1. Advertising and marketing manager
Aqaar newspaper ,Khartoum - Sudan
Dec 2008 – jul 2009
• Place all ads on page templates at the beginning of each production week.
• Prepare budgets and submit cost estimates.
• Generate new advertising sales through direct solicitation of area businesses and
campus organizations.
• Provide timely follow up on all advertising inquiries, and maintain availability by
telephone and email to clientele and staff members.
• Negotiate advertising and sales contracts.
• Approve contracts negotiated by team members.
• Follow up on all advertising inquiries in a timely manner, and keep a log of all contacts
made/outcomes of those interactions.
• Generate new ideas for ad campaigns throughout the year.
• Work closely with newspaper Designer to ensure ads appear in the paper properly.
• Assisting General Manager with collection of outstanding accounts.
• Manage both existing and new accounts with the same degree of professionalism.
• Work with campus organizations and departments to produce and publish ads.
• Oversee the coordination of weekly ads (all versions), specific store events,
segmentation, print media and electronic media planning and creative grand opening
circulars.
• Sell ad space in weekly and special issues.
• Grow new relationships with local, national, and campus advertisers.
• Maintain and post a list of all ads booked for the current and future issues, including
client name, size and type of ad of ad.
• Present a report of this activity to the publication manager on a monthly basis.
• Coordinate with the publication manager to complete billings, including statements and
tear sheets, to all clients immediately after each issue is published.
• Develop media plans and manage partner media agencies.
• Analyze expenditures and their effectiveness, and develop reports to share with
managers & senior management.
• Oversee communication and processes between Fry’s and print production and photo

2. hubs; provide strategic and creative direction for division initiatives.
• Develop strategic promotional plans for division/stores and other sales impacting
initiatives?
• Provide weekly updates of activity and projected ad space for each issue to the
managing editor.
• Coordinate ad placement for each issue with the managing editor.
• Track the success of ad campaigns after they are launched.
• Responsible for developing and achieving advertising budgets.
• Participate in identifying, screening and selecting ad agency partners.
• Manage production of agreed advertising materials on time & within budgets.