Most Important Skills For A Digital Media Manager At An Investment Company
Lisa, a Digital Media Manager, emphasized the importance of networking and understanding the company's structure ("get to know everyone, get to know who are the major players") to navigate tight deadlines and successfully execute projects. Effective time management, delegation, and honest self-assessment of workload capacity are also crucial for preventing project failures and building positive working relationships.
Communication, Project Management, Time Management, Teamwork, Problem-Solving
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Lisa Li
Digital Media Manager
Investment Management Company
Northeastern University, 2019
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Marketing
Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Communication and Marketing
LGBTQ
Video Highlights
1. Strong communication and networking skills are crucial for collaborating effectively with various teams and individuals within a company.
2. Prioritization, time management, and delegation are essential for handling multiple projects with tight deadlines.
3. Understanding a company's structure and knowing key players in different projects can significantly improve efficiency and collaboration.
Transcript
What skills are most important for a job like yours?
Because you're not necessarily in a project management role, you're working within the entire matrix to get the information you need, when you need it, and on time. We like to say we were the executors.
We were at the end of the process, from when an idea starts to how it gets executed. When a project reached us, the timeline was often pushed forward significantly. We would have expected one to three weeks of leeway time to complete a project, but we ended up with only two to three days.
It's important to know who to contact and who to push for information as you get into it. This prevents you from being in a situation where you only have a few days to do work that should take one to two weeks.
Getting to know everyone personally and understanding how your company functions vertically and horizontally will help a lot. Prioritizing, time management, and learning how to delegate are also crucial.
Initially, it was easy to jump into projects with excitement, but the big issue was feeling overwhelmed and unable to complete anything. Dropping a ball on a project isn't a good look, especially when you're new.
Delegating and being honest about your capacity is essential. Knowing your limits prevents you from taking on too much.
The most important thing was getting to know everyone and identifying the key players in each project. This makes them more willing to help in the future, reducing last-second requests. They will also work to get their parts together, making your job easier.
This was the biggest part for me. Everyone was super nice. It was a large company, but it didn't really function as a super hierarchical team.