Raz Public Relations

Karen Raz

Founder

Karen’s love for all things 3D started in the early 90s when she worked with Japanese game developer Future Pirates, Inc., and was further developed during her tenure with 3D software company Electric Image. She founded Raz Public Relations in 1997 to work with technology companies and creative shops in entertainment, production, post, visual effects, design and advertising. Karen oversees development of communications strategies for all of the companies on the RazPR roster and excels at writing stories that keep clients on-message and in the headlines. She has a proven track record of orchestrating memorable campaigns around product debuts, company launches, mergers and acquisitions for clients including Autodesk (media and entertainment division), AJA, Vicon, Prime Focus and many others.

In her free time, that revolves mostly around spending time with her three young boys and husband, Karen enjoys staying abreast of LA’s latest new restaurants, seeing live music, experimenting in the kitchen and getting her hands dirty in the garden.

Favorite places to get lost on the web: boingboing.net, latimes.com, chowhound.com, designspongeonline.com, npr.org, epicurious.com

Julie Miller

Managing Director

Julie joined Raz PR in 2010 from Digital Domain, where she was director of communications and PR. Despite her preternaturally young appearance, she's been marketing and promoting technology and filmmaking for 17 years. A native New Englander, Julie joined Avid in 1995 and worked with the company for 10 years, both in house and as a consultant. In 2000 she moved to L.A. to be closer to the action. She spent six years as the Hollywood-based consultant to London PR agency Bubble & Squeak, working with Softimage, FilmLight, Cooke Optics, Digital Vision, and other clients. She has consulted for Ascent Media, Akamai, Future Media Concepts, and many other manufacturers, creative companies, and PR agencies, doing everything from demoing products to conducting large-scale industry surveys, to placing keynote speakers, to helping launch companies, websites and products.

A freakishly early riser, Julie runs on the South Bay beaches, hangs out with her husband and keeps the local Borders in business.

Favorite places to get lost on the web: gapingvoid.com, cakewrecks.com, Google news, aintitcool.com, TED.com

Natasha Wang

Senior Account Supervisor

A native of Austin, TX, Natasha joined Raz Public Relations in 2002, a year after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a dual degree in Advertising and French. She discovered shortly after arriving in the city that while she loved the written word and had spent the better part of her childhood penning stories and poetry, copywriting was not for her. So she packed up her portfolio and set her sights on a career that would feed her creative writing bug but didn't restrict her to the five-word headline.

After a brief stint working in fashion publicity, she joined RazPR and has since managed PR campaigns for a host of companies ranging from ad agencies to production companies and design collectives. In her free time, Natasha tries to attend as many poetry workshops as she can (including the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and the Palm Beach Poetry Festival), teaches dance at a studio in Santa Monica, and reads more blogs and magazines than is healthy for a person with bad eyes.

Favorite places to get lost on the web: cuteoverload.com, notcouture.com, phrontistery.info, wikipedia.com, metacritic.com, poets.org, rottentomatoes.com, angryblacklady.com,the San Diego Zoo "PandaCam" widget

Katie Adams

Account Associate

Katie joined Raz PR as an intern in 2007, and immediately discovered a newfound love for public relations and entertainment technology. After graduating from Cal State Long Beach in 2008 with a degree in Communication Studies, she was thrilled at the opportunity to join the Raz PR team full time. Katie is known for her cheerful disposition and approaches every project with alacrity, fine attention to detail and persistence.

Favorite places to get lost on the web: amazon, facebook, twitter, Mashable, LA Times, New York Times, Yelp and any site devoted to educating the world about social activism

Shannon Deoul

PR Assistant

After graduating from rural Ohio's Kenyon College in 2008 with a degree in religious studies, Shannon took the obvious next step of moving to LA and pursuing a career in the entertainment business. After various stints in the casting world, she found her way to Raz PR in March of 2010. Shannon is thrilled to be immersed in the world of visual effects, production, design, 3D, and everything else Raz PR's clients have to offer.

In her spare time, Shannon likes exploring LA, cycling, seeing movies, used bookstores, frequenting the nearby In-N-Out Burger, and showing her hometown love for the Baltimore Ravens.

Favorite places to get lost on the web: LA Times, Deadspin, Wired, Bike and Build, Charge-Shot!!!, Dino Comics, ESPN's AFC North Blog