823 Advizers

Kelly

Senior Manager, SMB Growth

TikTok

University of Southern California (USC), 2013
UCLA Anderson School of Management, Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Kelly has over 10 years of experience in growth strategy and marketing across industries including technology, e-commerce and professional services.
UCLA Anderson

UCLA Anderson

Technology
Sales and Client Management
Marketing
Scholarship Recipient
Took Out Loans
Worked 20+ Hours in School
Greek Life Member

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."