David Martel

David Martel is the current Chief Brand Strategist at NJ Advance Media. David has previously held the position of Marketing Director at NJ.com and Business and Audience Development Manager, SE Michigan at MLive Media Group. David began their career with Advance Publications following the closing of the 174-year-old Ann Arbor News, where they directed all marketing efforts to launch and grow AnnArbor.com. Under their direction, the website achieved #1 local market reach among all local news websites in the United States and outperformed audience and revenue benchmarks among more than 13 Advance Publications local news websites.

David Martel has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Indiana University Bloomington.

David Martel reports to Steve Alessi, President. David Martel works with Danny Ortiz - VP, Strategy, Randi Ungar - VP, Digital, and Jason Goldman - Director, Advertising Operations.