Albert G. Hartigan, Jr.
Darien, Connecticut
******@********.***
(m) 203-***-****
Core Skills & Experience:
Global Relationships
C/ Suite ~ Level
Relationships
Operations, Manage Global
Sales Teams
Cross Functional, Technical
Product with all stakeholders
Contract Negotiations
e/Mail Data Analytics,
Marketing
Lead Generation
Social Media
Launch Joint Ventures
Content Marketing
Start Up & Exit Experience
Education:
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
1986 ( Government )
Darien High School,
Darien, Connecticut
Albert Hartigan, Jr. https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-hartigan-jr-55674b ******@********.***
Darien, Ct 06820
Summary:
My career is a blend between small entrepreneurial "start up's" and world class technology, digital and large scale media companies. I enjoy collaborating across all stakeholders within organizations. I like to create, optimize and manage end - to - end- sales and sponsorship efforts, problem solve, create vision, collaborate and drive success. My Experience includes database email marketing, analytics, working with Ad/tech/Mar/tech, social media, brand and global team building. I thrive in fast paced environments across both sales/business and technical/product management and working with International marketing organizations, Governments, States, suppliers in marketing efforts.
While working at Conde Nast ( New Yorker /Gourmet ) we built and achieved record advertising revenue including the first ever profit at Conde Nast, for The New Yorker. I oversaw the ( travel ) sponsorships for both The New Yorker Festival and Gourmet Institute and was the lead sales and manager on the travel vertical brands.
I joined Travelocity.com, to launch the AARP, Travel Center, joint venture, targeting a 15 million consumer travel database and work with the preferred vendor network, negotiating contracts, and designed strategies for e/commerce, direct response with key suppliers, advertisers and & vendors. 2008, Co Founder/Partner of Im@mobile, a mobile location based Travel App and "Best in Show" Winner Innovation Summit, PhocusWright. In 2009, I consulted on and executed partner marketing sponsorships with the #1 Facebook travel app ( Whereivebeen.com) later sold to Trip Advisor. In 2013, I joined leading B2B publisher, Northstar Travel Media to launch their consumer Web and e/Mail/database travel brands, Luxury Cruise News and Your Travel Insider. In 2015, I acquired Your Travel Insider, Luxury Cruise News, from Northstar Media Group, built them into thriving e/Mail /database consumer direct businesses, and sold them to a private equity group in 2019. Work Experience:
AGH Media Group: General Partner /Founder, 12/2004 - present.
Operates and manages consumer direct databases, manage online assets, web properties, 1st party data, including e/Mail, postal, social custom audience,
Working with 100s of domestic and International destinations, suppliers and travel publishers, vendors, Travel Zoo, Conde Nast, Cruise Critic, Travelocity, Cruise, honeymoons.com, Tour, Dmo's, hoteliers, Exit - Your Travel Insider and Luxury Cruise News ( Private Equity)
Northstar Travel Group, Associate Publisher, ( B2B & B2C) 6/2013-12/2014
Launch consumer brands, Your Travel Insider and Luxury Cruise News.
Partner Marketing, with 3 Million e/Mails, postal and database.
Oversaw consumer direct web and e/data business & sponsorship sales. Travelocity.com / AARP Travel Partner Marketing, EVP Sales ( 1/ 2005- 12/2011)
Joint Venture, AARP, team responsible for destination and partner marketing sales
Sign up Preferred Vendor client negotiations, with Cruise, Tour, Hotel, Air, Car, hospitality suppliers.
Conde Nast, The New Yorker, International Travel Director, Executive Director, Gourmet Magazine, New York, NY, (6/2000- 12/2004)
Gourmet: Responsible for the global travel sales and marketing strategy, extensive international travel, day- to-day management of the magazines revenue, overseeing advertising category. Gourmet Festival launch team. Grew YOY revenue by 20%.
New Yorker: Director, face of the category, extensive international travel, drove sales and marketing relationships with destination marketing companies. Launch team with The New Yorker Festival, 2002 team that achieved its first ever profit under Conde Nast ownership.