Who We Are 

Big Agency Expertise. Small Agency Attention to Detail.

We're more than a digital marketing, media, news, and entertainment company. We're humans committed to serving our communities. The cities we operate in aren't just geographic outposts for us - they're our homes. And that's something worth putting our passion, time, technology, and resources toward.

Everywhere: It's not just where we are. It's who we are.

CMG operates in over 20 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million consumers weekly across 100+ news outlets. When you want to go from unseen to everywhere, call the agency that has captivated audiences for nearly 100 years.

We are passionate about people--yours and ours--and believe that what we say should always align with what we do. When you're ready to work with a team who cares about your goals and dreams, we're ready to help you grow.

Working with a marketing team you actually want to go to to lunch with = less stress and better outcomes.

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Our Approach

Our Approach
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Jesse McCambridge - Vice President, Digital Revenue & Sales Strategy

Jesse McCambridge is an accomplished Digital Media executive with extensive experience and an exceptional track record in developing new business, strengthening existing client relationships and providing innovative solutions for the direct marketing, broadcasting, entertainment and technology sectors. Strong consultative sales approach that ensures clients' needs are translated into mutually beneficial relationships built on trust, integrity and continuous collaboration. Adept at driving revenue through strategic channel partnerships while building long-term business alliances.

Jesse currently serves as the Vice President of Digital Revenue & Sales Strategy at Cox Media Group with responsibility for direct sales, local market sales and creative services. Together with his team of talented and dedicated digital sales directors, marketing specialists and CMG's award-winning Premier Creative Services (PCS team), delivers best-in-class marketing solutions that drive real business results for CMG's advertising partners. Jesse is focused on driving successful integrated sales solutions to help drive revenue and hit CMG's financial targets.

Prior to joining Cox Media Group in 2010, he served as Vice President of Market Development at Internet Broadcasting (IB). Jesse effectively drove the Sales Solutions and Content Management System sales for IB's 100+ website partners. Over a 13-year period, McCambridge defined the digital media sales & advertising operations for IB's media partners that included NBC, Telemundo, Hearst Television, Cox TV, Post-Newsweek, McGraw-Hill, and many more.

Jesse is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and lives with his wife Leslie, son Jack, and daughter Molly in Atlanta, GA. He's an avid golfer and traveler.

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Mindy Buckalew - Vice President, Digital Business Operations

Mindy Buckalew is a strategic digital and operations leader with 20+ years of experience in finance, business operations, digital operations, sales strategy and digital innovations. Mindy has been with Cox Media Group for 15 years serving as the GM of a national digital start-up business and various product development, sales strategy, product planning and advertising operations leadership roles.

Mindy currently serves as the Vice President of Digital Business Operations at Cox Media group with responsibility for business operations, planning and reporting, project management, campaign fulfillment and performance marketing.

Prior to joining the CMG in 2006, Mindy served in various finance, analytics and operations roles with several start-up businesses here in Atlanta. Mindy earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, Cum Laude, from Kennesaw State University and has lived in the Atlanta area for the last 30+ years.

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Justin Wenokur- Vice President, Digital Revenue & Sales Strategy

Justin Wenokur presently serves as the Vice President of Digital Revenue and Sales Strategy for Cox Media Group Local Solutions. Justin obsesses over the best ways to get his customers to the results they desire using the latest in greatest in the world of digital marketing services. Sitting across from customers and solving problems tend to be the highlights of his day. As part of this role, he is able to travel the country in support of all of our local television and radio stations to ensure that they get access to all of those strategies and are able to extend them to their customers.

Prior to working on CMG, Justin was the Vice President of Growth for a large digital agency in Dallas, TX and was responsible for growing his customer's revenues while also growing agency revenue. During that time he received honors like AD2's top 32 under 32 and ANA's Rising Stars in marketing award. His wife Sarah, along with their children Cade and Chloe all live in Dallas.

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Jennifer Dragon - Creative Director

From brainstorming to pitching, making, and showing off it's success to advertisers, digital advertising creative has been a huge part of Jennifer's career. Always on the hunt for innovative solutions that get results, Jennifer has crafted highly effective digital ad campaigns for local and regional businesses as well as national brands.

