Responsible for advertising sales for primary publication, My City Magazine. My City focuses on the positive of Flint with strong editorial and appealing graphics. Distributed in Genesee County, My City magazine is looked upon for the most current local topics on a monthly basis.

Served as sales and advertising manager overseeing all sales to assure foothold in territory and establish growth to become the leading publication in the immediate area.• Created design of branch publication for high-end real estate firms.• Able to grow main publication from Birmingham/Bloomfield to West Oakland County with sister publication, Westend. • Managed sales representatives to insure growth.• Managed base of 75-95 (starting from 35 advertisers), solely, on monthly basis working on base publication and specialsections minimum 6 months annually.• Responsible for all ad design and communication with production department until client approval for print. • Copywriting, photography, proofing and one-on-one rate negotiations.

50 year old local publishing company for west Oakland County creating publications such as Spinal Column, Monthly Advertiser, Oakland Lakefront and multiple local real estate pubications.• Effectively balanced sales between multiple publications on consistent basis.• Created artwork for new advertisers and followed through with the creative process until ad approved for print, including copywriting and photography.• One-on-one rate negotiations.• Responsible for advertising for major accounts for new publication, The Paper, due to organization skills.

Former US leader in out-of-home advertising. from Sunset Boulevard to Times Square, diverse portfolio includes more than 400,000 digital and static displays in the most iconic and high-tra c locations in the top 25 markets across the U.S. ASlso the advertising partner of choice for major municipal transit systems, reaching millions of commuters daily in the largest U.S. cities.• Able to reach my annual sales goal of 1.3 million within first 8 months of employment.• Experienced in acquiring national and local clients, while maintaining a great working relationship with existing clients. • Responsible for creating initial artwork and presentation materials for client marketing meetings.• Successful in selling billboard and display advertising to new clients in 13 mid-Michigan counties.