Dago Garcia
Creative Manager
Better Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas
Better Business Bureau serving the Heart of Texas
Creative Manager
Any and all creative work that comes from our organization is planned, designed, and implemented by my team.
I get to my computer, and I go through emails. I'm an inbox at 0 kind of person. That doesn't mean I do every task immediately, but I take stock of what I've been asked to do or any tasks that are incomplete and I put it in a paper journal. I see what tasks I can knock out in a quick 5 to 15 minutes, and I just start knocking them out until everyone gets in the office. Then, we examine where we're at with our creative projects and start tackling things.
Here's the first step for college students
Read up on what positions may mean in an agency or an in-house marketing team and see what piques your interest the most. Figure out how you can get there by researching and finding mentors that can give you guidance on how you can meet your goals. The great thing about marketing people is that they're all narcissists and will take any opportunity to talk about themselves / what they do.
"You're too ambitious for this position. You aren't a perfect fit skills-wise. You have to be traditionally taught to be good at something. "