823 Advizers
Kelly
Senior Manager, SMB Growth
TikTok
University of Southern California (USC), 2013
UCLA Anderson School of Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA)

UCLA Anderson
Q1Career path
Marketing Strategy
Career Pivoting
Leadership Development
3:25
"It really taught me a ton of leadership skills that I didn't realize would actually serve me throughout the entirety of my career, still to this day."
Q2Main responsibilities
Cross-functional Teamwork
Strategic Planning
Product Management
1:49
"My role for both is to basically figure out how to get businesses...onboarded successfully so they don't want to leave the platform."
Q3Day in the life
Strategic Planning
Cross-functional Teamwork
Data Analysis
2:09
"I'll wake up and have hundreds of messages from my colleagues over there to answer."
Q4Most important skills - role
Decision-Making
Time Management
Ambiguity Tolerance
1:49
"One of the biggest things that I feel like made me successful is my ability to navigate ambiguity and to make decisions without all the information."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Collaboration
Strategic Thinking
Cross-functional Teamwork
1:16
"If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Teamwork
Communication
Executive/Leadership
1:03
"Persuading teammates to get on board with your vision when they don't directly report to you takes a lot of new skills."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Project Management
Communication
Technology
1:30
"Tech is always changing and it's always evolving and if it stays the same it dies."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Problem-Solving
Collaborative
Innovative
1:10
"The people who have succeeded the most are those who are super hungry and like really thrive in trying to make things better than they are."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Career Development
Overcoming Challenges
Industry Realities
2:05
"You never truly know what a role is gonna be like until you're in it."
Q10Entry-level positions
Job Search
Technology
Career Development
1:50
"if you're interested in Tech, but don't want to get the Consulting right to then transition that into strategy I would highly recommend product management"
Q11Significant lesson - career
Resilience
Overcoming Challenges
Motivational Stories
1:53
"Rejection is not failure."
Q12College ideas for success
Career Exploration
Networking
Mentorship
3:05
"I took a lot of classes that had absolutely nothing to do with my career, my major. I'm just solely based on what I was genuinely interested in."