Who Wants to Be a #DigitalMarketer?

August 01, 2019 / Chrishaun

I first got the taste of digital marketing as an Account Executive for an advertising agency that specialized in experiential, digital, and social media. Before I made the shift to agency life, I was surviving in a corporate sales position at a Fortune 500 company with dreams of one day working in marketing.

While dreaming about the perfect position, I was also taking action. I researched, networked, volunteered, and interned for different brands on off days until my hard work paid off. I treated building my marketing career as an actual part-time job to get to where I wanted to go. I knew that if I wanted to to be taken seriously, I needed to land on the type of marketing work I wanted to do and plan the perfect exit strategy.

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categories / Millennial, Social Media, Career, Work
tags / marketing, digital mar, career, career tips

{ #Dreamer }

May 05, 2018 / Chrishaun

I am a dreamer. I dream vividly and in color every night. Sometimes my dreams have meaning and other times my dreams are frightening. Some days I even dream with my eyes open. Nevertheless, I am a firm believer that dreams are powerful.

Dreams are so powerful that they occasionally cause people to forget the reason why they started dreaming in the first place. As children we dream about the future and then as adults, we dream up an entirely new future. Never (well almost never) do we take a moment to enjoy the present. A moment to enjoy the beauty that we had once dreamt about and now live in.

For me, my dream was to become a successful professional. I did not care what it took to get there, but I knew I had to be there. After I had visualized a future for myself and of course internalized a few short-comings, I ran towards my end goal 2,000 miles per hour. Life was great!

I zoomed through college as fast as I could, then zoomed through interviews, then my first internship, then my first job, then my new role, then another role, then another role, and so on. It all seemed great until it was not.

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{ #BlackGirlMagic }

September 30, 2017 / Chrishaun

I challenge you to be your own advocate. Even when you’re feeling beat up by life, take moments to root for you. Today, I’m doing just that by announcing to the world that I’m not perfect, but I am pretty dope. And to celebrate my dope self, turning another year older this month, I’d like to also celebrate my own #BlackGirlMagic. The things that make me, me. Hopefully, it’ll inspire you to do the same.

I have black girl magic because I am…

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tags / career, personal, career driven, atlanta, atlanta made, beautiful, atlantica-pacifica, black girl, black woman, black girl magic, Self-love, Self-confidence, self-belief, Prove Yourself, inspiration

{ #FlowerMouth Presentation }

July 30, 2017 / Chrishaun

Unlike most individuals, I don’t suffer from speech anxiety. I’m among the 25% of women who enjoy public speaking, presenting and any form of entertainment that happens on a stage. I celebrated the art of presentation as a young student and then mastered it in undergrad as the Director of Marketing for Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE).

Over the years, I’ve learned that the most difficult part of a presentation is interacting with your audience. Even as a professional, I don’t always know how the message will be received or what questions may come up. This is why I practice my principles and tailor my presentations per audience research.

Here’s a list of principles that have helped me to excel in my career:

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{ #SocialMedia Rockstar }

May 27, 2017 / Chrishaun

One year in advertising. Check. Two months on the social media team. Double check. This past April, I had the opportunity to move from the Accounts team to the Social Media team as a Community Manager.

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tags / social media marketing, professional, millenial, black professional, black, Marketing, marketer, advertising life, advertising, community manager, Accomplishment, strategist, network, experience, discover, skills, career, traditional

{ Year #Four }

February 18, 2017 / Chrishaun

Today, I celebrate year four as a marketing professional. It has not been an easy walk, crawl, or drag to get to this point, but I am excited for this moment. Before I go on and on about the highs and lows of the marketing world, let’s time hop to fully understand my process.

It all started in 1997, when I wanted to be an actress. I loved being on stage and bringing characters to life. It was something I was good at and it taught me how to be dramatic. I learned how to cultivate creativity, improvise, and communicate conveying stories to a variety of audiences.

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Who Wants to Be a #DigitalMarketer?

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