Executive Leadership
George StewartExecutive Vice President, Branded Ad SalesGeorge brings more than 19 years of brand management and media sales experience to Demand Media. George's diverse background includes advertising sales and marketing roles at both large and small businesses. His most recent post was the Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales at Next New Networks, a producer and syndicator of orginal Internet television networks . In his role, George developed and sold video advertising, brand integration and entire online TV series across numerous social media and video sites, as well the Next New Networks "owned and operated" destinations. George began his career as a brand manager at GoodMark Foods where he led the explosive growth of the Slim Jim Brand to over $200 million in annual sales. GoodMark was acquired by ConAgra. In 1999, George began his digital media career, at the online music start-up, LAUNCH.com where he was VP of Advertising Sales, working with the founders and executive team to build LAUNCH into a leading music property. LAUNCH was acquired by Yahoo! where, as National Director of Sales and Category Development Officer, George led his team in developing and selling various high profile, multi-million dollar campaigns such as Pepsi’s “Smash,” Nissan’s “Live Sets,” Saturn’s “Who’s Next,” MasterCard’s “Music Unlimited,” and numerous others campaigns for Fortune 500 companies. George holds a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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