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Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Build relationships and marketing campaigns for national/local brands across broadcast, podcast, print, and digital media.Manage client campaigns and marketing strategies, including web ad uploading, trafficking, art direction, copywriting, storyboarding, technical writing, and video production.Develop sales presentations, pitch decks, media kits, proposals, sales tools, and marketing materials for client and agency presentations.Implement and manage the company’s CRM software, customer database management, document uploads, order processing, automation, marketing and billing templates, form creation, sales collateral, outbound and inbound communication systems, and sales reporting.Create, deploy and track all company B2B and B2C email campaigns.Handle all production aspects of “New England Ski Journal TV” in partnership with NESN Network, including segment sequencing, storyboarding, scripting, location scouting, collaboration, account management, and creative direction.Built strong client relationships including South Shore Bank, Bollé, JetLinx, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Killington Resort, Stowe Mountain Resort, Mass Bay Brewing Company, Thayer Academy, Lasell UniversitySeamans Media, Inc., is the leader in specialized sports media in the Northeast, featuring a multimedia portfolio of six regional print and digital magazines, six daily-updated websites, three podcasts, and two TV shows, reaching the world's most passionate and affluent sports markets.Our Mission: To inspire and inform amateur athletes and their supporters by sharing compelling stories and insightful advice to help further their development throughout their careers.

Boston

Took on Senior Director role to be a hunter/bring in new business for this mobile advertising start-up (SaaS, SDK).Built presentation materials, ran client and ad agency meetings/presentations/new business pitches.Pitched and sold to C-Suite executives: CMO's, COO's, CEO's, CTO's at Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies.Customized, organized and managed sales team CRM software.Developed and maintained long-term client relationships by way of a rolling consultative role.Prospected and leveraged relationships with top Digital Marketing decision-makers.Collaborated and communicated with programming/developer team on daily basis across all projects.Monitored, tracked campaign analytics to ensure optimum performance throughout duration of campaigns.Produced mid and post campaign reports for client review and consultation to generate contract renewals.Prepared weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual forecasts/pipeline reporting directly to CEO, COO, co-founders and investors.Organized and ran weekly sales team meetings, trained incoming staff members.Built customized sales team tools: email templates, sales materials, budget spreadsheets, spec art and creative.Clients include: Red Bull, USA Network, Starbucks, Disney, Interscope Records, Nickelodeon, Uniqlo, Netflix."Inmoji is a unique platform for brand and consumer engagement via messaging applications (such as FB Messenger, iMessage, Tango, Badoo, KIK, BBM, Oovoo, etc). We are the first ever user-driven P2P platform created for usage directly within the messaging ecosystem. Inmoji are powered “clickable" brand icons, which can be placed into text conversations and video chat, enabling rich media experiences, branded offers, gifting opportunities, content downloads, mobile commerce or nearly anything else you can think of. And most importantly, we deliver robust data-driven insights for brands looking to reach consumers in this environment."

Needham, Ma

Recruited by Mittcom for Senior Account Manager role.Wrote and presented business proposals and plans to both established and prospective clients and to cultivate new business.Negotiated details of marketing campaigns with clients and external media partners.Monitored and tracked campaigns to determine effectiveness and determine future plans/edits.Created media and marketing plans to present to customers for execution.Produced, designed, wrote, edited casted for: videos/websites/audio/photography for client TV commercials, websites, radio spots, client catalogues and various other marketing collateral.Trafficked all outbound media to regional and national TV and Radio groups.Assesses and researched market competition to develop effective, tactical marketing plans to drive client revenue growth.Managed workflow for team of copywriters, graphic designers, web designers, digital marketing programmers; managed multiple, simultaneous projects with continuously rolling schedule."Mittcom is a full service advertising, marketing and media group headquartered in Needham, Ma. At Mittcom, our passion to be the best at what we do, and to help our clients do the same, is reflected in our dramatic growth. In 2003, Mittcom was a start-up with one employee and two accounts. Today, the Boston Business Journal acknowledges us as the 14th largest agency in Boston."

