Associate Publisher / Senior Account Executive
San Diego, Ca, Us
Poduced, distributed, created content, and generated sales for Competitor Texas magazine. Statewide readership of 225,000 in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. * Managed the sales and business development efforts, consistently exceeding revenue targets by cultivating and nurturing strategic partnerships with key clients in the active lifestyle industry.* Collaborated with editorial and design teams to create compelling advertising proposals and custom content solutions, ensuring alignment with clients' brand objectives.* Led local, regional and national business development activities in Texas resulting in sales of over $500,000 per year.* Created relationships and opened new accounts with national clients including: All Sport, Metro PCS, Power Bar, Sweet Leaf Tea, Nissan, Samsung and Subaru.Assisted the sales and marketing team with the development of collateral including providing suggestions for new ways to present sales materials.* Created and edited a monthly B2B e-newsletter focused on providing prospects with information on how to effectively market their products to the active lifestyle consumer and how to interact with the media.* Represented Competitor magazine on local radio shows, TV and in print media.* Developed and implemented social media campaigns incorporating Face Book Fan Pages, Constant Contact, You Tube and Twitter resulting in a 30% increase in online traffic.