WHEN IT MATTERS...

The J.G. Ekizian Agency has worked with organizations including The American Lung Association, The Christopher Reeve Foundation, Doubleday, The Gap, HBO, Lexus, The Mayo Clinic, National Review, Neiman Marcus, Nickelodeon, Porsche, Random House, Reader’s Digest, Real Simple, Rodale, The Stanford Center On Adolescence, Time, Inc., Walton Isaacson, Whirlpool and Wolfram Research. Clients have included James Earl Jones and Jennifer Garner, renowned thinkers in tech and science including David Gelernter and Stephen Wolfram, and opinion makers from across the political spectrum.

LASTING IMPACT...

COMPLEX IDEAS DON'T SCARE US...

From history and current affairs to science and technology to social science to counterintuitive ideas that provoke debate and change. Obtaining significant attention requires knowing how to tell the story--and how the story will be retold.

PERFECT PITCH

COMPLEX IDEAS DON'T SCARE US...

Getting media attention means knowing what people in the media need to get their job done. As a result, Mike Berland's book, FAT-BURNING MACHINE received distinctively different coverage on Good Morning America, in The New York Times and in an unprecedented three-part, ten full-page series in the New York Post.

SUSTAINED ATTENTION

COMPLEX IDEAS DON'T SCARE US...

SUSTAINED ATTENTION

Before, during and after its launch, Wolfram|Alpha (the knowledge engine that informs both Alexa and Siri) received a full year of continuous worldwide media and public attention and year-end accolades.

AT TED

A SELF-PUBLISHING BREAKTHROUGH

Georgette F. Bennett, founder of the Multifaith Alliance of Syrian Refugees addressing TED 2022 She's our third client to address the annual international conference.

A SELF-PUBLISHING BREAKTHROUGH

Working as public relations director and publishing consultant on acclaimed scientist Stephen Wolfram’s groundbreaking bestseller, A NEW KIND OF SCIENCE, we helped articulate the basic tenets of Wolfram’s seminal theory to the media and develop the self-published book’s entire publishing strategy. Its impact two decades later.

SMART SOCIAL MEDIA

A SELF-PUBLISHING BREAKTHROUGH

SMART SOCIAL MEDIA

Ekizian's implementation of a social media strategy for perennial New York Times bestselling romance author, Jude Deveraux challenged the prevailing "wisdom" that authors should talk at--not with--their readers.

NO "BRANDESE"

BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE

Working on both the publicity and media sides of the equation has given us invaluable experience in identifying what journalists and producers will need to do a story—and to sell it to their boss.

TALKING FOOD

BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE

TALKING FOOD

From working on acclaimed cookbooks to convincing food legend M.F.K. Fisher to endorse an important charity-oriented cookbook to writing for The New York Post about food's intersection with TV and pop culture.

ENOUGH ABOUT ME...

JOHN G. EKIZIAN is a New York based marketing and media relations consultant who has worked on a diverse range of projects in areas including book publishing, technology, entertainment, science, politics, advertising, consumer brands, food and design. And he never describes anything as "awesome."

Throughout his career, Ekizian has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to communicate the significance of each client’s work or product to both the general public and members of the media.

His work on the media side of the business as both a freelance journalist and a public relations consultant for national magazines has given him additional insight into how to formulate a pitch that will resonate with journalists and their editors.

Ekizian devised the brand message and copywriting for the launch of the fast/slow restaurant concept, Foumami. Recent speechwriting and copywriting assignments include work for Porsche and Walton Isaacson.

Ekizian has written on a freelance basis about television, pop culture and food for the New York Post and other national outlets. Topics have ranged from the return of roller derby to backstage at The Food Network's Chopped to the near-implosion of Scientology's influence in Hollywood.

Prior to forming The J.G. Ekizian Agency , Ekizian was a marketing and publicity director in book publishing for companies including Simon & Schuster/Free Press/Pocket Books, William Morrow And Harper Collins/Regan Books. Ekizian is a “Distinguished Alumnus” of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop as a lyricist. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management/Marketing from Babson College.

Contact:

No, I'm not going to waste your time and ask you to fill out yet another online form.

Please don't hesitate to contact me at 212.581.4496 or jekizian@mac.com