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Sacramento Magazines Corporation

706 56th St., Suite 210
Sacramento, CA 95819

Phone: (916) 452-6200
Fax - Sales (916) 414-6210
Fax - Editorial (916) 452-6061



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  Michael O'Brien, Co-Publisher/President
mikeob@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1980

Duties: Look ahead, pay bills, listen and say thanks to employees, readers, advertisers and suppliers.

Other: Blessed to be able to work with such a diversity of talent and to celebrate Sacramento.

 

  Joe Chiodo, Co-Publisher
jchiodo@sacmag.com

 

    Jennifer O'Brien, Vice President
jennifer@sacmag.com

 

  Scott Trujillo, Advertising Director
scott@sacmag.com


Year Hired:
1998

 

  Tracy Strong, Accounting/Business Manager
tracystr@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1990

Duties: I handle A/P, A/R, financials, benefits, payroll, budgets and other miscellaneous front office duties.

 

 

Sally Bounds, Executive Assistant
sally@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 2000

Duties: Assistant to Owner/Co-publisher. Responsible for all duties related to subscriptions. Assist in front office management and Business Department. As I’ve assisted in every department over the years, I’m the person to ask when you don’t know who to ask!

 

 

Julie Lautsch, Multimedia Director
julie@sacmag.com


Year Hired: 2009

Duties: Work closely with all departments to create unique opportunities with new technologies, as well as creating an online presence and identity.

 


Marketing

 

 

Becki Philpott, Marketing Director
becki@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1999

Duties: I work closely with non-profit and community organizations on sponsorships and events. I am also heavily involved in planning our signature event, the Best of Sacramento party.

Editorial

 

 

Krista Minard, Editor
krista@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1993

Duties: Overseeing all editorial projects, working with staff editors and art directors, freelance writers and a whole host of other talented people who make our pages pop. 

Other: One of the most satisfying parts of my job: exploring the Sacramento region—and beyond—with my husband and school-age daughters and finding ways to share those experiences with Sacramento magazine readers.


 

Darlena Belushin McKay, Managing Editor
darlena@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1994

Duties: Creates story concepts and assigns and copyedits sections of the monthly magazine including Up Front, Going Green, Health and Entertainment, as well as some features; also coordinates Snapshots.

 

 

Elena Macaluso, Associate Editor
elena@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1998

Duties: Writer, copy editor, project manager, proofreader, public speaker (on occasion).

Other: I do odds-and-ends tasks as needed. Perhaps that is where the “public speaker” rightly falls. (I speak to journalism classes on occasion, and I used to appear on “Good Day Sacramento” regularly.) I also try to provide good customer relations with our readers by assisting them whenever possible.

 

 

Kari L. Rose Parsell, Copy Editor
kari@sacmag.com

 

 

Debbie Hurst, Design Director
debbieh@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1992

Duties: I began working at Sacramento magazine in 1992, and 17 years later, with hundreds of rookie mistakes under my belt, I’m happy to say that I’m still here. I design Sacramento magazine’s editorial layout, including the cover, and work with some of the area’s most talented freelance photographers.

Other: When I'm not obsessing over page grids and the shapes of letters and numbers, I enjoy jumping on my trampoline and biking the back roads of Elk Grove while singing (off-key) at the top of my lungs.

 

 

Annette Chow, Senior Graphic Designer
annette@sacmag.com

Year Hired
: 2003

Duties: I lay out editorial department and feature articles, choose artwork for each, and assign photography. I take some photos, too.

 

 

Gabriel Teague, Graphic Designer
gabriel@sacmag.com

Date Hired: 2006

Duties: I assist the Art Director and our design team with magazine layouts, photo research and other creative needs. I also shoot photo assignments for Sacramento magazine, sacmag.com and Our Wedding magazine.

Other: My passion is photography. I enjoy traveling and doing anything outdoors.

 

 

Liz Marxen, Calendar Editor
lizm@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 2005


Advertising

 

 

Rebecca Connor, Advertising Manager
rebecca@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 2000

Duties: I help clients conduct successful ad campaigns to increase their business.

Other: I have twin daughters; one attends San Diego State University and the other attends Sacramento State University.

 

 

Bret Connors, Advertising Manager
bret@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1993

Duties: I provide clients with customized, effective marketing solutions from an array of print and online properties we have at our disposal; enthusiastically support and promote our audience development efforts via subscription and e-mail newsletter sign-ups at community events.

 

 

Carla Shults, Advertising Manager
carla@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 2000

Duties: I see myself as a guide for my clients—I can help them navigate the process and create an ad campaign that will work for them, no matter what size their business is.

 

 

Kurt von Geldern, Advertising Manager
kurt@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1995

Duties: Managing of advertising accounts to help create an effective and successful marketing campaign.

Other: I have a 20 year old son, Erik, attending golf college in Southern California.

 


 

Dennis Rainey, Advertising Manager
dennis@sacmag.com


Year Hired: 2010

Duties: Create custom advertising campaigns tailored to the needs of individual businesses using Sacramento magazine’s print publication, sacmag.com, additional digital products and premier events and promotion sponsorships.

 


Classified Real Estate Listing

 

 

Jamie Gooch, Classified Advertising Manager
jamie@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 2005

Duties: Sells advertising in Realtor Showcase, Distinctive Properties and Travel Resources special advertising sections.


Production

 

Steve Rice, Production Director
stephen@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1981

Duties: Scheduling, printing and paper buying, printing technology, information technology purchasing and management.

 

 

John Facundo, Senior Advertising Designer
john@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 1997

Duties: Graphic designer/supervisor of the advertising design department. Assistant Social Network Technical Administrator.

 

 

Sean Brainerd, Advertising Designer
seanb@sacmag.com


Year Hired: 2003

 


Newsstand

 

 

Michael Decker, Newsstand Manager
michaeld@sacmag.com

Year Hired: 2003

Duties: Responsible for all aspects of newsstand sales, print order, distributions, racks, etc.

 


Advertising Material Submissions


We accept:
  • PDF files (if they are prepared for four-color process
  • Tiff Files
  • EPS files (if the fonts are converted to paths)
  • InDesign 2.0 files with support files
  • Quark 4 files with support files
We import received files into Indesign 2.0 documents

All of our magazines are printed in four-color (CMYK) at 150 lpi on web offset presses

When designing an ad, remember:
  • Photos should be 300dpi minimum at 100%.
  • All color photos should CMYK not RGB.
  • Spot colors must be CMYK, not PMS or spot.
  • Pull your bleeds 1/8" (0.125") over trim.
  • Send 100 percent sized laser prints with CD.
Send us your ads by CD, or call your sales rep for FTP or e-mail instructions.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

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