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Blurb Adds Two Marketing and Communications Veterans to its TeamBlurb, Inc., the creative book and magazine publishing platform, today announced that Robin Carr and Susan Rimerman have joined the marketing team. Carr comes aboard as the Director of Communications and Rimerman as Director of Market Development for Creative Pro/Arts. 
Susan Rimerman (Photo: Business Wire) Carr arrives at Blurb with an extensive public and media relations background. Prior to Blurb, she held key communications roles at various companies including Eastman Kodak (News - Alert), Gap Inc., Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, NIKE, and the San Francisco Giants. At Blurb, Carr will guide brand communications, product PR, and social media channels. She reports directly to Blurb's founder and CEO, Eileen Gittins. Rimerman brings more than 15 years of publishing, design, and marketing experience to Blurb. Prior to Blurb, she was a senior acquisitions editor for Peachpit Press who focused on photography and design communities. She was also a series publishing manager and art director at Lonely Planet and worked in cover design at HarperCollins. In her new role at Blurb, she will drive global marketing and sales efforts for the creative professional and art segments, including graphic designers, photographers, museums, and galleries. "I am beyond happy to announce the addition of Robin nd Susan to our growing marketing team and their expertise in driving awareness and demand for our commercial segments," said Gittins. "I know Blurb will greatly benefit from their combined years of experience in their respective professions." "In the past I've worked with great companies that inspire a ton of creativity in the hands of their users," said Carr. "Blurb exudes that creative spirit, and I'm excited to dive in and help communicate the benefits of using Blurb to the world." "I'm thrilled to join Blurb's marketing team and focus on creative professionals," said Rimerman. "Blurb's platform offers everyone an opportunity to make high-quality books or magazines with complete creative control and to distribute their work widely. Blurb is well positioned to do amazing things with these creators and I'm excited to lead the charge." Both of these appointments come on the heels of the company's announcement of the Dream Team, a community of highly vetted freelance professionals available to help businesses and authors alike with book coaching, design, editing, illustration, and art services. For more on this news, please visit www.blurb.com. About Blurb Blurb® was founded on the premise that everyone - not just the talented few - should be able to publish, share, and distribute beautifully realized digital and print books with first class production values. Whether creating books for friends and family, for business colleagues and prospects, or for global audiences who may wish to buy your book, Blurb's platform is built for you. By creating a business model that enables the company to profit on a unit of one, Blurb has opened up the world of publishing to everyone who has access to a computer and a story to tell. Blurb's independent publishing platform offers the ability to design, publish, share, market, distribute, and sell both digital and print books. Further, Blurb puts book creators in full control by providing a comprehensive publishing toolkit: a suite of free book design tools including Blurb BookWright™, an Adobe (News - Alert) InDesign® plugin and Adobe Lightroom® integration, a variety of print and distribution options, book format and paper choices, and online selling and social sharing tools. Launched in 2006 by CEO Eileen Gittins, Blurb now enjoys global scale via more than 1.2 million book authors, resulting in 3.5 million unique book titles so far.
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