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Phoenix, Az, Us

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Phoenix's largest weekly publication covering the arts, entertainment, food, travel, and in-depth, long-format journalism.Owners of V Digital Services, an advanced digital advertising agency.Awarded:"Salesperson of the Month" April 2024"Salesperson of the Quarter" Q1 2024"Salesperson of the Month" March 2024"Salesperson of the Month" January 2024"Salesperson of the Year" 2022“Salesperson of the Quarter” Q3 & Q4 2022“Salesperson of the Month” twice in 2022"Most Impressive Sale" 2021

Santa Monica

Santa Monica's Premier Destination Publisher. Gibbons Media's MILLION MAPS SANTA MONICA connects Santa Monica's 8.3 MM visitors to the best accommodations, attractions, restaurants, shops, tours and entertainment our city has to offer.Gibbons Media is the publisher of Million Maps Santa Monica, the largest, most popular single-title visitors publication in Los Angeles. Million Maps Santa Monica has an audited circulation of 1,000,000 copies a year, is printed in 10 languages, and reaches 2.5 million LA area visitors. Gibbons Media also publishes Million Maps Venice & Marina del Rey and the Main Street Santa Monica Map. In total, Gibbons Media publishes 1.6 million visitors maps a year, with an audited reach of 4 million LA area visitors.

Santa Monica, Ca

Publisher of several Convention and Visitor Bureau products. Market: Santa Monica, CA.Titles: Santa Monica Visitors Guide, Santa Monica Corporate Travel & Meeting Planner, Santa Monica Visitors Map, santamonica.com, Downtown Santa Monica Directory and The Broad Stage Performance Program. Market: Central Coast, CA (Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County, Monterey County, Santa Cruz County).Titles: Santa Barbara County Visitors Magazine, Santa Barbara County Meeting & Event Planners' Guide, Oxnard Visitors Guide, Central Coast Visitors Guide, Central Coast Visitors Map and www.TourtheCentralCoast.com.Market: Orange County, CA.Titles: Huntington Beach Visitors Guide, Huntington Beach Visitors Map and Newport Beach Visitors Guide.Other Markets:Titles: Ontario Visitors Guide, Mendocino County Visitors Guide, Carlsbad Visitors Guide.I worked closely and directly with: Santa Monica Convention and Visitors Bureau (Now called "Santa Monica Travel & Tourism)Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. Montana Avenue Merchants Association (Santa Monica, CA)Main Street Business Improvement Association (Santa Monica, CA)Pico Improvement Association (Santa Monica, CA)Santa Monica Chamber of CommerceSanta Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau & Film CommissionSanta Barbara Downtown OrganizationLompoc Valley Chamber of CommerceCoast Village Road Business Association (Montecito, CA)Central Coast Tourism CouncilVisit Oxnard, Inc.San Luis Obispo Tourism BIDCambria Chamber of Commerce & Cambria CBIDCayucos Chamber of CommerceSanta Cruz County CVCSanta Cruz Seaside CompanyVisit Carlsbad, Inc.Ontario Department of Economic DevelopmentVisit Mendocino, Inc.Many other Chambers of Commerce and Merchant Associations. Professional Affiliations: Ambassador to Santa Monica; Board of Directors, Santa Monica Family YMCA; 2013 Downtown Santa Monica Essence Award Winner.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Hotel in-room guides to America's greatest cities. • 83 new accounts in my first year with the company, despite the recession and the devastating effect 9/11 had on the travel industry.• Lead the company nationally in new sales, and I lead California – and most other states – in revenue per page.• Sold national accounts across multiple markets.

Torrance, Ca

Su Familia & Su Bebe Magazines - Spanish language parenting and health publications.• Managed several large accounts, including three Proctor & Gamble brands, Tree Top Apple Juice, Tenet Health Systems, General Mills, Kelloggs, Quaker Oats, USC County Health, and Los Angeles Unified School District. Each account had several brands, several brand managers and brand groups, each with their own creative agencies, buying agencies and planning agencies. Some accounts had as many as 45-80 people I personally dealt with to buy, place, fulfill and track a single ad. I often traveled to New York, Chicago and other cities.• Developed complex, integrated marketing proposals combining traditional advertising along with distribution and fulfillment of product samples through several venues. These included in-person distribution of client samples in poly-bags (with advertising space sold on the poly-bag face) though hospital and HMO networks.

Greater Los Angeles Area

America's largest regional parenting publication. • Salesman of the month - June '99, August '99, October '99, December '99, May '00, June '00, & July '00 (program began in May '99).• Three-Time Sales Record Breaker - August '99, January '00 & May '00• Closed out 1999 with an 87% in-person closing ratio. I delivered a 6:1 R.O.I.• During my first year I created a national ad placement system. This transformed Los Angeles Family (then called Children Magazine) from a mere regional publication, to a major national player. • Utilizing my telecommunications and marketing background, I created the world's first interactive reader response system. The Reader Rewards™ IVR system revolutionized the way ads were tracked.• After 16 months as an account executive, I was promoted to Associate Publisher. • Developed the company's first event - The 1999 Summer Camp Fair. Along with this, I developed complex integrated-marketing proposals combining traditional advertising along with distribution and fulfillment of product samples. This included an in-person distribution of client samples in poly-bags (with advertising space sold on the poly-bag face) though our fairs and select Toys R Us and Babies R Us locations. • Interfaced with publishers of over 100 other regional parenting publications, selling, placing and fulfilling accounts in multiple markets across the country.

Malibu, Ca

Holistic health and lifestyle publication. • Salesman of the Year - 1996• As the company’s top salesperson, I consistently generated 40%-50% of the company’s monthly revenue, and led the sales force as the company’s Senior Account Executive.• I began a monthly consumer advocacy column known as the “Whole Life Marketplace". As Marketplace Editor, I conducted “Consumer Reports” style tests for efficacy and quality, as well as providing the companies involved with accurate marketing data. This column provided vital information to the public, as well a tremendous resource for companies promoting cutting edge products.• Developed the company's first event - The Whole Life Mates Singles Party.• Dubbed “The Idea Man” by the publisher in her monthly Letter from the Editor, Abigail Lewis publicly praised my contributions to the magazine. From this work at Whole Life Times, I gained deep insight into advertising, sales, marketing, public relations and client service.