Retired Distribution Director, includes: The Herald-Times, The Reporter-Times, Times-Mail, Mooresville-Decatur Times, and The Spencer Evening World. Also oversee operations of Indianapolis Star, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and New York Times in our market. Also oversee Herald-Times distribution center.Directly responsible for all distribution operations including, home delivery, mail and single copy, vendor management, and in-house distribution center management, for three daily newspapers, two weekly newspapers, as well as four partner publications. Training and development of circulation, and distribution team. Created successful and award winning sales campaigns, and single copy promotions. Excellent record of meeting and exceeding goals. Gannett Chairman's Recognition Great Lakes' Region May 2020. Taught circulation methods through “sister paper” project working at newspaper Kafa, in Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine, in 2004 and 2005. Learned to speak and read Russian in preparation. Goal orientated professional with experience as a leader and trainer. Skilled at motivating and inspiring others. Results driven. A proven record of delivering results that exceed operational goals and yields measurable outcomes. Strong operational process improvement through cost reduction, planning, and revenue growth strategies.
Listed skills include Circulation, Journalism, Media Relations, Newspapers, and 3 others.