College Experiences That Helped a Marketing Coordinator at a Marketing Agency Succeed
Joshua credits exploring classes outside of a major as key to career success because it helped define a career path and visualize future growth. These courses, taught by professors with industry experience and featuring real-world projects, shaped a path toward a marketing role that straddles "creative skills and technical skills."
Career Exploration, Marketing, Networking, Creative Skills, Technical Skills
Advizer Information
Name
Job Title
Company
Undergrad
Grad Programs
Majors
Industries
Job Functions
Traits
Joshua
Marketing Coordinator
A marketing agency
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey
Business Management & Admin
Consulting & Related Professional Services
Creative
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Worked 20+ Hours in School, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Exploring classes outside of your major can help define your career path and visualize future growth.
2. Professors with career experience and network connections can provide valuable insights and real-world project examples.
3. College projects based on actual industry work can help shape your path towards roles that blend creative and technical skills.
Transcript
What did you do in college to set you up for success in your career?
For me, exploring classes outside of my major was the one thing that helped me define my career path. It helped me visualize where I want to see myself growing in the future.
I've met professors in fashion, marketing, and supply chain. These were all classes outside my major focus, but they all had career experience and network connections. Even their in-class projects were based on their actual or previous work in industry.
For me, having that sense of what a real-world project could look like helped me shape my path. I began focusing not only on marketing, but on a role that straddles the line between creative and technical skills.