First Day on the Job.
Made it back from Orlando last night around 11:30pm, and after that ordeal, I vow never to travel through Atlanta on a holiday weekend ever again. We covered 20 miles in 3 hours on I-75 between Macon and Atlanta. I thought I'd never make it home.
Today was my first day at my new job. I accepted a position with a company called QuStream as their Marketing Coordinator. I was actually doing really well with my own business, Full Throttle Marketing, when I got the offer and really had to think about whether I wanted to go back to working for someone else again. But after meeting the Director of Marketing, Jas Foo, I realized that this was exactly the marketing position I had always hoped for, and with the level of experience that Jas will pass along, it is also a tremendous learning opportunity that is simply too good to pass up.
After a 2 hour orientation, I was escorted to my private office. No, not a cube, a real office. I know for most that would not be a big deal, but this is my first real office, and I am elated over the whole concept. Its silly, but somehow this feels more like a "career" finally, than just a "job". I am hoping that my great first day experience means that this truly might be the position I have always dreamed would come my way. And the best part??? NO COLD CALL SALES!
I started off about 4 years ago with the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer as an Administrative Assistant for the Major/National Advertising manager. Rodney Mahone was one of the best managers I will ever encounter. My role quickly grew into a Marketing Coordinator position, where I was making sales collateral and advertising proposals for key accounts with the newspaper. I helped with product launches and staff kick-off events. I loved the job, but felt as though I was outgrowing the work, ran out of work too quickly, and was bored quite often. I wanted a new challenge.
I decided the next step was to become an advertising sales executive, allowing me to work with small businesses on developing campaigns and thinking strategically about their advertising and media budgets. I had nearly 2 years of newspaper experience, had serviced many of the major/national customers since my start, and felt that I had a good understanding of how to help advertisers. But as I soon found out, in a downward trending industry, the focus was less on what the customer needed for marketing and more about hard sales and budgets. The Huntsville Times role was even further away from what I liked, as it was just a contract hunting position, and didn't allow me to foster the customer relationships that I enjoyed.
This position is different. No sales. No cold calls. No commission. No quotas. In fact, in my first day, I already was doing some of the work I missed... using Illustrator to edit/tweak some sales collateral. I'm excited to learn all the exciting things that this job will teach!
Today was my first day at my new job. I accepted a position with a company called QuStream as their Marketing Coordinator. I was actually doing really well with my own business, Full Throttle Marketing, when I got the offer and really had to think about whether I wanted to go back to working for someone else again. But after meeting the Director of Marketing, Jas Foo, I realized that this was exactly the marketing position I had always hoped for, and with the level of experience that Jas will pass along, it is also a tremendous learning opportunity that is simply too good to pass up.After a 2 hour orientation, I was escorted to my private office. No, not a cube, a real office. I know for most that would not be a big deal, but this is my first real office, and I am elated over the whole concept. Its silly, but somehow this feels more like a "career" finally, than just a "job". I am hoping that my great first day experience means that this truly might be the position I have always dreamed would come my way. And the best part??? NO COLD CALL SALES!
I started off about 4 years ago with the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer as an Administrative Assistant for the Major/National Advertising manager. Rodney Mahone was one of the best managers I will ever encounter. My role quickly grew into a Marketing Coordinator position, where I was making sales collateral and advertising proposals for key accounts with the newspaper. I helped with product launches and staff kick-off events. I loved the job, but felt as though I was outgrowing the work, ran out of work too quickly, and was bored quite often. I wanted a new challenge.
I decided the next step was to become an advertising sales executive, allowing me to work with small businesses on developing campaigns and thinking strategically about their advertising and media budgets. I had nearly 2 years of newspaper experience, had serviced many of the major/national customers since my start, and felt that I had a good understanding of how to help advertisers. But as I soon found out, in a downward trending industry, the focus was less on what the customer needed for marketing and more about hard sales and budgets. The Huntsville Times role was even further away from what I liked, as it was just a contract hunting position, and didn't allow me to foster the customer relationships that I enjoyed.
This position is different. No sales. No cold calls. No commission. No quotas. In fact, in my first day, I already was doing some of the work I missed... using Illustrator to edit/tweak some sales collateral. I'm excited to learn all the exciting things that this job will teach!
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