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Charles H. Boyd III

Strategic Sales Executive, Coach & Mentor

    Summary

    Accomplished sales leader offering over 20 years of experience driving revenue through acquiring, building and maintaining client relationships. Results-focused and ambitious strategist that effectively adapts to change, and embraces new challenges.  Skilled at identifying new business opportunities, and developing comprehensive and effective action plans that activate sustained revenue growth. Expert in consultative and solution selling methods, with an emphasis on understanding true client needs, and providing clear, relevant needs based solutions.

    Work History

    Senior Sales Executive : Regional Sales Team

    20122016
    Pilot Media Company

    Identify and activate regional and national strategic sales opportunities with an emphasis on sustained, long term revenue growth. Includes current and new clients that will benefit from Pilot Media's print, digital & research platforms

    Collaborate with support and product teams to develop innovative solutions to client needs. Identify and activate Pilot Media partnerships that will result in future revenue and platform growth

    Develop relationships with key regional decision makers in order to maintain market intelligence and anticipate new trends and opportunities

    Commercial Online Sales Executive

    20082010
    Pilot Media Company

    Responsible for identifying and activating local, regional and national digital sales opportunities focusing on sustained, long term revenue growth.

    Led collaborative Interactive Media Sales initiative. Partnered with Pilot Media sales executives as their digital sales expert/lead. Tasked with identifying and growing digital revenue opportunities within their existing account list, and with modeling best practices for selling all digital products and services.

    Channel Manager

    20072008
    Link Free Daily : Pilot Media Company

    Collaborated with Pilot Media sales executives in identifying and activating revenue opportunities with Link.  This included building sales proposals and presentations, partnering on sales calls, and conducting needs assessments

    Identified and executed unique promotions and partnerships targeting Link's 18-34 year-old reader demographic

    Senior Sales Executive : Local Norfolk, Southern Peninsula

    20042012
    Pilot Media Company

    Responsible for meeting short and long-term goals for revenue, active accounts and new client sales within established territory

    Acquire new clients through focused cold calling, networking and referral tactics

    Used a consultative sale approach to identify client needs, and build solutions incorporating Pilot Media's print, digital & research platforms

    Proposed and negotiated contract details, offered incentives for increased sales while maintaining profitability

    Property & Zoning Manager

    20002004
    SBA Network Services : Cellular Network and Site Development

    Responsible for activating the cellular network growth objectives of SBA and it's clients.  This included identifying prospects through industry research of wireless network expansion plans, networking with government and carrier decision makers, and keeping abreast of their goals in order to promote SBA services including site acquisition, zoning, construction and turnkey management services.

    Managed site development projects from property acquisition to final permit approval. This included lease negotiations, zoning and permit application and hearing presentation, and building community and political consensus to ensure permit approval. Often this meant speaking before governing councils to outline benefits to area, negotiate terms of zoning and to amend unfavorable rulings.

    Education

    Elementary Education Endorsement, Grades NK – 4, 1993

    19921993
    Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia

    Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications, Print and Broadcast Media

    19871991
    Virginia Wesleyan College, Virginia Beach, Va