Chris Pugh Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

LM Communications is a family-owned multi-media group headquartered in Lexington, KY. With 17+ radio stations located across 3 states WV, KY, and SC. We also maintain a full-service digital agency as well as an Events & Promotions company.As VP of Digital, I am responsible for B2B sales, strategy, P&L of the digital agency, sales and operations management, and AE training. I maintain all vendor product relationships for OTT/Streaming, Online Video & Display, Social, and Search. Successfully built the agency from zero to 1M in revenue in less than 2 years. Manage multi-location sales teams, travel in-market for sales meetings, and am extremely proficient in utilizing Zoom/teams to close sales.I work with GMs and Sales Managers to help grow their 6-8 person on-location sales teams as well as manage the digital sales and digital operations staff of creative specialists, designers, and developers that oversee the 80+ and growing monthly accounts.

Lexington, Ky

Hired at Local ABC Broadcast TV station & Full service Digital Agency. Hired on as the Digital Specialist but promoted (< 6 months) to Digital Sales Manager. Managed both local station annual budgets and separate digital budgets thru Chartlocal Digital Agency.** In 3 years increased the $100K annual digital revenue to just under $1M.**Managed my own accounts + a team of AE's , Digital Content Managers and Interns to help cultivate new business, grow existing business and attain positive results for their clients by recommending solutions that combine traditional tv, radio and digital media.Worked in cooperation with my General Sales Manager and station General Manager to manage budgets, employees and overall station expectations.Attended yearly management workshops, vendor training and participated in sales development and company strategy discussions for the parent Morris Media Group.Helped Develop new TV programming to compliment our digital marketing efforts in the community.

Lexington, Ky

Blitz Media Consulting is a full service digital media agency located in Lexington, Kentucky. Handled the day to day sales, marketing, and project management efforts of the agency. Our clients range from local SMB's to Corporate/Agency digital projects. *Devised strategies to drive online traffic to their company websites focused on sales, distribution, sales fulfillment and customer support.*Tracked conversion rates and making improvement to company websites and marketing material*Developed and maintained digital marketing campaigns including designing creative content*Utilized a range of techniques including paid search, SEO, PPC and email*Oversee the social media strategies for the company*Manage online brand and product campaigns to raise brand awareness*Manage the design of the company websites which includes improving the usability, design and content*Responsible for planning and budgetary control of all digital marketing*Evaluated customer research, market conditions and competitor data*Reviewed new technologies and keep the company at the forefront of digital marketing*Maintained a marketing schedule including all marketing efforts and events to ensure the organization is aware and programs are coordinated across teams.

Recruiting Manager with Robert Half Finance & Accounting, the world’s first and largest specialized financial recruitment service. Since 1948, we have helped companies hire highly skilled accounting and finance staff and have assisted professionals in finding rewarding career opportunities.

Sales and Marketing solutions for local businesses in the state of Kentucky. Sold online and yellow page products to improve both online and offline visibility. Responsible for significant new business growth thru out our various sales territories.

Sunnyvale, Ca

Uniscape, Sunnyvale, CA, 1999-2001Responsible for Business Development and Sales of Localization software and engineering.

Redwood Shores, Ca

Entry level sales and marketing positions with one of the largest auto insurers in the country.