Connected businesses with KVIE's unique audience and the power of television through on-air, print, digital and event sponsorships.

Oversaw daily on-air operations including recording show feeds, editing commercial breaks into shows, spot placement, website maintenance. Also oversaw production workflow including photographers and editors, hiring freelance producers, voice-overs and translators, script writing, and local spot/program productions. Also sold advertising packages to local and regional businesses throughout the region.

Responsible for new business development - prospecting and presentations using needs-based selling approach. Work included cold-calling to set needs-assessment appointments with local business owners and agencies, presenting customized advertising schedules, closing new clients, obtaining incremental dollars from current clients, renewing short-term and annual advertising contracts with current clients, and account service and maintenance.

1991 - Traffic Assistant: Added station promotional announcements and public service announcements to daily program log.1991 - National Sales Assistant: Input all national sales spots and contracts to daily log.1992 - Researcher, "Scratch": Researched and pitched story segment ideas for award-winning, nationally-syndicated magazine program in 110 media markets.1993 - Production Assistant: Cameraperson, floor director and Teleprompter operator for morning and Noon newscasts, special report coverage.1993 - Programming Coordinator: Populated daily program schedule, providing changes in schedule to station personnel and external media guide publications.1995 - Assistant Director of Programming: In addition to above duties, also sat in on program pitches from syndication salespeople and assisted with overall programming budget1998 - Programming/Public Affairs/Website - Along with programming, added public affairs duties such as station tours and quarterly FCC ascertainment filings. Also created and maintained contact on station website.2000 - Programming Coordinator: Department Head overseeing all station programming efforts for station.2005 - Programming/Digital Sales: In addition to programming, trafficked all station digital advertising and accompanies local sales reps on client calls to help pitch/position online advertising.