology, entertainment, nonprofits and small businesses. Taylor graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University (#1 in innovation, US News & World Report). Taylor was also in Barrett, The Honors College, and received a certificate in Sales and Marketing Essentials from the W.P. Carey School of Business. Originally from Redondo Beach, Calif., she misses the beach life and when not at work can be found baking sourdough bread, cuddled up with a new book, watching reality TV or catching a Lakers game, and walking her GSP.