About us
SeattlePicksForMen.com is a free, subscription-driven online publication sent out every Friday via email. It’s an informative and entertaining dialogue of City Secrets about shopping, dining, drinking and hanging out in Seattle, delivered in a unique manner to a highly targeted market. SPFM reaches men 25-45 who are educated, have a medium to high income, and enjoy enhancing the quality of their lives by making the most of what the city has to offer.
Seattle Picks for Men's founder, Kathi O'Neil, started her career in Manhattan with Hearst Magazines and The Hearst Corporation. A native Oregonian, O'Neil and her husband returned to Portland in the early 90s. There O'Neil started Westover Media, a full-service marketing firm whose partial list of clients includes: Elle, In Style, Lucky, Tom's of Maine, Oprah, Gourmet, The New Yorker, Town and Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, W and Health, to name a few. She also started City Picks Group, which publishes "Picks" in several major markets.
Editor in Chief Alisa Sloan directs City Picks Group's content and managing editors, and heads the flagship Portland Picks publication. Based in Portland, she has been with Westover Media since June of 2005 and brings more than 12 years of experience in publishing, marketing and content management to the team.
Seattle Picks for Men reflects the unsolicited opinions of the Seattle Picks for Men staff. They are hints, recommendations, and best-kept secrets of shops, restaurants, hangouts, products, and services.
Seattle Picks for Men's parent company, City Picks Group, is a subsidiary of Westover Media, LLC. Visit our sister publications at www.PortlandPicks.com, www.portlandpicksformen.com, www.SeattlePicks.com, www.MinneapolisPicks.com www.ChicagoPicks.com and www.PhoenixPicks.com!
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| Kathi O’Neil Publisher |
Alisa Sloan Editor in Chief |
Justin Valdivia Managing Editor |
Donovan Pierce Contributing Writer / Fashion Editor |
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| Justin Coffey Contributing Writer |
Tyler Guthrie Contributing Writer |
Sam Roloff Creative Services /Web |
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