ARN has announced a number of internal promotions across its agency sales teams in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
John Hewitt has been promoted to Melbourne sales director – agency. Hewitt has worked for ARN for nearly eight years and was the successful candidate in a rigorous nationwide search to find a sales leader to amplify ARN’s market leading audio expertise.
Aaron Bryant has been appointed as Perth sales director – agency. Bryant has been leading ARN’s Perth Agency team as group business director for the past twelve months during which time he has made a huge impact in driving growth and building valuable relationships.
Other promotions include Ashlea Reece to the role of senior group business director – Sydney Agency and Michael Hossen to senior group business director – Melbourne Agency. Also in the Melbourne Agency team, Fanny Donaldson and Tess McLeod have both been promoted to the role of group business director.
ARN’s national sales director – agency, Angus Leech said: “We conducted a broad search to fill these key sales leadership roles, and I’m thrilled to confirm the best audio talent was residing within ARN.
“Aaron and John have proven their ability to build meaningful connections with our clients and commercial partner and I am excited to see them, along with all of the newly promoted team, take their next career steps.”
Now in effect, these appointments sit within ARN’s new “All Audio” sales structure and will see Hewitt and Bryant lead a consolidated commercial team across the network’s Metro, Regional and Digital platforms, offering clients the opportunity to access a breadth of audio knowledge across all touchpoints and providing ease of transaction through a single point of contact.
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