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About

Allison Duke is a Nashville-based publicist for design, beauty, lifestyle and CPG brands with nearly 15 years of professional experience in public relations, advertising and content production.

Before striking out on her own, Allison was the associate director of public relations at the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp (NCVC), the organization responsible for promoting Nashville as a premier entertainment destination and protecting and reinforcing Nashville’s “Music City” brand. Prior to the NCVC, Allison spent five years at The Buntin Group, Tennessee’s largest full-service advertising agency, working in account management and content production. Allison also co-founded and produced Mirror Mirror Podcast, a Nashville-based biweekly podcast that released episodes from 2017 to 2018 and received recognition in Nashville Lifestyles, Nashville Scene and StyleBlueprint.

In addition to her work as a publicist and content producer, Allison is owner of Duke’s General Store which Garden & Gun named “Nashville’s coolest gift shop” and Southern Living named one of the “Best Boutiques of the South 2021.” Allison also has bylines in Southern Living as a freelance writer with a focus on interior design.

A graduate of the University of Alabama in 2009 with a Communications & Information Sciences degree in Advertising, Allison is a native Nashvillian and alum of University School of Nashville. Outside of work, Allison chases around her two young children and two cats with her husband Paul.