Five weeks ago I became a free agent. Perhaps more accurately the recession paid me a visit.
Fine. I was laid off.
Since then I've been pretty focused on three things--networking, interviewing and freelancing. Not to mention the mortgage, food and money.
OK, six things.
So I'm pleased to note I've found a new home. I'm now the Director of Marketing at Empower MediaMarketing.
It's a hybrid of everything I want in a job--applying marketing, public relations and social media. It's a client-side role, but I'll also work on some client projects as well.
Empower manages every facet of media--buying, planning, strategy and consulting. They also have a full-service digital practice and a consumer research team with a set of proprietary tools.
They have many stories to be told and I can't wait to get started.
Thank You
I have many people to thank for helping me through my transition and I'm following up with each of you individually.
Prezi.com
In my zeal to announce this, I took Prezi.com for a test run. Unfortunately I did the presentation on my desktop. So instead of sharing a link to the online presentation, I can only offer you the whole honking thing as a zip file. If you're interested in Prezi, check it out. If you're on the fence, I'll manage expectations and note that it takes the above content and makes it look (much) more interesting.
This is fantastic news, Kevin. Congratulations. I'm sure you're going to do great stuff in the new gig.
Posted by: Chris Thilk | 05/14/2009 at 04:28 PM
Congrats on landing at Empower MediaMarketing. I too found myself employment-challenged about 5 weeks ago. It is tough! I would appreciate any good tips or leads you have. I have been networking and sending out resumes like crazy!
Posted by: Leslie Hawk | 05/16/2009 at 07:16 PM
Congratulations Kevin! Glad to hear that you were able to land fairly quickly in a role that has elements of everything you want. Empower MediaMarketing is lucky to have you.
Posted by: Elliot Campbell | 05/16/2009 at 08:40 PM
Kevin, congratulations on the new job. Know how these things go, I recently joined a new company.
Posted by: John Cass | 05/16/2009 at 11:21 PM
Thanks everyone! I've been overwhelmed by the response. Happy to get back to it this week.
Posted by: Kevin Dugan | 05/17/2009 at 12:33 PM
Congrats, Kevin! Empower MediaMarketing is lucky to have you.
@LaraK
Posted by: Lara Kretler | 05/26/2009 at 04:27 PM