Tahajah Samuels

About Tahajah Samuels

Tahajah (pronounced: ta•hay•ja) Samuels is a dynamic Publicity and Digital Marketing professional with an entertainment/film focus based in the New York City area. Welcoming 2023, she joined the new Amazon & MGM Studios family as Manager of Digital Publicity at MGM Film Marketing. Most recently, she proudly served as the Director of Digital Publicity at United Artists Releasing (UAR) assisting with overseeing digital publicity campaigns for MGM Studios, Orion Pictures and Annapurna Pictures. Films included Cyrano, House of Gucci, Licorice Pizza, No Time To Die, Jerrod Carmichael\'s directorial debut On The Count of Three, Respect, and Thirteen Lives.Prior to UAR, Tahajah was a Senior Digital Publicist at entertainment marketing agency BRIGADE managing digital publicity campaigns for films and series\' releases via theatrical, VOD, home entertainment, and/or streaming distribution. Clients include Amazon Prime Video (The Expanse, Them), Focus Features (The High Note, Land), Lionsgate (John Wick: Chapter 3, Uncle Drew), Netflix (6 Underground, Da 5 Bloods, Dolemite Is My Name, The Irishman), and United Artists Releasing (Creed II, Missing Link) respectively, as well as Universal Pictures (Breaking In, First Man). The passionate publicist has 8+ years experience with an expertise in publicity, digital content, influencer engagement, and social in addition to entertainment + cultural marketing. With a passion for multicultural storytelling and content, she has sharpened integrated skills to holistically target niche and consumer-facing platforms as well as their audiences via earned (and paid) media across the digital landscape. In late 2017, Tahajah founded social community and digital platform Black PR Girl Magic™ which hosts seasonal mixers for Black women in the PR and Comms space as well as partnered events with organizations that cater to a wide range of millennials, women and professionals of color. Extremely driven. Graciously hardworking. Deeply passionate. Tahajah\'s continuous professional goal is to push our contemporary cultures forward through innovative strategies and creative tactics that are powered by strong, targeted publicity and digital campaigns.

Experience

1. Director, Digital Publicity Amazon Mgm Studios

   Mgm

   Jan 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and television content across all platforms. The company owns one of the world’s deepest libraries of premium film and television content as well as the premium pay television network MGM+, which is available throughout the U.S. via cable, satellite, telco and digital distributors. In addition, MGM has investments in numerous other television channels, digital platforms and interactive ventures and is producing premium short-form content for distribution. For more information, visit

Education

• Clark Atlanta University

  Bachelor of Arts degree, Mass Media Arts, Concentration: Public Relations Management

  2009 — 2013

Skills

• Blogging
• Event Planning
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Editorial
• Talent Booking
• Television
• Marketing
• Social Media
• Research
• Talent Relations
• Casting
• Wordpress
• Facebook
• Cisionpoint
• Brand Activation