Jon Whitcomb Email & Phone Number

United States

Sold advertising into the local Waxahachie and Midlothian Newspapers• Met with customers to set up their print and digital advertising campaigns. Specifically the company website as well as SEM, SIO, Facebook thru Thrivehive.• Monitored the campaign success and made recommendations to increase sales activity. • Built local relationships to grow business and community partnerships. • Worked to meet specific deadlines and budget goals.

Dallas, Texas

Set up advertising campaigns into newspapers nationwide acting as a liaison between the advertisers and sales representatives.• Set up new pay per call campaigns in Callcap and the PPM dashboard according to the signed agreement. • Monitor and track all the Media Buys that were assigned, Prepare the publisher and retail IOs on a monthly basis. Distribute and reviewed creative for errors. • Set up pay per sale campaigns. Review the sales data to be sure it was uploaded correctly by the client. Prepare final monthly reports.• Use Gannett ATOL to have creative built or revised.• Assist all the national sales representatives with dashboard inquiries and trained their clients when required. • Update the media schedules for all the advertising campaigns on a monthly basis.• Review adjusted and approved the sales commission reports on a monthly basis.• Create and distribute customized billing reports for all accounts according to the contracted terms.

United States

Obtained, recorded and analyzed sales data collected from several national accounts • Created and distributed media plans to over 100 accounts in several markets to maintain a stable profit margin; based on analytical findings and historical data. • Internal and external customer service skills.• Used strong communication skill to resolve discrepancies both written and verbal.• Worked with the St Louis Post Dispatch to set up the PPM pay per call program and increase advertising revenue. • Restructured the pay for performance ad placement in the Washington Post to reach specific readers.• Offered insight and plan changes for underperforming campaigns to positively manipulate future performance. • Updated the Profit and Loss reports utilizing Pivot Tables on a monthly basis for 5 major accounts.• Created and distributed customized billing reports for all accounts according to the contracted terms.

Processed the DMN Contractor bills and national accounts managed by the DMN distribution department. • Maintained documents for KPMG audit firm and internal SOX audits. • Managed the DISD Purchase Orders and subscription accounts for all the Dallas county schools. • Accounts Receivable and Payable for the contractors.• Applied child support and IRS levy deductions as applicable weekly. • 1099 preparation and annual close out. • Monthly, Quarterly and Annual account reconciliations.• Reconciled and applied payments received from PayPal and Credit Card distribution locations according to PCI compliance regulations.• Managed corporate billing and payment uploads from single copy distribution locations through retail lockbox.• Converted data from the retailers to sort invoices and convert them to Excel CVS format to be uploaded.• Worked to help resolve payments in suspense.• Created and distributed Single Copy bills for the USA Today, Wall St Journal, Financial Times and other distribution companies printed by the DMN.• Wrote training documents with graphic detail on all the processes to provide cross training.