Former SCA, Big Mobile and mi9 director Emma-Jayne Owens has joined Australian Radio Network (ARN) in the newly created role of chief commercial officer.
Owens, based in Sydney, will join the executive leadership team and will be responsible for the commercial function across all platforms in addition to integration, creative and strategy.
Owens has worked in Australia’s media, entertainment and digital business space for more than 25 years and was most recently group sales director APAC at Big Mobile. Prior to Big Mobile Owens worked at mi9 fir five years and Southern Cross Austereo for six years.
As part of the restructure, ARN’s national sales director – direct, Brian Blacklock, is leaving the business after 36 years at the network.
The new commercial sales structure at ARN also sees Matthew Granger promoted to the role of commercial director – NSW and Queensland, responsible for the commercial function for both agency and direct sales in both markets and management of national agency partnerships.
ARN CEO Tony Kendall says: “This new structure reflects ARN’s ongoing investment in an ‘audience first’ approach providing the very best integrated solutions for our customers.
“Emma-Jayne brings extensive commercial leadership to our business, most recently across digital, but also across multiple media including a very strong radio background. I’m excited for her to be joining the team and particularly that she’ll be working alongside Matt who will expand his role across both agency and direct in Sydney and Brisbane.
“I’d like to thank Brian Blacklock for his outstanding contribution to ARN in many roles across his tenure and wish him all the very best moving forward.”
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