Erik Herz
Innovative, Results-Driven Sales and Business Development Executive. Well versed in start-ups and mature businesses.
- Role
- Director of Business Development at Material Bank®
- Location
- New Rochelle, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Erik Herz
e••••••••@gmail.com I am a versatile Senior Sales and Business Development Executive who relentlessly pursues new business opportunities and leads top-performing teams across multiple verticals in ever-evolving and converging media and technology sectors. Strengths that set me apart… Ability to guide stakeholders at all levels and functions through strategic roadmaps, media campaigns and collaborative enterprise solutions - that optimize market position. Numerous successes in building and leading cross-functional teams in profit-focused sales, go-to-market programs and new product rollouts - while consistently surpassing key performance metrics. Extensive background in new business development, P&L accountability, social media, direct mail, internet marketing, digital advertising, resource allocation, staff management and ecommerce programs. Notable contributions: MARKET ENTRY: Spearheaded all aspects of rolling out of NewBeauty magazine into very competitive spaces – produced 800 pages in premier issue that generated $3M in new ad revenue. ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING: Smoothly consolidated and integrated two business units into single ad sales group, resulting in massive sales growth within two years. TOP PERFORMER: Joined young media entity and rapidly increased net revenue and added over 30 national accounts – ranked as Top Revenue Generator. START-UP – IPO TRANSITION: Led combined Sales and Client Services divisions to provide full range of products and services to online market segment, growing revenue in multimillions during eight-year tenure and contributing to successful IPO.
Experience
Director of Business Development
Dec 2020 — Present · NY, US
Lead strategies, plans, teams, and activities involved in the creation, development and promotion of the INSPIRATION initiative that integrates with Material Bank platform and connects with the architecture and design community at project conception
Education
Pratt Institute
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture
1984 — 1988
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