Sam Phelps Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Developed two new multi-year partnerships (Helzberg Diamonds + Greenleaf Foods) for the team and for the United Center during my first full season with the organization.

Greater Chicago Area

• Served as station’s partnership lead with: Pitchfork Music Festival, The City of Chicago, C3 Presents, Live Nation, Active Transportation Alliance and the Chicago Marathon.• Oversaw $2 million “non-traditional” annual revenue line for station, selling integrated marketing solutions to a variety of brands - from the Fortune 100 to Main Street businesses.• Created new partnerships and sales opportunities for the entire sales staffs of WXRT + WSCR to take to market.• Developed content-driven marketing solutions customized to each clients’ objective across broadcast, digital, native, social, and event advertising platforms.• Lead WXRT station marketing and promotional efforts by leveraging our digital, social media and event platforms to grow Nielsen-measure audience• Managed promotions team consisting of 8-10 staff members

• Generated over $2 Million in revenue with campaigns activated across broadcast, digital, social media, and event platforms.• Developed a pipeline of new, direct client relationships from the cold call stage to campaign execution

• Assisted Senior Account Executives with program development, brainstorming, presenting, and program execution• Developed all station sales materials based on extensive qualitative and quantitative research

• Oversaw multi-million dollar "non-traditional" revenue line• Created new sales opportunities and presentations for sales staff• Developed, presented, and closed integrated marketing solutions across traditional, digital, and social platforms

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

Answered a newspaper ad for a free training/golf etiquette seminar on the course when I was in 8th grade and caddied there every summer through high school and college.- started as a “B”, single bag carrier and worked (and grew) up to double-bag carrying “Honor Caddie”- received the Conway Farms Foundation Scholarship in 2009 and 2010

Champaign, Illinois, United States

- Disk Jockey at the famous and original KAM’S on Daniel St. where my picture w/ coworkers was still on the wall when it closed.- Suggested in 2008 that they start promoting Blackhawks TV watch parties on weeknights. They would later become a Bud Light Blackhawk Bar™️ - Built the first Kam’s Facebook profile in ~2009.