Jill McDermott is CEO and GM of Trade Press Media Group, a U.S. subsidiary of Forum Media Group seated in Munich, Germany, with B2B and B2C publishing businesses in seventeen countries across the globe.
Trade Press, now over 100 years old, provides the most respected and robust B2B information with a full suite of digital, live and virtual events as well as custom media and print products that serve professionals in the dynamic Facility Management, Rail and Commercial Cleaning industries.
Jill has a strong media background, rooted in her family business in the newspaper industry.
She has held a number of leadership positions for large media organizations and came to Trade Press from the Tribune Publishing Company. There, she served in a number of executive sales and marketing positions including V.P. of Advertising as well as leading the North American sales team for Tribune Direct, a data intelligence marketing company with clients such as Amazon Business, Google and Walgreens.
McDermott began at Trade Press 4 12 years ago and immediately transformed the company from a print centric to a digital first organization, tapping her passion for building both talent and brands.