Kerry Sheldon-Hughes Email & Phone Number

United States

Board member of an historical water/wood mill dating back to 1796. It’s aworking museum of water power with sustainable energy that preserves our heritage.

Staten Island, New York

After a successful career in TV sales and marketing I am now using my experience to help people find a home or sell their present houses to build the next lifestyle dream. My area of expertise is short sales, foreclosures, baby boomer home changes, buying, selling and rentals of both residential and commercial properties. Visit: www.vitalesunshine.com Contact me for all your real estate needs

Staten Island, Ny

After a successful career in TV sales and marketing I am now using my experience to help people find a home or sell their present houses to build the next lifestyle dream. My area of expertise is short sales, foreclosures, baby boomer home changes, buying, selling and rentals of both residential and commercial properties.

Joined Family/Children's network at inception in October 2006. Responsible for all facets of company start-up; sales, research, traffic, and consumer and advertising sales marketing departments. Recruited staff and designed all departments operating budgets. Reported to President and eight member Qubo board, representing our partners in Qubo Venture. Liaison to partner companies: ION TV, NBC Universal, Scholastic Media, Corus/Nelvana, and Classic Media.

Developed and implemented strategic plans and yearly operating budgets for the sale of advertising space in DC Comics publications and custom publishing projects. Responsible for $25 million in advertising revenue.Supervised advertising sales team. Conceived of innovative custom publishing projects and presentations to clients. Supervised custom publishing project team in post sale activity.Worked with divisional leaders of Time Warner Global Marketing Solutions to identify and develop cross-platform media opportunities for Fortune 500 companies.

Recruited, managed and motivated a national staff of five vice-presidents, three directors and twenty-nine in sales, revenue planning, research, and marketing in three U.S. offices. Responsible for $75 million in advertising revenue with an operating budget of $8 million. Provided internal ad sales direction and strategic planning to; legal, marketing, and programming.Responsible for all advertising and promotional marketing sales activities related to the division's ad-supported kids platforms ­ the ABC Television Network's Saturday morning block, Toon Disney, and JETIX/ABC Family's kids as well as non-commercial partnership opportunities on Disney Channel. Developed strategic approaches to increase sales on all platforms. Increased Toon Disney (now Disney XD) traditional advertising revenue over 50% each year and Disney Channel's non-traditional revenue 600% in two years.

Responsible for working with over 25% of New York City based agencies and all agencies in the New England territory. Developed and successfully sold media campaigns packages to first time advertisers of the UPN network. Overachieved 2001/2002 Upfront and scatter sales goals by 32%.

Established and designed national online and offline sales department for five different young adult and teen sites (gURL, SparkNotes, DELiAs, and TheSpark, SparkMatch) under the DELiA's corporate umbrella.Responsible for overseeing account managers, general managers of sites, traffic department and business development group consisting of fourteen people.Developed and implemented all necessary sales systems from rate cards, revenue models, and agency lists for DELiAs catalog sales and retail stores. Included in daily activities were P&L, revenue goals, client andagency sales calls, on-going training, and executive staff meetings. Worked with site technology managers,and marketing staffs to design advertising friendly content and marketing platforms.

Responsible for $136 million in advertising sales for Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite and TV Land. Exceeded yearly sales goals by as much as 30%. Developed marketing and promotional opportunities for clients such as Hasbro Toys, Kraft Foods, Lightspan.com, M&M/Mars, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Director, National Sales ­Established and managed the national sales operations for one of the top children's educational internet companies, including New York account executives, Midwest sales team and national sales representatives L90 and Phase2Media.

Responsible for business development of advertising sales on The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. Met or exceeded yearly sales goals by as much as 45%. Sales duties included agency and client contact in both New York and Washington/Baltimore area.Parkside Entertainment 1988 ­ 1990Vice President of Sales and Planning ­Responsible for the national sales goals of various children's syndication properties. Designed and created marketing presentations, merchandise, and promotional opportunities for advertising clients. Hired and trained staff, including creative, sales, and traffic.LOCAL SPOT TELEVISION SALES AND RESEARCH 1981 ­ 1986