Advisory Council
Dawn Rodriguez, PR 1985
Regional Sales and Marketing
The Gator Network/Clear Channel,
Jacksonville
Dawn is a regional sales and marketing representative for The Gator Network. In this role, she is responsible for selling sponsorships of the Gator Radio sports broadcasts, Gatorzone.com, TV Coaches shows, on-site events, signage and all marketing elements under the umbrella of the University Athletic Association. She works with Network sponsors and interfaces with the University Athletic Association in coordinating sponsorship elements.
Dawn came to the Gator Network from WJXT – Channel 4, where she was a marketing specialist working with Jacksonville-based businesses and national accounts. During that time she also coordinated sales of all stations sports programming, including creating overall sports packages, working with the sales staff, and keeping department on track in sports sales. Prior to her role as marketing specialist, she served as the station’s sales promotions director where she was responsible for creating and coordinating all station sales promotions as well as commercial production.
She previously served as assistant marketing manager for the Jacksonville Landing Downtown Marketplace and was communications manager for Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. In that role she also served as the media center chairman for the SENIOR TPC golf tournament and coordinated credentials and daily operations for The PLAYERS Championship media center.
Dawn is the recipient the Grand-All Jacksonville Golden Image award from the Florida Public Relations Association for a community campaign executed at the Jacksonville Landing and was awarded a state arts grant for another Landing campaign. She is a graduate of the University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications, with a major in Public Relations. She is a member of Kappa Delta Sorority.
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