Marco Hiestand is Head of Sales at News Aktuell Switzerland
Marco Hiestand has been promoted to Head of Sales at News Aktuell Schweiz. Working closely with Managing Director Eljub Ramic, the 38-year-old is now responsible for sales in Switzerland, effective immediately. Hiestand, who holds a degree in communication studies, has been with News Aktuell since 2015.
Marco Hiestand studied communication science and media research at the University of Zurich. During his studies, Hiestand already gained communications experience in various jobs. Among other things, he was responsible for reputation analyses of Swiss banks and insurance companies as a project manager at the Research Unit for the Public and Society (Fög) and was able to gain practical experience in communications at the communications agency Sensus Communication Consultants. After his studies, he worked as a key account manager at Cognita before starting his career as a key account manager at News Aktuell in sales in 2015. Previously, he was responsible for sales of the PR software Renteria at News Aktuell, and for the past year he has been responsible for cross-product sales. Marco Hiestand is currently completing a part-time MBA at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).
