Shore Fire Media Promotes Mikaela Duhs and Grace Fleisher to Senior Account Executives
BROOKLYN, NY — Shore Fire Media, a leading public relations firm representing talent and businesses across the arts and entertainment, has promoted Mikaela Duhs and Grace Fleisher to Senior Account Executive roles. Each joined the company in 2018, most recently serving in Account Executive positions.
Born and raised in San Diego, Duhs attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo — where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and served as an arts reporter and editor at the school’s award-winning student-run newspaper, Mustang News, as well as an editorial intern at lifestyle publication The Inertia. She was also an on-air DJ and video editor for her college radio station, KCPR, which inspired her to pursue a career in the music industry. In fact, she once filmed an interview for KCPR with genre transcending band Chicano Batman — which would later become her client at Shore Fire.
Combining her passions for storytelling, visual art and music, Duhs joined Shore Fire as a Publicity Assistant — rising to Junior Account Executive in 2019, then Account Executive last year. At the company, she has worked with a diverse range of clients that includes Khruangbin, comedian Amanda Seales, livestream shopping platform NTWRK and the Center for Italian Modern Art in New York City, among many others. A mental health advocate, Duhs has also made efforts to establish a roster of socially active artists and brands — such as grandson, Lindsey Stirling and Sound Mind Live, a nonprofit organization that focuses on mental health advocacy through music.
A Cleveland native, Fleisher got her bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences from The Ohio State University — where she studied public affairs journalism and wrote for the independent campus newspaper, The Lantern. She also worked for the award-winning local news publication Columbus Underground and interned at multiple marketing agencies while enrolled. After graduating, she served as a writer and managing editor at various publications — primarily covering electronic dance music — as well as a social media coordinator at Consequence, before joining the Shore Fire team.
At Shore Fire, Fleisher rose from Publicity Coordinator to Junior Account Executive in 2019, making Account Executive in 2021. Throughout her time at the company, she has worked with musicians across genres — from Khruangbin, Cat Power, Floating Points, the late jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra to film composer and frequent Hayao Miyazaki collaborator Joe Hisaishi. She has also contributed to campaigns for multiple acclaimed music documentaries such as 2018’s star-studded “Echo in the Canyon” and the 2021 Grammy Award-winner for best music film, “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” as well as footwear brand Dr. Martens — among other clients in entertainment and beyond. Building on her background in journalism, Fleisher takes pride in her abilities as a storyteller and enjoys helping her clients develop long term narratives.
“Both Mikaela and Grace have shown themselves to be talented, passionate and versatile publicists, and collaborative members of our team,” said Shore Fire Senior Vice President of Publicity Rebecca Shapiro. “I’m so proud of their growth over the past few years, and am confident they will continue to be thoughtful and empathetic leaders at the company and in the industry at large.”
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