New York, NY – October 3, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com), the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate company Keller Williams Realty Inc., has announced the appointment of Rob Taub as Director of New Media.
Taub will be responsible for implementing new media initiatives for the company. Previously, he was vice president and director of townhouse sales at Fox Residential, where he headed the firm’s recently launched townhouse division.
“Rob brings a wealth of media and real estate experience to the firm, which will help us grow our television and online video presence on both a national and regional basis,” states Adina Azarian, CEO of Keller Williams NYC.
Taub appears regularly on Fox News Live on the Fox News Channel, and the Onion News Network on IFC.
A native New Yorker, he became a licensed agent at age 19 while working in his mother’s real estate office. After graduating from Ithaca College, Taub went on to an award-winning career in television, writing and producing a wide range of programming spanning from CBS’s “Eye on People” to World Wrestling Entertainment. He has also written for many well-known publications, and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and the book review section of People magazine.
His own work, “Out of the Rough”, was presented at Lincoln Center by the Writers Guild of America as part of its prestigious staged reading program. He is a member of the Friar’s Club and the Metropolitan Club.
Taub served as the board president of a prominent Upper East Side building for 15 years, and has owned numerous properties in Manhattan and throughout the Tri-State area since 1983. This experience has proved invaluable in his real estate career when working with buyers and sellers.
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About Keller Williams NYC: Keller Williams NYC (www.kwnyc.com) is the Manhattan franchise of leading real estate company Keller Williams Realty Inc. Founded in 1983, Keller Williams Realty Inc. is the second-largest real estate franchise operation in the United States, with 700 offices and more than 80,000 associates in the United States and Canada. The company, which began franchising in 1990, has an agent-centric culture that emphasizes access to leading-edge education and promotes an economic model that rewards associates as stakeholders and partners. The company also provides specialized agents in luxury homes and commercial real estate properties. For more information, visit www.kwnyc.com.
