Dee Anne Thomas

Experience

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  222 Corporation - WCKW Radio - New Orleans, LA

  May 1984 - Nov 1992

  Retail Marketing Manager

  Began my career as a Sales Account Executive for WCKW am and WCKW fm in Garyville, LA. The station grew to serve New Orleans and we began to work with New Orleans ad agencies and moved our facilities to the New Orleans area. The stations upgraded to a 2004 foot antenna and became a regional station covering 2/3 of the state. My final position at the station was as Retail Marketing Manager for two years. Won the 1992 Sales Person of the year from the AD CLUB.

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  Clear Channel Communications aka iHeartMedia

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2009

  Worked at Clear Channel Radio Tucson, from 1993 as Retail Marketing Manager, Sales Manager for COOL 92.9FM, Sales Manager for NewsTalk Radio KNST, and KCEE. Sales Manager for KWFM 97.1, Coyote Country 92.9, and finally as General Sales Manager for 92.9 The Mountain, News Talk 790 KNST, and COOL Oversee local, regional and sports sales. Project and budget efficiently. Coordinate support staff as part of a successful team. Maintain profitability for the stations.

  • General Sales Manager

    Nov 1992 - Jan 2009

  • Sales Manager - GSM

    Jan 1993 - Jan 2009
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  KNST-AM

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2009

  General Sales Manager

  Managing a sales team to achieve goals in broadcast, UA Sports sales and event sales. Sell news sponsors and paid programming slots. Coordinate with a staff of 8 sellers to hit goals.

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  Tucson Advertising Federation

  Jan 2005 - now

  Member

  Networking, assisting with events and check in.

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  Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

  Jan 2009 - now

  Member
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  Tucson American Marketing Association

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  VP of Programs

  Book and coordinate qualified speakers to attract members and attendees to monthly luncheons to provide enrichment to the Tucson Marketing specialists.

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  AdVision Outdoor

  Feb 2009 - Nov 2010

  Director of Sales and Marketing, AdVision Outdoor, Tucson AZ

  Director of Sales and Marketing for over 1250 outdoor posters on Tucson Bus Benches and Bus Shelters.

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  American Marketing Association Tucson Chapter

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2014

  Executive VP of Programming, Board Member

  Work to bring in Key Speakers who are marketing experts to the monthly Tucson AMA Luncheons

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  Business Clubs America - Tucson

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Member
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  MTCVB

  Nov 2010 - now

  Member
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  ON Media Publications

  Dec 2010 - Feb 2014

  Sr. Account Manager - Southern Arizona

  Overseeing and Developing Sales for Tucson, Southern Arizona and Phoenix with respect to the Performing Arts Theater Programs. We work in partnership with Broadway in Tucson, Arizona Opera, Tucson Symphony and UA Presents. We also publish a million theater programs in the Phoenix area including Gammage, Ballet Arizona, Herberger Theatre, The Heard Museum guide, Desert Botanical Guide, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the Accenture PGA Spectator Guide. Our newest guide is the PBS Channel 8 Viewing guide which is a monthly magazine mailed into upscale homes in the Phoenix Metro. Show less

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  TEGNA

  May 2014 - Sept 2017

  Local Sales Manager

  TEGNA owns 38 stations in continental US including KMSB and KTTU in Tucson and KPNX in Phoenix. Our Digital Division, G/O Digital is based in Phoenix, AZ.

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  KMSB-TV

  May 2014 - Sept 2017

  Local Sales Manager

  Coaching and training the local sales team, growing revenue and creating successes.

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  Arizona Lotus Radio

  Sept 2017 - now

  Director of Sales
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  Lotus Communications

  Sept 2017 - now

  Director of Sales, AZ Lotus - KLPX/KFMA/KMXZ/ESPN