{"id":2621,"date":"2026-06-09T19:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:43:42","slug":"arn-appoints-melinda-jane-deluca-as-director-of-sales-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/arn-appoints-melinda-jane-deluca-as-director-of-sales-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"ARN Appoints Melinda Jane Deluca As Director Of Sales \u2013 Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ARN has appointed leading media and commercial executive Melinda Jane (MJ) Deluca as Director of Sales \u2013 Digital, strengthening its national sales leadership team and underscoring its digital growth strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deluca brings 13 years of experience across Australia\u2019s media, digital, technology and advertising sectors, spanning agency, platform and sales leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her career includes senior roles at Taboola, Nine and Yahoo, along with agency-side experience, giving her an end-to-end understanding of the market \u2013 from planning and activation to scaled digital and platform-led revenue models. Most recently, she was Director of Agency Development at Taboola, where she led strategic partnerships with major holding groups across ANZ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ARN Chief Sales Officer Richard Hunwick<\/strong>&nbsp;said: \u201cMJ\u2019s appointment adds significant strength to our business as we accelerate our digital ambitions. She is a highly regarded commercial leader with deep domain expertise and strong commercial acumen, and we are delighted to welcome her to ARN at a pivotal time for digital audio in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHer passion, tenacity and breadth of experience across video, programmatic and data make her a tremendous asset to our team. She has a proven track record of driving growth and bringing new technology solutions to market, which will be invaluable as ARN enters its next phase of digital growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MJ Deluca said: \u201cMy career has been built in digital, delivering connected solutions for brands and agencies, and I\u2019m excited by ARN\u2019s vision for the future. Digital audio represents a major growth opportunity for advertisers, and it\u2019s an exciting time to join a business so committed to the category.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBringing together iHeart, the global leader in free streaming, with the powerhouse brands of KIIS and GOLD, plus a market-leading podcast and data offering, creates a compelling proposition for clients. Add social amplification and the shift to video, and ARN\u2019s offer becomes even more powerful. I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deluca\u2019s appointment reflects ARN\u2019s continued investment in senior talent as it expands its commercial offering across broadcast, streaming, podcasting, digital and live experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based in Sydney, Deluca commenced with ARN today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARN has appointed leading media and commercial executive Melinda Jane (MJ) Deluca as Director of Sales \u2013 Digital, strengthening its national sales leadership team and underscoring its digital growth strategy. Deluca brings 13 years of experience across Australia\u2019s media, digital, technology and advertising sectors, spanning agency, platform and sales leadership roles. Her career includes senior &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/arn-appoints-melinda-jane-deluca-as-director-of-sales-digital\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ARN Appoints Melinda Jane Deluca As Director Of Sales \u2013 Digital&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions\/2622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}