Favorite Parts of Being a Senior Manager Marketing Operations at SmithRx
Michael's greatest enjoyment stems from "making everyone around [their] team's life easier," boosting team members' efficiency and enabling them to excel in creating customer campaigns. This is further fueled by SmithRx's mission to disrupt a "broken industry," a challenge that excites Michael and aligns with their values.
Teamwork, Leadership, Problem-Solving, Data Analysis, Marketing
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Michael Schnell
Sr. Manager, Marketing Operations
SmithRx
UCSB
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Communications
Healthcare, Medical & Wellness, Insurance
Communication and Marketing
Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Student Athlete
Video Highlights
1. Helping team members improve efficiency and achieve more.
2. Contributing to a company mission of disrupting a broken industry and improving the system.
3. Working in a dynamic environment with a focus on positive change and a partnership with a notable figure like Mark Cuban.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your current role?
The thing I enjoy most is my team and the mission we're working towards as a company. I'll start with the team we've put together.
My core job is to make everyone on my team's life easier. For instance, if my email marketer is struggling with a specific piece of data, I can help increase their efficiency on that project by 50%. I can manipulate the data and do something similar to make their life easier.
Seeing them uplevel what they're doing and push their limits on campaigns and what they're creating for our customers is one of my most enjoyable things, not just in my job, but in life. I love helping other people out, so being able to do that professionally is huge for me and keeps me going.
The second part is that Smith Rx is trying to break into a broken and corrupt industry. We're the good guys and we're trying to change how pharmacy benefit managers are seen and used. If you don't know what a pharmacy benefit manager is, there's a lot of talk about it. Mark Cuban is discussing it right now, and we have a partnership with him.
It's an exciting place to be when trying to break into a broken system.