Job#3631063
Lead One of the Midwest’s Premier Media Markets
A privately held media group is seeking a dynamic, strategic, and revenue-driven Market President to lead its Midwest operation. This is an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished media executive who thrives on building high-performing teams, growing revenue, developing client partnerships, and making a meaningful impact within the local community.
The Market President serves as the senior leader for the market and is responsible for the overall success of the market by driving revenue growth, developing talent, strengthening client relationships, and ensuring operational excellence. This leader will foster a high-performance culture while creating innovative marketing solutions that help local businesses achieve measurable results.
This opportunity is well suited for an experienced Market Manager, General Manager, Director of Sales, or an accomplished sales leader ready to step into a market leadership role.
This media group is one of the largest privately owned multimedia companies in the United States, operating market-leading radio stations and integrated digital marketing platforms across the country. The company helps local businesses grow through customized marketing solutions that include broadcast radio, streaming audio, digital advertising, social media, search marketing, websites, live events, and branded content.
They believe in local leadership, entrepreneurial thinking, and empowering its teams to make decisions that best serve clients and their communities. The company’s collaborative culture encourages innovation, rewards performance, and provides the resources necessary for leaders to succeed.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Market Strategy
- Provides overall leadership for the market, ensuring alignment with their strategic vision and core values.
- Creates and fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and high performance.
- Represents the company throughout the community by building relationships with local businesses, civic organizations, charitable groups, government leaders, and industry associations.
- Partners with executive leadership to implement company initiatives while adapting strategies to local market opportunities.
Revenue Growth & Sales Leadership
- Leads all revenue-generating efforts across broadcast radio, streaming, digital advertising, live events, sponsorships, and integrated marketing solutions.
- Develops and executes market-specific sales strategies that drive consistent revenue growth.
- Builds and maintains strategic relationships with key advertisers, agencies, and community partners.
- Participates in high-level client presentations and business development initiatives.
- Oversees digital revenue strategy and works closely with digital specialists and third-party partners to ensure successful planning, execution, optimization, and reporting of integrated marketing campaigns.
- Serves as the market expert on all digital products while ensuring ongoing digital sales training and development.
- Maximizes advertising inventory and identifies new revenue opportunities across all platforms.
Talent Development
- Recruits, hires, coaches, and develops high-performing sales professionals and department leaders.
- Creates a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and professional growth.
- Provides ongoing coaching and performance management while developing future leaders within the organization.
- Drives results by establishing clear expectations and holding teams accountable for achieving business objectives.
Financial & Operational Leadership
- Maintains full responsibility for the market’s financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, P&L management, and operational efficiency.
- Collaborates with programming, engineering, promotions, and digital teams to maximize audience engagement and revenue opportunities.
- Ensures compliance with FCC regulations, company policies, and industry standards.
- Stays informed of industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving consumer behaviors to identify new opportunities for growth.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Proven executive leadership experience within radio, television, digital media, advertising, or a related industry.
- Demonstrated success leading high-performing sales organizations and consistently driving revenue growth.
- Strong knowledge of digital marketing, integrated media solutions, and consultative selling strategies.
- Experience managing budgets, forecasting, and overall business performance.
- Outstanding leadership, communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution.
- A passion for community involvement, client success, and employee development.
Compensation & Benefits
They offer a competitive compensation package that includes base salary, performance incentives, comprehensive medical benefits, paid time off, retirement savings opportunities, and relocation assistance for the right candidate.
Please reach out in confidence to Megan Wojtkowiak, megan@mediastaffingnetwork.com
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