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Columbia, MD, US

Columbia, MD, US

Columbia, MD, US

Columbia, MD, US

Draper, Utah, US

• Serve key role launching a new product operation by leveraging in-depth business development and account management expertise to drive short- and long-term business development and revenue growth opportunities across.
• Maximize team and organization success by assessing gaps in productivity and identifying training needs to deliver timely and impactful professional development.
• Direct and manage training, process adoption, technology usage, and product/technical support for all clients in assigned region, fostering positive client experiences through tactful and timely end-user support.
• Collaborate with the product team to define and develop appropriate roadmaps and test new releases to align product capabilities with leadership and client expectations.
• Identify, recruit, and train a top-performing team of professionals, developing 2 market managers in keeping with stakeholder requirements.
• Instrumental in consistently increasing platform usage each quarter throughout tenure.

New York, NY, US

• Owned accountability to facilitate success between Verizon-AOL and Hearst joint venture, Complex Networks.
• Coordinated and distributed appropriate video content to AOL third-party network and O&O websites to drive revenue to the Complex Networks partnership.
• Assessed campaign results to manage or modify as needed roadmaps and plans to maximize revenue generation opportunities from published content.
• Recognized for expertise and commitment to success with assignment to newly-created role supporting AOL’s Video Activation’s highest profile client by coordinating workflow and systems while driving relationship.
• Supported growing operation by overhauling technical and operational business relationships, transitioning to AOL proprietary video player and new business model that better directed content for increased revenues.

Brookhaven, Georgia, US

• Successfully managed cross-functional operations for a global business development group tasked with growing awareness and partnering with strategic third-party platforms to expand company assets, including data.
• Liaised among Business Development and other departments that included internal Product, Development, Finance/Accounting and Legal operations and external client groups to maximize audience reach.
• Successfully launched and grew the Weather Company’s first co-branded in-language website outside the U.S. to capture and grow audience interest while supporting partnership opportunities with an in-country media.
• Combined expansive and in-depth experience with innovative, impactful strategies to manage content and advertising exchanges with 60+ domestic broadcast clients.
• Developed, launched, and grew a strategic initiative to drive the implementation of a CRM solution within Business Development group, serving as change agent to ensure seamless integration with no negative impact on.

Atlanta, US

• Effectively managed client relationships at this dedicated service for broadcasters that provides access to CNN’s extensive worldwide content, resources and services, with accountability for relationship management.
• Served an integral client-facing role as the primary point of contact for all affiliates, sustaining revenue streams totaling $30MM annually.
• Facilitated the flow of key information and communications regarding technical matters, information systems, and video production between internal personnel and the affiliates.
• Coordinated the deployment of training and consulting resources to assist affiliates in achieving project objectives.
• Led all training processes associated with empowering affiliates and partners throughout the world in the effective use of CNN branding and resources.
• Successfully provided the highest levels of client support through the procurement of experts to guide news gathering and production training sessions.

Atlanta, US

• Served an essential role in the transformation of the International Newsource department into a key strategic partner and resource for global affiliates, leading the proactive engagement of over 200 international.
• Assumed a leadership role over an organization that rapidly expanded to 300% of its original size, with revenue increasing to $30MM through partnerships with international broadcast affiliates, as well as with CNN.
• Traveled to a variety of international destinations to meet and engage affiliates in the ASPAC, EMEA, and LATAM regions.
• Managed a team of 15 Assignment Editors and a Special Projects Producer engaged in the gathering, production, and deployment of news segments to international broadcast affiliates, CNN networks and platforms.
• Strengthened relationships with client-affiliates through the creation of on-site services that provided satellite services, workspaces, and other required broadcast infrastructure to affiliates covering major events.
• Contributed to the CNN Journalism Fellowship (CJF) program, which offers international affiliate journalists the opportunity to spend three weeks in Atlanta observing all aspects of CNN's broadcast news operations; led.

Atlanta, US