McManus named VP of Sales for Telemundo Arizona.

Telemundo Media announced that Denise McManus has been named vice president of sales for Telemundo Arizona, effective January 17th. McManus will report to Araceli De Leon, regional vice president and general manager, Telemundo Southwest. In this role, McManus will provide leadership, guidance and support to the Phoenix and Tucson sales teams. She will lead and design strategies for growth in the marketplace, leveraging and optimizing opportunities across all media platforms.

McManus joins Telemundo from YGG Wealth Builders LLC, which she founded and served as president since 2001, successfully contributing to increasing revenues and developing effective sales and marketing strategies.

“Denise has extensive experience with an excellent track record in all areas of sales – domestic and international, possesses executive leadership skills, and excels at developing strong client relationships,” said De Leon. “With her vast knowledge of the television, radio and cable industries, Denise will ignite, strengthen and complement our local sales teams in Arizona.”

Prior to working for Comcast, McManus worked as senior account manager for NBC Television in Philadelphia and New York. She was in charge of selling advertising packages to national clients (Pepsi, Ford and Johnson & Johnson, among others) with an average revenue of $15 million per year. She also led the sports sales team to secure contracts for the NBA, Olympics, golf and college football. McManus was trained and received certification in Six Sigma through the GE/NBC quality assurance program. Previously, she was director of national sales for Fox Television in Detroit and Chicago, and director of sales for WAVE FM Radio in Chicago.