If you know me professionally, you understand that I’ve been balancing two great loves: marketing and experience design. And, like anyone who tries to juggle two careers at the same time, I’ve frequently wished for more time and energy to spend on both.
I’ve burned the midnight oil, risen before dawn, double-booked and juggled meetings, and somehow managed to help Mad*Pow achieve a 35% growth spurt over the past year. Not bad considering the whole economy is in the proverbial toilet.
I’m so proud of the work I’ve done as a Director of Marketing and as an Experience Design Director. It has been a unique opportunity that many people might give a limb for. But the time has come to choose. When I envision myself later in my career I see “DESIGNER” and want to spend as much time working those designerly muscles as possible.
I will miss wearing my marketing hat, but will make sure to pack those brand strategy and communication skills with me for my journey. If there were 48 hours in a day, I’d gladly spend them brainstorming ways to get Mad*Pow the massive media exposure we deserve or creating hilarious viral videos. Unfortunately, I’ve only got 24 and I’m going to spend slightly more than a third of those being a designer.
Which leaves Mad*Pow in need of a new Marketing Director.
So, consider this blog post as a kind of occupational personal ad: Single Marketing Director Position with highly attractive benefits package seeks passionate, nurturing, quirky, extraordinary candidate to knock my socks off.