by Angela Copeland | Oct 21, 2014 | Job Posting
Nissan North America is seeking a Planner, Chief Marketing Management in Franklin, TN.
Supports product launches, ongoing marketing activities and serves as the point of contact for questions and issues from employees in related functions. Reviews marketing support materials, handles promotional activities and coordinates the ordering and scheduling of pre-trial units. Creates and ensures the accuracy of vehicle window stickers. Develops and maintains monthly sales management reports.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Nissan posting here.
by Angela Copeland | Oct 20, 2014 | Advice, Newsletter
You may have seen on Facebook this week that I just received my new copy of the book, “Going Supernova: The Bold Paths of 101 Superachievers.” One of my own mentors, Molly Lavik, wrote the book to share the personal stories and paths of 101 successful people.
I am incredibly honored that Molly selected me to be among the group of 101!
Molly has always a huge focus on mentoring and learning from the insights of others. In her book’s introduction, she says, “I will share with you many real stories from people who have had to face adversity and have flourished after transforming the adversity into opportunity.”
It was a very interesting experience to share my own story from such a different perspective than I typically do.
As a child, my future was a bit uncertain. Things at home were unstable, and I wasn’t sure how or if I’d be able to go to college. For years, I spent many hours in my darkroom practicing various aspects of photography. Being a photographer would give me a career I could count on if college didn’t pan out.
In middle school, I competed in science fair for two years. My teacher, Mr. Daniel, was very supportive as I x-rayed plants and measured the damaging impact of that radiation as they grew. Both years, I won the fair and the second year, I was awarded a special prize by NASA. (It continues to be my most prized award, even today.)
Mr. Daniel took me aside and explained that although photography would always serve as a wonderful hobby, it’s not what I would be doing with my life. Sure enough, this experience was a pivotal moment for me and I changed my course. I eventually went away to college and studied computer and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Looking back, this experience has taught me a number of different things. First of all, I was incredibly lucky to attend such a wonderful public school system that afforded all students an equal education. I was also incredibly fortunate to have a few teachers step in like Mr. Daniel who really made a difference for me.
It showed me the importance of both mentoring, and being open to being mentored. There’s always some area of our lives where we can learn more if we’re just open to it. I have carried this philosophy with me over the years as I’ve also learned about other things like finance, public speaking, and even golf.
I seek out advice from others who know more than I do in specific areas. It helps me to both grow my own skills, and to leapfrog the competition. As I mentioned, it’s also important to be open to the learning. Sometimes it’s painful, but the long lasting results are immeasurable.
In the same way I’ve received guidance over the years, I now provide it myself. Job seeking was almost a hobby when I was younger. I enjoyed the competition of interviewing, and the opportunity to learn about new businesses and industries. After quite a bit of practice, others started to seek out my advice. Rather than turning a blind ear, I was open to helping. And ten years later, here we are with Copeland Coaching. I help job seekers find jobs every day.
As you go through your life, I encourage you to seek out others for assistance — and to provide help on things where you’re the expert. You’ll find that whether you’re the one being mentored or doing the mentoring, you’ll grow quite a lot from the experience. And, you’ll leapfrog your competition!
To read Molly’s entire book, and to learn about the other 100 superachievers, check it out on Amazon here. Special thanks goes out to Molly for being a wonderful mentor to me for the past ten years (wow!), and for including me in this awesome group!
I hope these tips have helped you. Visit CopelandCoaching.com to find more tips to improve your job search. If I can be of assistance to you, don’t hesitate to reach out to me here.
Also, be sure to subscribe to my Copeland Coaching Podcast on Apple Podcasts where I discuss career advice every Tuesday! If you’ve already heard the podcast and enjoy it, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Thanks.
Happy hunting!
Angela Copeland
@CopelandCoach
by Angela Copeland | Oct 20, 2014 | Job Posting
Hilton Worldwide is seeking a Director of Architecture and Construction Project Management in Memphis, TN.
The Director of Architecture and Construction Project Management will be responsible for managing design and construction projects for Focused Service brand hotels to include new development and ground up projects, adaptive reuse projects, conversions, room additions, brand change projects, and renovation projects.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Hilton Worldwide posting here.
by Angela Copeland | Oct 20, 2014 | Job Posting
eHarmony is seeking a Vice President of Product Management in Santa Monica, CA.
The Vice President, Product Management will be responsible for overall product management and product development for eHarmony. This position will be one of the most important roles at eHarmony. The Vice President, Product Management will become an integral part of the company, working closely with the marketing and technology teams to deliver on product goals.
The successful candidate will uncover key insights and develop product strategies to enhance the value of the customer relationship, while maximizing the value that the customer receives from eHarmony. Experience, determination and enthusiasm for taking a winning service and making it even better is a must.
