OUR TEAM
Dynamic sales professional needed to join
our growing media company!
Mid-Atlantic Media (MAM), publisher of Washington Family,
Washington Jewish Week, Montgomery Magazine and Consumer’s Eye
among others, is seeking a new business development advertising
sales professional to join our team of revenue hunters.

Responsibilities and Duties
Primary objective will be to acquire new advertising customers
for our publication’s print and digital platforms. Secondarily,
the advertising sales professional will be expected to manage an
active book of advertising customers to reach established
budgets. The advertising sales professional will have the
opportunity to cross sell into MAM’s other publishing titles,
including Baltimore Jewish Times, Frederick’s Child, Baltimore
Style, Baltimore’s Child and Home Services Magazine.

SEPTEMEBER 2020
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Qualifications and Skills
BUSINESS • Motivated to make money • Competitive • Excellent communication
• High energy • Works well under pressure • Technical competencies
including typing and familiarity with Outlook, Excel and CRM’s
• Minimum two (2) years business-to-business outside sales
• Strong understanding of digital media • Familiar with building
customer relationships and cross selling techniques
Please send cover letter and resume to
hr@midatlanticmedia.com. No phone calls.

Craig Burke, Publisher
ADVERTISING Account Executives
Tamara Morris, Mary Ramsdale, Stacie Shapero, Sylvia Witaschek
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FIRST WORD
A Digital Detox
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info@washingtonFAMILY.com “Can I have electronics now?”
That’s the question my two sons have asked
every day, multiple times a day, since the pandemic
started. (In our house, “electronics” is a catch-all
word for anything with a screen.) More often than
not, the answer has been “yes,” especially when my
husband and I are busy working from home.

But for nearly 72 blissful hours in August,
my kids didn’t ask for electronics. They didn’t
whine about screen time. They didn’t beg to play
Minecraft or Roblox with friends or to watch
another cartoon on their tablets.

Instead, they read books, played card games
and tied knots in lanyard (or “gimp”) during
their downtime. Because that’s what you do at
camp—and that’s where we were. Specifically, we
were at Capital Camps, unplugging as a family and
experiencing the healing qualities of nature for a
few days. Even I was able to disconnect, leaving
my phone in our cabin as we went boating, tie dyed
T-shirts and impersonated Hawkeye at archery.

Perhaps the best thing about our time at camp,
however, was that it proved to me that my kids
aren’t addicted to their electronics (as I was
beginning to fear). They can survive just fine
without them—and so can I.

My kids—and yours too, most likely—are about
to begin a new school year of distance learning.

In this issue, we wanted to explore ways to make
virtual school a success, from supporting children
with specials needs to setting up a learning space
in your home.

After my family’s experience at camp, I have
one more tip to add: Whether it’s every evening
or weekends only, find time for your family to
disconnect from electronics and connect with each
other. You can all use the break from screens.

Good luck this semester! And be in touch; I want
to know how it’s going. ■
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