Andrew Saenz
Two new advertising managers are leading revenue initiatives at Wick Communications Company newspapers in Arizona.
Monica Akyol has been named ad manager of the Tucson Weekly and its related events, and Andrew Saenz will take on the same role for the Green Valley News and its related publications.
Akyol joined the Tucson operation in June 2006 as an advertising sales representative. In September 2008, she was named inside sales manager, which included oversight of The Daily Territorial, our public notice newspaper. Before joining the Tucson operation, Akyol managed a boutique clothing store in Tucson.
She is a 2005 graduate of the University of Arizona, where she majored in political science and philosophy. Akyol and her fiancé, Brian Pracko, plan to be married in 2014. Akyol will work with Jill A’Hearn, who is ad manager for Inside Tucson Business and its related events.
Saenz is a member of the Wick family, and carries on a tradition of generations of family members learning all facets of the newspaper business. He is the son of Pat Wick and grandson of Walter Wick, both of Sierra Vista. His first job was as a newspaper carrier for the Sierra Vista Herald. He enlisted in the U.S. Army for a three-year tour of duty followed by one year in the Arizona National Guard. He returned to the Herald and worked in a variety of departments.
Saenz was graduated from the University of Arizona in 2010 with a degree in journalism, business, and geography. He spent 16 months as an advertising sales representative at the Wick-owned Daily Iberian in New Iberia, Louisiana. He then worked in the news and circulation departments at the Green Valley News, followed by a short stint at Territorial Newspapers in Tucson. He and his wife, Jerusha, are the parents of two children, A.J., 4; and Danika, 15 months.
