Alan Weinstock
***** ******** **# *** ******* Oaks Ca 91403 acfxyh@r.postjobfree.com
www.linkedin.com/in/alanweinstock/
Summary: I am a hard working, performance driven, and consultative sales
professional. Working for Cox Target Media's Valpak and my own advertising
company along with twelve years in television and, two years in staffing
has given me stellar closing and, prospecting skills as well as a strong
work ethic, sense of urgency, personal pride, passion, and commitment to my
job. I also provide accountability, flexibility, creative ideas, and great
communication skills
Work Experience:
Account Executive Cox Target Media/Valpak www.valpak.com 1/1/12-Present
-Sell Valpak and Google print and digital solutions
-Won Valpak regional office sales contests
-Placed multiple times in the top 5-15 in west coast regional sales
contests
-Work full cycle of sales process, including selling account, ad design,
client retention, and ROI Analysis,
Publisher Valley Values/Producer Valley Buzz Today Affinity TV 24/7
2/15/11-12/9/11
-Created and published Valley Values coupon newspaper.
-Maintain full responsibility for managing marketing plans that
consistently increase sales and, the continued publishing of the Valley
Values coupon paper
-Sell SEO and, web design services in addition to print advertising
-Hire Graphic artists, printing, and, distribution companies
- Successfully, service, and, coordinate 25+ accounts
-Social media postings
-Sell online video advertising
Casting Associate/Casting Producer A&E's Human Resources, Banks Applegate
Media, GSN's Lingo, Travel Channel's Scream if You Know the Answer, and GRB
Entertainment's Double Life 1/27/11-9/6/11
GRB Entertainment- Recruit, pre interview candidates on the spot on topics
such as gambling, drug abuse, and extramarital affairs.
Travel Channel- Recruited, interviewed, pitched, and, booked contestants on
the spot. Wrote one liner used by show host
GSN/Banks Applegate-Recruit real people for regular and themed game show
episodes. Book and, audition actors for commercial spec
TLC- Outreach and, recruiting of small businesses. Qualify and, pre
interview small business owners
Account Manager P Murphy & Associates 1/07/2010-1/17/2011
-One of the most statistically productive Account Managers for taking job
orders and, making cold calls
-Won awards multiple times for having the most job orders
-Negotiated bill rates and, placement fees with clients
Casting Recruiter ABC's Supernanny 08/09-/10/31/10
Worked part time and, consistently met recruiting quotas for finding
families
Casting Coordinator/Recruiter 05/09-11/13/09 : STYLE Network's How Do I
Look?
-Found the makeover candidates, accomplices, and, audience members for some
of How Do I Look's highest rated shows
-Known for consistently recruiting new types of makeover candidates that
the show had not seen
-Streamlined LA recruiting process through outreach to salons, tattoo
shows, beauty schools, and, teacher's unions
-Assisted with editing of New York casting tapes on Imovie for presentation
to Executive Producers and, Style Network
Management Consultant : RGA Associates, Inc. 02/08-04/09
-Placed Software Engineers after interviewing and, recruiting them
-Took job orders and, job order leads (High volume sales cold and, warm
calls)
-Consistently had the most time on the phone in the company spanning
multiple offices
-Negotiated bill rates with clients and, pay rates with candidates and,
hiring managers
Casting Producer
9/97-12/07: NBC, ABC, FOX, UPN, VH-1, Warner Brothers (Telepictures) BRAVO,
MTV, Comcast Entertainment Group (G4), and Animal Planet.
-Cast real people, extras, and actors for pilots, promos, and hit shows
based on their stories, personalities, and talent for notable shows
including; Rock of Love season 1, Flavor of Love 2, elimiDATE, Deal or No
Deal, Fear Factor, The 5th Wheel, Change of Heart, For Love or Money, and
The Millionaire Matchmaker
-Developed reputation as someone able to find quality last minute
contestants at the last minute and, work as a one man band
-Saved Producers of elimiDATE money by returning from Salt Lake City trip
with enough contestants to shoot twelve shows instead of required six. Six
extra shows made up for shows in New Orleans that were lost because of
Hurricane Katrina
-Cast dates for celebrities Adrian Zmed, Leif Garrett, and, Doug Feiger
-Supervised and, trained Casting Assistants
- Set up casting events and, acquired media to publicize casting events
- Planned and budgeted casting trips. Never went over casting budget and at
times came in under budget
Education Towson University, Towson MD --Bachelor of Arts-Mass
Communication