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Annalee

Membership Experience Manager

University Of Michigan

California State University Northridge, 2006
Pepperdine University, MA Social Entrepreneurship and Change

Annalee Shelton has over 15 years of experience in communications, marketing, and community engagement across industries including education, data, nonprofits and startups.
Education
Sales and Client Management
English
Pell Grant Recipient
Took Out Loans
Worked 20+ Hours in School

Q1Career path

Nonprofit

Social Justice

Community Engagement

6:41

"I realized that my passion was more for working with people and supporting people through the hard times in their lives."

Q2Main responsibilities

Project Management

Communication

Data Analysis

3:57

"So I manage the communications there and those are two way Communications and then and then finally we have our completely external audience."

Q3Day in the life

Communication

Data Analysis

Project Management

2:40

"We typically close off our Fridays to do only work. No no meetings. No kind of new projects. It's just to close out the work for the week."

Q4Most important skills - role

Project Management

Organizational Skills

Prioritization

1:41

"I use ClickUp; many people use systems like Monday or Asana."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Data Analysis

Teamwork

Communication

1:27

"We are teaching people how to find the data themselves and how to analyze the data themselves so that they have a sense of what actually is going on behind the... pundits."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Communication

Project Management

Data Analysis

2:17

"People don't necessarily look for data first; they might look for an article or ask someone, but they don't always know how to analyze raw data."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Education

Continuous Learning

Positive Impact

0:50

"I really enjoy that there is always something new to learn and that we are encouraged to be learning new things as part of the education industry."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Adaptability

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

0:48

"Oh people who thrive in this industry are really adaptable. There's always some new way to be working with someone or a new system to use or a new problem to solve."

Q9Wish known before - industry

On-the-Job Learning

Project Management

Systems and Technology

1:10

"what I didn't know was that I was going to need to learn new systems. I was going to need to learn on new almost new Industries."

Q10Entry-level positions

Internships

Data Management

Communication Skills

1:52

"We hire lots of interns, typically over the summer. Our internships can be very entry-level, and we do pay for our interns."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Mentorship

Professional Networking

Interpersonal Skills

2:24

"You have to treat everyone well, and there's a couple of reasons for that."

Q12College ideas for success

Work Culture

Marketing

Career Exploration

3:10

"I got really clear about the things that I liked to do, the type of work that I like to do, and the things that I cared about."

Q13How identity impacted career

Motivational Stories

Overcoming Challenges

Resilience

3:24

"If you are freaking out about your future student loans, it'll be okay. You're gonna find your way through it."