Account Executive · Denver · Selling since 2008

Everything a seller does.
Proven with my own revenue.

18 years of full-cycle sales to small and mid-market businesses — 9 years at iHeartMedia, 8 years running my own marketing agency. MarTech, AI, and local-business growth, sold from lived experience.

Best Year
$1.5M
in sales in my best year at iHeartMedia — radio, digital, and event advertising
Multi-Market Deal
$1.2M
national advertising deal I closed with Time Share Exit Team, running across multiple iHeartMedia markets
Enterprise Demos
30+
sales meetings requested through the TRAX Analytics website I built — in just 10 months
Award Winner
Best
Sales Event
Broadcasters Association award for the Blue Moon 20th Anniversary party I pitched and produced
Selling Since
2008
18 straight years in sales — from radio advertising to AI-powered marketing
The Difference

Most AEs sell the product.
Most marketers run it.
I've spent 18 years doing both.

The Story

Why I'm different

Nine years at one of the country's largest media companies, then eight years founding and running a marketing agency where I was the closer, the strategist, and the person accountable for results after the deal closed. I've run the buyer's playbook — SEO, paid media, websites, AI automation, CRM — with my own hands, with my own revenue on the line. When I talk to a business owner or marketing leader, I'm not reciting a pitch deck. Buyers can tell the difference.

The Proof

Work in action.

Award Winner
Blue Moon 20th Anniversary. Won the pitch, built the integrated iHeartMedia campaign, booked national talent, produced the show at the brewery. Named Best Sales Event by the Broadcasters Association.
The MBC Group — Brand Story. The agency brand film I produced to position and sell MBC.
Money Maker Saturday Night — $250K Event. Pitched, sold, and produced end-to-end at Denver's Ogden Theatre: the concept, the sponsorship sale, and the show itself.
Modelo Day of the Dead 2019 — Event Rewind. Brand activation for Constellation Brands: full event production, promotion, and recap film.
The Path

Founder — Sales & Client Strategy

The MBC Group · 2018 – Present

Own the full B2B sales cycle for a subscription marketing agency — outbound prospecting to close and renewal, pipeline in HubSpot CRM. Generated 30+ enterprise demo requests for TRAX Analytics. Drove the sales growth and stabilization R2 Medical Clinic attributes to MBC Group. Produced national brand activations including Constellation Brands. Built a custom AI chatbot/assistant for clients.


Senior Account Executive

iHeartMedia · 2008 – 2017

Integrated advertising across radio, digital, promotions, and events — $1.5M best year plus the $1.2M Time Share Exit Team multi-market deal. Won and produced Blue Moon's 20th Anniversary; Best Sales Event, Broadcasters Association.

The Authority

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Education
Illinois State University
B.S., Integrated Media Communications / Marketing
Next Step

Let's talk.

Hiring an AE who understands marketing from the inside? I'd love to hear about the role.

matt.montez@me.com 303-250-9551 LinkedIn Denver, CO · Open to Remote (US)
Matthew Montez · Denver, CO · Built with the MBC design system