Mansour Now VP/Digital Sales, iHeart Twin Cities
• iHeartMedia Minneapolis has promoted AJ Mansour to Vice President of Digital Sales for the nine-station group. It’s that logical next step for Mansour, a graduate of St. Paul’s Bethel University, who began his career down the hall with Sports-Talk KFAN in 2007. Mansour most recently served as the region’s Digital Content Director and on-air talent with KFAN and the Vikings Radio Network.
Now, as VP of Digital Sales, Mansour will be responsible for leading the cluster’s team of Account Executives in driving digital sales and growth for the market. He will report to Bekki Yang, SVP of Sales for iHeartMedia Minneapolis, who commented, “AJ has always been at the forefront of digital innovation here at iHeartMedia Minneapolis. He’s the root behind the success we are now seeing with our radio stations’ brands both digitally and socially. As we continue to expand our scale and reach, we couldn’t be more excited to have AJ join our sales leadership team to lead the charge for us.”
Mansour remarked, “I’m incredibly excited to embark on this new adventure with iHeartMedia Minneapolis as the new Vice President of Digital Sales. My skills and expertise in digital and social content development along with the excitement and energy being pumped into the world of digital sales will offer unique opportunities and perspectives for our partners.”