Who is Champagne PR?

Champagne PR is a boutique size PR and Marketing Communications firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm creates and implements smart, strategic media campaigns for its clients that position them as newsworthy experts in their field, through a variety of media outlets including print, television, radio, and the web. The firm delivers results beyond expectations and provides its clients with the attention they deserve.
Champagne PR’s team not only has a passion for what they do, but also brings creativity, knowledge, and enthusiasm to each project.

Lisa Schuble, President and founder of Champagne PR

Lisa Schuble has worked with some of the top publishers in the nation and has created and managed a variety of publicity campaigns and tours for authors signed by John Wiley & Sons, St. Martin's Press, Virgin Books, and Kaplan Publishing. She has also consulted for a variety of insurance agencies, financial advisors and tax accounting firms including Deloitte. 

Lisa began her career at Dickinson Group, a boutique PR firm that specializes in Marketing and Publicity for residential and commercial real estate developers, architects, and interior designers. Some of her clients included Centrum Properties, The Heritage at Millennium Park, and Lohan Caprile & Goetch. While at Dickinson Group, she secured media placements in some of the top national and local real estate magazines which resulted in her clients winning real estate awards. After leaving Dickinson Group, Lisa joined Blanco & Peace Public Relations, a Chicago-based PR firm that focused on publicity for books, authors and restaurants. There she managed publicity campaigns and secured nationwide media for Best Selling Authors including Jodee Blanco, author of Please Stop Laughing at Me (Adams Media, March 2003) and William Sloane Coffin author of Credo (Westminster John Knox, December 2003) and worked with some of the top publishers in the nation.  

After leaving Blanco & Peace, Lisa joined Kaplan Publishing where she worked on real estate, personal finance, marketing, and entrepreneur books. She secured nationwide media including CBS's The Early Show, Business Talk Radio Network, Satellite Radio Network, and a variety of print placements. Schuble also managed the new Kaplan Architecture, Construction, and Engineering line of titles.  

Pursuing her love for the hospitality industry, she served as Marketing Director for Culinary Classics, a made-to-order culinary apparel company based in Chicago. There she created the annual catalog, monthly e-newsletters, and promotional flyers and postcards. She also managed and marketed nearly over a dozen tradeshows including NRA (National Restaurant Association) the largest restaurant and hospitality trade show in the nation, and secured a variety of company sponsorships.  

Following her dream of having her own PR firm, Lisa created Champagne PR in September 2007 by combining her passion and knowledge for PR and marketing and experience in a variety of industries.  

Schuble has a B.A. in Marketing Communications with a concentration in public relations from Columbia College Chicago. She is a member of the American Marketing Association and the Public Relations Society of America.