A maternity cover contract as Advertising Manager for weekly magazine titles New Idea/That's Life and managed a portfolio of advertising agencies representing the wider NZ Magazines and APN Media product offering.

Second in charge to the Advertising Director, my key purpose is to maximize yield, sales opportunities and return on inventory across NZ Magazines’ portfolio for advertisers. To provide day to day leadership, direction, coaching and support to the sales team that ensures maximum performance and implementation of company business strategies, meeting and exceeding customer and business objectives for NZ Magazines and the overall company, APN’s vision and strategy.Key responsibilities include, effective sales management, development of new products, people leadership, managing compliance with legal proceedings, reporting and booking processes and improving overall sales operations.

Fixed Term contract role

Developing new business initiatives for TVNZ Digital Media Sales, which requires initiating and developing relationships with direct and senior advertising agency clients. Provide clients with TVNZ integrated media solutions, progress new creative initiatives and innovations together.Business Planning requires on going involvement with TVNZ interactive strategy with sales and operational decision making.Develop commercial opportunities with key business partnerships to create new ground and mutual revenue benefit.

Advertising Agency Business for TVNZ

National Advertising sales - an integrated approach to providing media recommendations for Auckland Advertising agencies, these include a combination and use of Fairfax Media owned newspapers, magazines and digital environments.

National Advertising Sales, managed the NZH Wellington sales Office where the portfolio consisted of Christchurch and Wellington advertising agencies. A Promotion required a move to Auckland in August 2004 to manage Key Auckland accounts and the Account manager in the Wellington region.

Advertising sales in the business and techonogy environment of The Dominion Post - NZ Infotech and Suff jobs online. Clients consisted of key business/ technology customers and IT Recruitment companies. Advertising solutions were tailored majority to Infotech section and the online job listings for Stuff, however other Dominon Post products and sections were also recommended where relevant.

Account Manager for a leading Recruitment Company -specialising in recruitment for IT roles, permanant positions in programming, business analysts, IT consultants and IT Management roles.