Industry Veteran Joins Jumptap During Period of Tremendous Corporate Growth; Company Has Added 23 Professionals in 2011
Cambridge, MA – Jumptap, the leader in targeted mobile advertising, today announced that Jared Hand has been named Vice President of Sales. Hand brings extensive digital sales experience to Jumptap, having led successful sales teams at a variety of industry leading companies including Gorilla Nation and Clear Channel. The new appointment is the latest in a series of hires for Jumptap, as the rapidly growing company has added over 23 professionals since the beginning of 2011 from companies including Apple, IAC, Time Inc, and Maxus.
In his new role, Hand will directly report to Jumptap Chief Media and Revenue Officer Todd Anderman. Hand will oversee the growing ad sales team and work with agencies and marketers to foster new relationships and grow existing partnerships.
“I had the good fortune of working with Jared about six years ago. Jared has always been a star, and over the past few years he has developed into one of the digital industry’s sales leaders,” said Todd Anderman, Chief Media and Revenue Officer at Jumptap. “Jared’s insights, leadership and consultative style are the perfect match to serve our existing and new advertising partners. We are excited to have Jared join the team.”
Over the course of Hand’s career, he has been instrumental in building and growing the digital sales teams at a variety of brands in the digital space. He joins Jumptap from Gorilla Nation, where he served as VP of Sales. Prior to Gorilla Nation, Hand served as VP of Sales at Clear Channel, where he started and ran the national online sales team for the Clear Channel Online Music & Radio division. Hand has also held digital sales and sales management roles at Maxim.com, About.com and DoubleClick.
“The mobile industry is the hottest segment of the digital marketplace right now and I am eager to join Jumptap as the company continues on an amazing growth path,” said Jared Hand, newly appointed VP of Sales. “The team at Jumptap is unequalled in their ability to help advertisers reach consumers and engage with them in an actionable way to generate the greatest ROI. I am ready to get started and bring my experience to the company with one of the largest independent mobile ad networks in North America and help the company continue to thrive.”
About Jumptap
Jumptap is the leader in targeted mobile advertising. With an unmatched portfolio of technology patents, Jumptap’s data-driven solutions deliver the highest ROI for advertisers, and the best yield for publishers, across multiple platforms. The company partners with digital and media agencies, publishers, wireless carriers and brand advertisers, to deliver an array of mobile advertising solutions. For more information, visit www.jumptap.com or follow us on twitter.com/jumptap.