An alumni of NYU, Jennifer now serves as Senior Director of Creative Services at Cox Media Group. In addition to the ad creative team, she also oversees the news graphic creation across the group's television stations nationwide. Jennifer and her team support clients across all 63 media properties in markets across the U.S.

Before joining the Cox Media Group family, Jennifer honed her skills as part of the partnership sales team at the Walt Disney Internet Group in North Hollywood, CA.

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Shajan Thomas - Digital Fulfillment Director

Shajan Thomas is the Director of Digital Campaign Operations at Cox Media Group Local Solutions. Shajan and his team are responsible for all digital operations and creating best-in-class, process driven solution for their customers. Shajan is a data driven marketer, concentrating on curating digital experiences that generate loyalty, creating value and building results- driven, long term solutions. Shajan is a father of 2 girls and an avid Atlanta United fan.

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Jennifer Jones - Director, Performance Management & Operations

Jennifer Jones is the Director of Performance Management and Operations. In this role, Jennifer leads a team focused on campaign performance reporting through meaningful ROI storytelling, developing cohesive campaign strategy in support of sales efforts all while ensuring accuracy from the beginning stages of the client experience through campaign completion.

As a media industry veteran, Jennifer is an expert in combining strategy and planning with tactical execution to optimize long term gains in media campaign performance. A proven leader who is adept at managing resources, process and people, Jennifer has a history of success and innovation. With a strong aptitude for project management, streamlining process and workflow and building efficiency across operations, she has a track record of developing and leading teams in support of business units to maximize growth and agility.

Jennifer is a proud graduate of the University of Georgia and is a lifelong UGA football fan. Jennifer lives in Atlanta, GA with her fiancé, Bryan, where they aspire to be dog parents again soon.

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Patrick Monahan - Director of Programmatic and Yield

Patrick Monahan is the Director of Programmatic and Yield for Cox Media Group Local Solutions. He is an accomplished leader and industry expert in digital ad motorization. With 15+ years of experience, Patrick has worked on all sides of the advertising world and has an acute understanding of finance, business operations, digital operations, sales strategy and digital innovation. He enjoys working at the forefront of technology and participates in numerous industry working groups to improve advertising technology.

Patrick and his team are responsible for managing and monetizing CMG's owned and operated digital real-estate and have improved operations in no small part by signing up for every beta test available. Patrick is a supply & demand aficionado and microeconomics is one of his many passions that he brings to this role.

Patrick is a graduate of Georgia State University and lives in Atlanta, where he was born and raised. In his free time, Patrick is an avid runner and tech investor.

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Questina Garigliano - Growth Marketing Senior Manager

Quest Garigliano spearheads CMG's Growth Marketing Strategy which includes both inbound and outbound pipelines. As the Growth Marketing Senior Manager, she ensures that CMG is pushing out content that is interesting and relevant to business owners and marketers in this fast paced marketplace. Quest is dedicated to formulating strategies aimed at enhancing our organization's visibility, fostering partnerships across diverse industries, and driving business growth. When Quest isn't coming up with the next "big idea," she is exploring her beloved city of Chicago, working on ceramics, or playing with her two black kitties, Luna and Zeppelin.

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Elissa Crooks - Paid Social Media Manager

Elissa Crooks is the seasoned manager of the Paid Social Media Department at CMG. Passionate about leveraging digital platforms to drive client success, Elissa thrives on optimizing social media campaigns to peak performance. As the steward of our her endeavors, Elissa brings a wealth of experience and expertise to every project, ensuring that each client's objectives are met with precision and ingenuity. Beyond the office, Elissa finds joy in exploring music festivals, trying new restaurants, and loves to travel.

Our Partners and Publishers

When it comes to your digital marketing, we only partner with trusted industry giants that have a track record of reaping the enviable outcomes. Because we're a part of CMG, digital advertising with us is always credible, accessible, data-driven and transparent.

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Let's put big ideas into action, together. 

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Our Partners and Publishers

When it comes to your digital marketing, we only partner with the top leaders in the industry to help get you the best results possible. Because we're a part of CMG, digital advertising with us is credible, accessible, data-driven and transparent.