Meril Rick

About Meril Rick

RICK MERILTELEVISION SALES EXECUTIVEHighly experienced National Television Program Sales & Media Executive with a proven history of pitching and closing record $$ sales of talk and court shows, news magazines, sitcoms, and dramas to all markets across the United States. A dedicated leader skilled in closing cash contracts for a wide range of programming with top-level executives at all Major TV Groups, Networks, Ad Agencies and Advertisers. CAREER HISTORYEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL SALES MANAGER Warner Bros. Worldwide Television DistributionBurbank, California - Present Lead and manage a sales team of 20 Vice Presidents, Account Executives and Administrators in planning, budgeting and selling Ellen DeGeneres, The Real, EXTRA, TMZ, Peoples Court, Judge Mathis, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Friends, Mike & Molly, 2 Broke Girls, Mom, and Major Crimes to every one of the 210 USA television markets.Set record cash sales of $1.5 million weekly for Ellen DeGeneres and $1 million weekly each for Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory.Work in tandem with Marketing, Research, Ad Sales, Programming and Tech Ops teams to successfully create and distribute Warner Bros. television shows.Excellent, long-standing relationships with the Heads of ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Hearst, Tegna, Scripps, Sinclair, Meredith, Cox, Nexstar, Weigel and Gray television station groups in closing multi-year cash tv program contracts.SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL SALES MANAGER Cox Broadcasting – Cox Reps, TeleRep, Rysher EntertainmentNew York, New York SALES MANAGER WFAA(ABC) television; TEGNA, Inc. Dallas, Texas ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE CBS Broadcasting, WINS All-News RadioNew York, New York

Experience

1. Executive Vice President, General Sales Manager

   Warner Bros. Entertainment

   Oct 1999 — Present

   EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL SALES MANAGER Warner Bros. Worldwide Television DistributionBurbank, California - Present Lead and manage a sales team of 20 Vice Presidents, Account Executives and Administrators in planning, budgeting and selling Ellen DeGeneres, The Real, EXTRA, TMZ, Peoples Court, Judge Mathis, Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Friends, Mike & Molly, 2 Broke Girls, Mom, and Major Crimes to every one of the 210 USA television markets.Set record cash sales of $1.5 million weekly for Ellen DeGeneres and $1 million weekly each for Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory.Work in tandem with Marketing, Research, Ad Sales, Programming and Tech Ops teams to successfully create and distribute Warner Bros. television shows.Excellent, long-standing relationships with the Heads of ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Hearst, Tegna, Scripps, Sinclair, Meredith, Cox, Nexstar, Weigel and Gray television station groups in closing multi-year cash tv program contracts.SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL SALES MANAGER Cox Broadcasting – Cox Reps, TeleRep, Rysher EntertainmentNew York, New York SALES MANAGER WFAA(ABC) television; TEGNA, Inc. Dallas, Texas ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE CBS Broadcasting, WINS All-News RadioNew York, New York

Education

• Ohio University

  Bachelors

Skills

• Advertising Sales
• New Media
• Broadcast
• Management
• Broadcast Television
• Social Media
• Public Relations
• Broadcasting
• Marketing
• Digital Marketing
• Digital Media
• Sales Management
• Entertainment
• Online Advertising
• Public Speaking
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Brand Management
• Sales
• Marketing Strategy
• Television
• Strategic Planning
• Advertising
• Strategic Partnerships