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John Kozak Named Vice President of Network Sales For the Univision Networks
New York, NY -- Univision Communications Inc., the nation’s leading Spanish-language media company, today announced that John Kozak has been promoted to the position of vice president of Network Sales for the Univision Networks in New York, effective immediately. Kozak will remain based in New York and report to Trisha Pray, senior vicepresident of Network Sales. Kozak will be responsible for co-managing the New York Network Sales team along with David Grossman and Lisa Nolan, both vice presidents of Network Sales.
“John has been an extremely strong member of the Univision team over the last five years, proving to be a talented and driven professional with superior client skills,” said Pray. “He has been instrumental in growing the Networks’ relationships with several significant brands and implementing successful cross-platform programs for many of his clients. We are confident that with John’s proven track record of success, strong client relationships and strategic thinking, he will continue to make great contributions to the Univision Network Sales team.”
Kozak commented, “I am thrilled to be expanding my role with the Univision Networks and am excited to work closely with Trisha, David and Lisa to grow and deepen our client and agency relationships even further. There are tremendous opportunities for marketers to expand their business by reaching the growing Hispanic consumer base through our Networks and I look forward to continuing to help them see the benefits of speaking directly to this influential demographic through our properties.”
Most recently, Kozak served as both associate director of Sports and account executive for the Univision Networks, where he worked closely with the Network Sales force and was successful in growing the sports budgets of accounts such as State Farm, Anheuser-Busch and Tecate. He has a deep base of client and agency relationships. Before joining Univision, Kozak held positions at Fox Cable Sports, MediaEdge, Independent Media and Bates. He is a graduate of Old Dominion University with a B.S. in Finance and Marketing.
Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 89% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 64 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
For more information, please visit www.univision.net.
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