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Lauren

Senior Account Coordinator

Event Marketing Tech Company

University of Iowa - 2014
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Lauren has over 8 years of experience in data capture, data analysis and account management across industries including auto, insurance and CPG.
Technology
Sales and Client Management
Business Management & Admin
Greek Life Member

Q1Career path

Data Analysis

Event Planning

Experiential Marketing

3:09

"So my major is an interdepartmental. Students and marketing analytics and obviously Communications. So in a nutshell a weird college experience kind of brought me to what I do today."

Q2Main responsibilities

Data Analysis

Sales

Client Management

1:31

"I'm in charge of everything day-to-day working with our clients kind of through the whole sales process and then getting to their final product"

Q3Day in the life

Problem-Solving

Data Analysis

Project Management

1:52

"It is different every day. You never know what you're gonna walk into."

Q4Most important skills - role

Detail-Oriented

Data Analysis

Project Management

1:33

"managing your schedule extremely well and you're managing your clients. So I think that kind of all entails together"

Q5Favorite parts - role

Client Relations

Experiential Marketing

Data Analysis

1:39

"We get to work with really awesome clients like Lexus, Mercedes, Toyota, Swisher Sweets, American Family Insurance."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Budgeting

Sales

Marketing

1:34

"Biggest challenge is definitely the sales portion. Everyone's fighting for a budget."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Technology

Event Management

Marketing

1:35

"So it's really kind of a combo of enjoying all these different industries that I'm a part of."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Communication

Problem-Solving

Data Analysis

1:51

"The people who thrive are obsessed with finding interesting things in a data set."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Data Analysis

Communication

Teamwork

1:56

"Data is central to everything that is functioning in the world today. You have to have data; if you can't measure, then you're lost."

Q10Entry-level positions

Client Management

Entry-Level Marketing

Account Management

1:09

"It's something you can do right out of college, honestly."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Communication

Preparation

Organization

1:28

"Prepare for the big and the little things; there's never such a thing as over or under preparing."

Q12College ideas for success

Career Exploration

Communication

Networking

2:06

"I think I had a job lined up six months before I graduated so. Seniors great. I mean I was already set."

Q13How identity impacted career

Overcoming Challenges

Communication

Confidence

1:36

"I think it's important that you learn how to navigate those situations. And that just comes with time and understanding the different personalities in a room."