Greater Boston Area

Recruited by The Boston Globe to manage and maintain business while simultaneously taking on hunter role to bring in new business. Worked with Fortune 500/1000 businesses e.g.: Agenti/Novus, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, Universal McCann, Live Nation, Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, Focus Features, CBS Films, Major League Baseball Network, National Amusements, Regal Cinemas, Bose, Boston Symphony Orchestra, AEG Live, Deutsche Bank, PBS Broadcasting. Sold to/developed and maintained relationships with C-Suite executives: CMO's, COO's, CEO's.Consistently in the top 10 highest billing sales reps on the sales team (team of 52). Awarded The Boston Globe's “Gold Star Award” for outstanding sales performance in 2012 and 2013 for exceeding annual sales revenue targets. Average annual sales of $3.5 million. "Boston Globe Media is New England's largest newsgathering organization -- and much more. We are committed to being an indispensable, trusted, reliable source of round-the-clock information. Through the powerful journalism from our newsroom, engaging content from our content marketing studio, or through targeted advertising solutions, brands and marketers rely on us to reach highly engaged, educated and influential audiences through a variety of media and experiences."

Recruited by Metro Publishing to grow the Healthcare/Medical advertising vertical. Consistently the top or second highest billing Account Manager on team (team of 12).Consistently maintained strong rates, delivering annual sales of over $1.3 million.Managed and grew business with 20%+ year over year growth.Called on local and national businesses and agencies including Hill Holliday, Arnold Worldwide/MPG, JWT, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Mullen, Alloy Media, Mindshare, Carat, Blitz Media, Agenti/Novus, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Tufts New England Medical Center, Children's Hospital, Mass General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital.Produced, managed and sold into special sections driving incremental revenue.Forecasted goals and reported outcome to management on weekly/monthly/quarterly basis.Trained incoming sales reps."Metro US is the #1 most read free daily in the US with over 1.2 million daily readers in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Metro is a free daily newspaper written and designed for young and ambitious professionals. Designed for a 20-minute read, the paper gives Metropolitans all they need to know, during their morning commutes. Local, national and international news and colorful features are presented without any bias, but showcase a proudly urban attitude and style. Metro helps brands to connect with an exclusive audience through non-traditional, cost-efficient solutions - in print, online and outdoor. Metro US is part of Metro International, the inventor of the modern free daily newspaper model. With over 18 million daily readers in more than 100 major cities across Europe, North & South America and Asia, Metro is the world's largest global newspaper."

Recruited by Clear Channel for role as Account Manager for Clear Channel's Taxi Top division. Brought in new business, managed existing accounts, produced local and multi-market/national proposals and contracts.Managed multiple local and national accounts for major out-of-home media company.Designed outdoor advertisements for local clients.Met and surpassed weekly new business prospecting goals: 60 calls/day; 20 face-to-face meetings/week.Called on local business owners in Boston/Brookline territory.Trained incoming sales reps."Clear Channel Outdoor is one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies with more than 675,000 displays reaching more than half a billion people in more than 40 countries on five continents each month. We help advertisers create inspiring out-of-home campaigns via traditional and digital display formats in roadside, urban, transit and airport environments, on street furniture and at retail near point of sale. In the U.S., Clear Channel Outdoor operates in 45 of the top 50 U.S. markets and is the leading outdoor advertising company with the fastest-growing digital outdoor network now surpassing 1,110 displays. We enable brands to engage with people when they are out and about, and are pioneering the integration of out-of-home with mobile and social media to turn awareness and inspiration into engagement and purchase."

Directed the design and production of printed materials from concept to completion for large brand clients.Ensured corporate brand identity consistency across all materials: annual reports, brochures, point of purchase displays, magazine and trade publication advertisements.Managed team of designers and oversaw projects throughout production sequences and approval processes.Clients include: DuPont, Nomex/Kevlar, Philip Morris, Youth Smoking Prevention, Dannon Yogurt"Y&R operates as a Global Boutique, connecting deep insights from local business needs and consumers with strategies and objectives that transcend borders. United by a global infrastructure and common tools and technology, our clients have access to people and resources from across our worldwide network of 189 offices in 93 countries."

Brought onto the Hearst Special Interest Publications team to work hand in hand with both the Sales and Marketing teams to produce sales and marketing materials. Designed in-book special sections, advertorial sections, promotional pieces. Managed multiple projects from concept to completion. Reported directly to the CMO."Hearst Magazines is one of the world's largest publishers of monthly magazines, with 20 U.S. titles and close to 300 international editions. Hearst Magazines also publishes 19 magazines in the United Kingdom through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hearst Magazines UK."