LusaCommercial Officer | April 2023 to Present
Apr. 2023Lisbon, PortugalOversee national and international Sales; report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. Deliver results on the commercial side of the business; exceptional ability to drive sales into new customer markets. Manage a dedicated team of key account managers. Launched a new photo monitoring system (third-party vendor), which generates 500% of the budget allocated to that category (year-to-date). Exercise detailed analysis and judgment while reviewing data information; skilled in re-visualizing and refining the Sales Pipelines information and tableau de bords. Drive change and true investment in Commercial and Business Development. Leverage experience and functional knowledge to define, develop, and implement annual budgets and control and marketing plan; highly skilled in researching consumer markets and competitors. Employ refined relationship-building skills and collaborative mindset to build enduring commercial and institutional relationships with other News Agencies. Lead projects, which involve cross-functional teams; guarantee all logistics required for events while monitoring business plan activities, including new product launches, cross-selling, and segment upselling. Contribute to corporate financial health by registering consecutive increases in sales over previous years since 2017; achieved above budget sales in 2022. Defined media strategies and relations designed to promote products and company, typically through use of Relational Marketing and Below-the-Line Marketing. Supervise, develop, and implement comprehensive marketing, social media, and communication strategies. Build up projects for new products, services, and events management (internal / external). Generated stability by rebranding of Agência Lusa in December 2018; refocused message from a stagnant, dated brand to a modern, visually appealing image.