Network Ten is continuing to build its Advertising Sales empire with the appointment of market Sales Directors in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
- Network Ten’s Damon Jackson has been promoted to Melbourne Sales
- General Manager of Brisbane and South-East Queensland Angela Neville has added Brisbane Sales Director to her
- Cameron Mudge, who is currently leading sales at MCN in South Australia, will be Ten’s new Adelaide Sales
- Long-time Ten sales leader both at Network Ten and then at MCN, Paul Townsend, will be Sales Director for Paul has also been appointed General Manager, Perth.
Mr Jackson and Ms Neville’s roles are effective immediately. Mr Mudge and Mr Townsend will join Ten in December 2018. The market Sales Directors will report to the soon-to-be- appointed National Sales Director. Mr Townsend will also report to Network Ten’s Chief Operating Officer Annabelle Herd in his capacity as General Manager, Perth and Mr Jackson and Mr Mudge will work closely with Ten’s General Managers in their respective states, Toni Skaife in Melbourne and Frank Filosi in Adelaide.
Network Ten’s Chief Sales Officer Rod Prosser said: “We are building something exciting here at Ten. With our brilliant entertainment programming line-up over the coming months, we have a great story to tell and more commercial opportunities than ever. Damon, Ange, Cam and Paul are experienced, well-respected leaders in their respective markets. They are also passionate about Ten, our multi-platform offering and what we can achieve by bringing the advertising sales team back in-house. Each of them are great ambassadors for Ten, having worked closely with the company for many years. I’m thrilled to have them part of the sales leadership team to take Ten’s commercial strategy into the future.”
Ms Herd said: “Paul has an infectious energy and there are few people that know the WA market as well as he does, so I’m really pleased that he will be leading our operations in Perth. I’d also like to thank Frank Filosi for his outstanding leadership in WA over the past four years. He has done a phenomenal job and will leave the station in great shape.
Even though he is busier than ever as our General Manager of Network Operations and Adelaide, Frank will work closely with Paul when he joins Ten to ensure a smooth transition.”
Damon Jackson
Mr Jackson has almost 30 years in media sales working across Network Ten, Ignite Media Brands, Seven West Media, ESPN Star Sports in Hong Kong and MCN. For the last four years, Mr Jackson has been Network Ten’s Melbourne Commercial Integration Manager and Sport Sales Manager responsible for growing sponsorship and sport revenue for Ten.
Angela Neville
Ms Neville first joined Ten in 1997 before moving to EYE Corp Media in 2009 to become their QLD State Sales Manager. Ms Neville then spent time at Seven Affiliate Sales as Sales Director before re-joining Ten in 2011 as Brisbane Sales Director, and was appointed General Manager of Brisbane and South-East Queensland earlier this year responsible for Ten’s Brisbane and South East Queensland operations. Ms Neville will maintain this responsibility in a dual role and will continue to report through to Ms Herd.
Cameron Mudge
Mr Mudge joins Ten from MCN where he was responsible for media sales in the Adelaide market with oversight to key MCN divisions including Sport, Digital, Mobile and Multiply. Under his leadership, the South Australian sales team won Sales Team of the Year at the Media-i Awards. Prior to MCN, Mr Mudge was to Network Ten for six years in Group Sales Manager roles. He has also spent almost 10 years in radio sales.
Paul Townsend
Mr Townsend joins Ten from MCN where he was General Sales Manager – Perth, leading MCN’s western sales operation. Prior to MCN, Mr Townsend spent more than 13 years leading Network Ten’s Perth sales operations as Group Sales Manager and then Perth Sales Director. He started his advertising sales career at Val Morgan Cinema Network.
These appointments follow the recent sales leadership announcements of Michael Stanford as National Creative Director of TEN Imagine (Ten’s commercial production division), Tamar Hovagimian as Head of TEN Effect (Ten’s commercial partnership division) and Gareth Tomlin as General Manager, Data, Insights and Analytics.
Announcements of Ten’s Sydney Sales Director, National Sales Director and Digital Sales Director will be made soon.