Lauren Holliday
Jill of all trades. Master of more than one. | Journalist with a marketing mindset | Full-stack marketer
If you asked me to pick the one thing I am most grateful for, I’d say, “My computer.”
The world is your oyster when you have a computer, and I'm SO grateful I’ve had one since elementary school (even if it was a clunky black Gateway that took days to connect to AOL).
It wasn't until college that I got my hands on really cool software too, like Adobe Creative Suite, when one of my dev friends hack-installed it for me.
Life Lesson 1: It’s always a good idea to have smart dev friends.
While I love design, I actually studied journalism, which I also loved. I loved researching, writing and seeing my work in print. Back then, getting published meant you were good at writing. I LOVED that validation and being held to such a high-standard.
The piece I'm most proud from that era is a cover story Orlando Weekly paid me $400 to publish. It was the first time someone paid me to write something. “Sugar-coated” was an in-depth investigation into the sugar baby phenomenon, which hadn't been covered by mainstream publications yet. I was even interviewed as the topic expert on a popular XM radio show.
Since I could write in my spare time, I opted for marketing internships. I wanted to make sure my writing was read, so marketing made sense to me.
I scored a remote marketing internship for an ecommerce store (MusicSkins). Again, I strived for validation that my work mattered, so I pitched projects that were above my skill level and found a way to deliver… usually with the help of my smart dev friends.
By the time it ended, I was a pro at SEO, blogging and social media marketing, and I realized I enjoyed promoting my work as much as creating it. So I began ravenously reading about marketing, when I found David Meerman Scott’s “The New Rules of Marketing and PR. That led me to discover HubSpot and therefore the inbound marketing industry I was meant to be a part of.
Shortly after, I talked the former Head of HubSpot Labs into hiring me to grow Inbound.org's job board.
I asked him why he chose me, when the other candidate had more experience. He said, “Because I knew if you didn’t know how to do something, you’d figure it out.” His belief in me propelled me to new heights, allowing me to exceed my KPI of 15 percent MoM growth for number of new jobs posted and applications submitted.
I don't have 15 years experience, an MBA, or even a linear career path, but I’m resourceful, motivated, and I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. If that sounds like someone you want on your team, message me. I’m searching for the right place to make a substantial impact.
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Jill of all trades. Master of more than one. | Journalist with a marketing mindset | Full-stack marketer
If you asked me to pick the one thing I am most grateful for, I’d say, “My computer.”
The world is your oyster when you have a computer, and I'm SO grateful I’ve had one since elementary school (even if it was a clunky black Gateway that took days to connect to AOL).
It wasn't until college that I got my hands on really cool software too, like Adobe Creative Suite, when one of my dev friends hack-installed it for me.
Life Lesson 1: It’s always a good idea to have smart dev friends.
While I love design, I actually studied journalism, which I also loved. I loved researching, writing and seeing my work in print. Back then, getting published meant you were good at writing. I LOVED that validation and being held to such a high-standard.
The piece I'm most proud from that era is a cover story Orlando Weekly paid me $400 to publish. It was the first time someone paid me to write something. “Sugar-coated” was an in-depth investigation into the sugar baby phenomenon, which hadn't been covered by mainstream publications yet. I was even interviewed as the topic expert on a popular XM radio show.
Since I could write in my spare time, I opted for marketing internships. I wanted to make sure my writing was read, so marketing made sense to me.
I scored a remote marketing internship for an ecommerce store (MusicSkins). Again, I strived for validation that my work mattered, so I pitched projects that were above my skill level and found a way to deliver… usually with the help of my smart dev friends.
By the time it ended, I was a pro at SEO, blogging and social media marketing, and I realized I enjoyed promoting my work as much as creating it. So I began ravenously reading about marketing, when I found David Meerman Scott’s “The New Rules of Marketing and PR. That led me to discover HubSpot and therefore the inbound marketing industry I was meant to be a part of.
Shortly after, I talked the former Head of HubSpot Labs into hiring me to grow Inbound.org's job board.
I asked him why he chose me, when the other candidate had more experience. He said, “Because I knew if you didn’t know how to do something, you’d figure it out.” His belief in me propelled me to new heights, allowing me to exceed my KPI of 15 percent MoM growth for number of new jobs posted and applications submitted.
I don't have 15 years experience, an MBA, or even a linear career path, but I’m resourceful, motivated, and I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. If that sounds like someone you want on your team, message me. I’m searching for the right place to make a substantial impact.
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Lauren Holliday
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