Account Executive for a national newspaper rep firm representing over forty major daily newspapers. Responsible for managing tourism advertising sales with a client territory of the western United States while bringing over three million dollars in annual advertising sales to the bottom line. . Handle all aspects of presenting print and online opportunities to clients to compliment their national advertising needs throught the United States in newspapers and newspaper websites. Client list includes, but is not limited to, US Airways, Disney, Princess Cruise Lines, Holland America Cruise Lines, India Tourism, Arizona Office of Tourism.manage relationships directly with the client or advertising agency. Also handle execution of campaigns from budget and contract negotiations to final insertion order placement.

Responsible for managing relations between the travel agency community and US Airways Vacations. Responsible for travel agency programs, commissions and familiarization (FAM) trips.Responsibilities involved aspects from account management, collateral distribution on products and client education on current products and services. Also involved with relationships with vacation properites and resorts in conjunction with internal property account managers.

Managed National Leisure Sales AccountsNegotiated Net wholesale agreements with over 100 tour operator accountsCreated pricing strategies to maximize return through account managementWorked with Niche specialty groups in pricing and promoting package offerings to assist groups with their travel needs exclusively through America West Airlines.

Worked with over 100 corporations managing their preferred employee travel programs for corporate travel on America West Airlines. Managed corporate accounts concerning commitment contracts in exchange for preferred pricing for their corporate travel.

Responsible for employee file management of over 100 flight attendants while assisting in daily operations overseeing over 3,000 flight attendants within the airline. Duties included but were not limited to awareness and compliance of Federal Aviation Regulations FARS as well as company policies and procedures for the flight attendant workgroup. Also worked with the Association of Flight Attendants union to assist with employee disciplinary issues. Also served on the emergency deployment team for the inflight division.

I began my career at Sky Mall as a call center manager, promoted to training & quality assurance manager, promoted to airline account manager: managing the contractual relationships between SkyMall and the Airline partner marketing divisions.

Managed 3 aspects of the store: Optical medical office, Optical retail operation, Optical manufacturing lab. Worked as an optician, optical lab technician and store manager.