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<title>
Aug. 05, 1991: From The Publisher
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Aug. 05, 1991 Was It Worth It?
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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FROM THE PUBLISHERS, Page 4
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<p> One of the most important people at any magazine is the
advertising sales director. It's not just that the director
supervises selling the ad pages that help us to exist and
prosper, but the good ones--and TIME has been blessed with a
string of them--must have an instinctive feel for the
editorial purpose of the magazine and for its role in the
marketplace. That's why I'm so pleased to have Cleary Simpson
join my publishing team. She knows this magazine inside and out,
and she's an accomplished strategic thinker.
</p>
<p> In fact, when it comes to promoting TIME, few of us can
match Cleary's zeal. "It might sound corny, but working for TIME
was always on my wish list," she says. Nevertheless, she began
her career in a roundabout way. A Phi Beta Kappa at Connecticut
College, she graduated in 1975 and spent a year in Japan as a
Fulbright fellow, then worked at the Bank of Toyko as a liaison
and operations manager. In 1978 she got her wish, when she was
hired as an assistant marketing manager, preparing material for
sales presentations, at TIME in New York City.
</p>
<p> Cleary chafed a bit at the desk job. "I wanted to be on
the front lines. I wanted to do the presenting. I thought I was
the most persuasive in convincing people of TIME's value." She
got her chance in 1980, when she moved to sales. She quickly
proved her mettle by persuading AT&T to use TIME for its "Reach
out and touch someone" campaign. Then she moved steadily on to
divisional sales manager, marketing director and associate
advertising director, stopping only to get married--her
husband George owns a public relations firm--and to have a
child, Will, who is five months old.
</p>
<p> Simpson moves into the job just as the sales staffs of the
major Time Inc. magazines are being grouped together to achieve
better combined and coordinated results. They are organized into
four geographic regions, and her predecessor, Stephen Seabolt,
is becoming regional advertising sales vice president for the
West Coast. So we're not losing an ad sales director but
gaining an ad sales director and a vice president. The new setup
suits Cleary fine because she can spend less time on
administration and more time with clients. I suspect, given her
preference, I won't find her behind her desk very often.
</p>
<p>-- Elizabeth P. Valk
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