Jeremy Murphy

Jeremy Murphy is the founder of 360bespoke, overseeing a team that handles public relations strategy and execution, content development, reputation management, and crisis communications. Previously, Murphy spent 14 years at CBS where he served many roles as a Vice President, most notably as a company spokesperson and editor-in-chief. In addition, he is a respected speechwriter, having worked with shoe designer Steve Madden on his address to the Accessories Council; Elle magazine editor in chief Nina Garcia; media executive Dawn Ostroff (Spotify, Conde Nast, CW network) and artists like Usher, Dolly Parton, Indya Moore, and Issa Rae.

At 360bespoke, Murphy has achieved national media placements for his clients in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Today, GMA, Reuters, Beauty Inc., Robb Report, US Weekly, Vogue, People, New York Post, WWD, Cigar Aficionado, Vogue Italia, Allure, Page Six Style, InStyle, Live with Kelly and Ryan, USA Today, Architecture Digest, Fox Business, New Beauty, Town & Country, New York magazine, Billboard, The New Yorker, Travel + Leisure, Elle, Bazaar, Good Day New York, KTLA Los Angeles, WNBC-TV New York, Scripps Broadcasting, CNN, Inside Edition, Yahoo Business, Sinclair/Full Measure, Boston Globe, KGO San Francisco, WGN-TV Chicago, Gotham, Denver Post, Miami Herald, Newsday, AMNY, Cindy Adams, Cheddar and the Daily Front Row among many other outlets. He has distinguished the firm as a destination for first-class clientele. Murphy has been profiled in numerous media outlets, including Daily Front Row, WWD, Disrupt, Park Magazine,  New York Lifestyles, Authority, and Resident.

On August 27, 2024, Post Hill Press will release Murphy’s second book, “Too Good to Fact Check,” a farcical chronicle of his decade running the CBS magazine Watch. WWD broke news of the book in 2023, followed by Cindy Adams from the New York Post and Richard Johnson from the New York Daily News. It follows his first book, “Fuck Off, Chloe: Surviving the OMGs! and FMLs! in your Media Career” (SkyHorse Publishing), a humorous look at media, millennials, woke-ism and color-coded GoogleDocSharedZoom nonsense. the book was called “hilarious” by the New York Post while the Daily News raved, “Media mavens will love “F*ck Off, Chloe: Surviving the OMGs and FMLs in your Media Career.” Radar added “(the book is) filled with witty and humorous prose that will no doubt leave you laughing out loud.”.

At CBS, Murphy rose to become Vice President of Communications where he served on the team handling crisis communications. He also focused on PR for CBS corporate, local TV, radio, and outdoor divisions, and writing speeches, memos and statements for the CEO and other senior executives.

Murphy gained industry recognition at CBS where he created and edited its glossy magazine Watch, which redefined the perception of custom publishing. As its editor-in-chief, he built a respected masthead that featured top editorial talents like world-famous photographers Patrick Demarchelier, Ellen von Unwerth, Art Streiber and Ruven Afanodor, as well as fashion authority Kate Betts (former editor of Harper’s Bazaar and Time Design & Style); Time magazine columnist Joel Stein; New York Times contributors Ben Widdicombe, Frank DeCaro and Stuart Elliot; and Allure senior editor Kristin Perrotta as contributors. Working with these creative forces, he infused the magazine’s pages with elegant and timeless features, including recreations of French Impressionist paintings at the celebrated Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris; homages to Christian Dior and Babe Paley; and a cover shoot with actress Julianna Margulies by Demarchelier at the Hotel du Cap in the Côte d’Azur. The strategy successfully transitioned Watch from a publication to a brand encompassing print, television, online, video and social media. The pivot to luxury editorial also helped attract labels such as Tom Ford, YSL, Giorgio Armani, Dior, Givenchy, Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino, Hugo Boss, Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and Peninsula hotels as advertisers.

Murphy also introduced culture into the magazine in a regular section called Muse which provided the inspiration to start 360bespoke several years later. The section featured profiles of artists/cultural figures like Fran Lebowitz, Thierry Despont, Thomas Keller, Michael Kors and future 360 clients Siem, Davies and Leatham. As part of the pivot to culture, Murphy started a salon series in conjunction with The Surrey hotel in New York and Cornelia spa to highlight artists and foster intimate conversation between them and a knowing audience. Over four years, the series hosted talents like Fran Lebowitz, Kate Betts, Siem and Davies, who participated in spirited conversations with moderators like Derek Blassberg.

In 2014, Murphy collaborated with violinist Siem, who wrote his first composition, “Canopy,” for Watch. Murphy used Siem’s music as a theme song for the magazine’s digital platforms, marketing efforts and sales campaigns, which was hailed by The New York Times as a new model in media: the first print publication to create an original “soundtrack” to transform magazine into a brand. CBS used Siem’s recording for three years, including campaigns narrated by Julianna Margulies (2016), Michael Weatherly (2015) and Pauley Perrette (2014). The project was a collaboration between the magazine, CBS and Team One, a division of Saatch & Saatchi specializing in luxury marketing.

Murphy also helped produce a documentary for the Pop network that went behind the scenes of its photo shoots in London. In addition, he launched CBS Interactive’s CNET magazine, a quarterly publication featuring the online brand’s reviews, features, product previews and personalities. Murphy served as General Manager of the magazine, helping build a readership of 1 million across the country as well as newsstand placement throughout the US.

In 2017, Murphy was featured in Channel 4 UK’s documentary “A Very British Hotel,” which gave viewers a behind-the-scenes peek at the operations of the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London. Murphy, a “fan” of the brand and the London hotel, appeared in all four episodes, which were syndicated around the world.

Before CBS, Murphy worked as a reporter at Mediaweek, where he covered the nation’s top 50 markets. He began as a feature writer with Knight Ridder newspapers.

In 2010, Murphy was inducted into the Florida Atlantic University Alumni Hall of Fame.