Sales Manager

Joel Myhre

Email: ********@*********.***

Address:

City: Fergus Falls

State: MN

Zip: 56537

Country: USA

Phone: 218-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

I am a 20-year veteran of the newspaper industry who has spent the past 12 years publishing the Fergus Falls Daily Journal, including the management of print and digital sales staff. I'm looking for a new challenge in which I can apply my sales management skills.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from St. Cloud State University University of Minneso, Metro ZZ 1/2001 to 3/1993 (Mass Communications)

Job History / Details:

Professional Summary

20 years of experience in every aspect of the newspaper industry.

Core Qualifications

Sales management

Newsroom management

Production management

Financial analysis and budgeting

Advertising sales

Editing and page design

Reporting and editorial writing

Photography

Experience

June 2001 to Current

Fergus Falls Daily Journal

Publisher General Manager

Supervision of entire newspaper operation, including supervision of managers in circulation and marketing, accounting, graphics, production and newsroom

Management of $1.5 million print advertising sales operation, including print, magazine and niche publications. Also personally responsible for print advertising sales accounts.

Management of digital advertising sales operation, which has grown 78 percent in past five years.

Management of commercial printing operation, including sales, bidding and production. The Journal's commercial printing operation has grown 600 percent in the past five years.

Over the past 18 months, assumed roles of publisher, advertising sales manager and managing editor simultaneously

Responsible for newspaper operation's budget for the past 10 years

Analyzed financial statements monthly for past 10 years

January 1998 to July 2001

Fergus Falls Daily Journal

Managing Editor

Responsible for all aspects of newsroom, including hiring and supervision of seven staff, coordination of news coverage, copy editing and layout.

The Journal finished second among dailies under 10,000 in General Excellence for the year 2000.

July 1996 to December 1997

Detroit Lakes Newspapers

Reporter

Wrote news and feature stories for the Tribune and Becker County Record, covering county board and city council.

Also did layout of sports pages for Ralph Anderson.

Received an MNA award in 1998 for feature writing.

June 1993 to August 1996

Fergus Falls Daily Journal

Reporter-Sports Editor

Worked in several areas of newsroom, writing news and sports stories, designing pages and supervising sports stringers.

Education

March 1993 St. Cloud State University University of Minneso,

Bachelor's Degree pre-engineering

Additional Information

Fergus Falls Sertoma Club member since 1995.

Former President, United Way board

YMCA board member Graduate of

Dale Carnegie training school, 1999

Married with 8-year-old daughter

Interests: Golf, running (completed Fargo Marathon twice), triathlons, playing guitar, cooking

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