Damian Fischer appointed new Head of Advertising Market at Basler Zeitung Medien
Effective June 1, 2017, Damian Fischer will assume the role of Head of Advertising Sales at Basler Zeitung Medien and will oversee all print and digital sales, as well as be responsible for the advertising division’s marketing.
In August 2016, 33-year-old Damian Fischer from Basel moved from the online portal Watson to Basler Zeitung as Head of Digital, having previously worked in digital sales and marketing at Tamedia/Newsnet, PostFinance and Publicitas, among others.
Damian Fischer knows the Basel market inside out and has a broad network with all market partners in Switzerland, according to a press release issued on Thursday.
The current Head of Advertising Market, Beat Leuenberger, is leaving the company at his own request at the end of May 2017. According to the press release, Leuenberger has managed to stabilize Basler Zeitung's advertising market since 2013 and to date has managed it extremely successfully after a phase of major restructuring and in a challenging environment.