This position will direct and manage the entire product organization, whose responsibilities will include subscription revenue generation, formulating product strategy, defining future product needs and enhancements, product marketing and growth of the overall subscriber base. In addition the Product organization will be responsible for tracking and improving rates of conversion throughout a customer lifecycle; from visit to registration to membership purchase to membership renewal.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the eHarmony posting here.
by Angela Copeland | Oct 19, 2014 | Job Posting
Squarespace is seeking a Director of Customer Operations in New York, NY.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the NYC Customer Operations team
- Devise optimal allocation of headcount across multiple functions and contribute to broader headcount decisions considering other time zones and languages
- Act as a liaison between our customers and the Product/Engineering teams to constantly improve our offerings
- Drive people, process, and technology improvement initiatives to enhance the customer experience end-to-end, with a particular focus on partnering with business intelligence to ensure data-driven decision making
- Assist in the evaluation of new technology and vendor reviews in the contact center space
- Responsible for reporting, budgets, systems, ensuring optimum productivity, quality, customer experience, and employee satisfaction
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Squarespace job posting here.
by Angela Copeland | Oct 18, 2014 | Job Posting
Mattel is seeking an Associate Marketing Manager in El Segundo, CA.
The Associate Marketing Manager will provide leadership around marketing, business operations and customer management activities for assigned business segment or product line in order to achieve financial growth and profit targets.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in day-to-day marketing activities, including local insights collection and synthesis of performance or brand/products
- Assist in item-level forecasting, tracking, and performance roll-ups
- Coordinate short-term promotional plan and execution by brand and across customers
- Assist with the execution of marketing programs
- Partner with Sales, GBT, and Customer Marketing teams as needed for marketing execution
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Mattel website here.
by Angela Copeland | Oct 17, 2014 | Advice, Media
My latest Memphis Daily News column is out, “Promotions and Advanced Opportunities.” In it, I discuss my thoughts on Nadella’s recent comments regarding putting yourself up for career advancement.
In the past week, Satya Nadella’s words have been all over the internet, television and newspaper. You may have seen the Microsoft CEO’s original statements, his later retractions or commentary from outsiders.
In case you didn’t, Nadella was asked to advise women interested in career advancement who are uncomfortable “putting themselves up for promotions or advanced opportunities.” He shocked many people when he said, “It’s not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. And that I think might be one of the additional ‘superpowers’ that, quite frankly, women who don’t ask for a raise have. Because that’s good karma.”
To make matters worse, this conversation happened during a public forum at a women’s computing conference.
Although his statements disappoint me, they’re not surprising. To learn why it’s so important to be your own advocate (man or woman), read my entire Memphis Daily News column here.
by Angela Copeland | Oct 17, 2014 | Job Posting
Hulu is seeking a Content Marketing Manager in Santa Monica, CA.
Responsibilities:
- Develop marketing plans that demonstrate clear strategies towards reaching show-specific goals
- Work with external marketing partners/agencies to implement and manage content marketing initiatives
- Work with internal teams (e.g. content partner management, product, finance, design) to execute campaigns
- Track budget and spend for content marketing initiatives
- Lead analysis of media and marketing data before, during and after program implementation
- Investigate and track industry trends to optimize future campaigns
- Support other promotional activities as needed
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Hulu job posting here.
by Angela Copeland | Oct 17, 2014 | Job Posting
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is seeking a Membership Manager in Memphis, TN.
Primary responsibilities include making monthly and annual membership goals, the timely and accurate processing of all memberships, sponsorships, and contributions; maintaining detailed donor records, campaigns, and appeals in the Raiser’s Edge database and development files; tracking membership statistics and analytics; processing outgoing mail; and supporting the over-all efforts of the Development department. Responsible for the achievement of membership revenue goals, and the retention and growth of the Museum’s membership through five openings and parties per year. Designs and administers strategies for building and maintaining the membership program (e.g., direct mail, annual appeal, e-renewals, and specialized campaigns); works with Visitor Services to develop on-site sales strategies; develops and implements strategies to identify and solicit new prospects; upgrade and renew current members; increases member retention; insures delivery of benefits to members; maintains contact with membership base through CRM tools. Devotes special attention to $300 – $1,000 membership levels.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Brooks Museum of Art job posting here.
by Angela Copeland | Oct 16, 2014 | Job Posting
Ronald McDonald House Charities is seeking a Manager of Corporate and Foundation Giving in Memphis, TN.
Initiates, supports and executes a comprehensive fundraising plan to cultivate, solicit and steward current and prospective corporate and foundation donors; researches, write and secures corporate and foundation grants to support general and specific program needs; Develops and executes fundraising programs with corporations, including employee giving programs and programs that match employee volunteerism with corporate gifts; Engages and supports the Director of Development, Executive Director, Board of Trustees and fundraising volunteers to achieve fundraising goals; Reports to the Director of Development.
To learn more, or to apply online, visit the Ronald McDonald House job description here.
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