901 Advizers
Cory
Technical Marketing Manager
Edmund Optics
University of Arizona, Graduated in 2016
M.B.A. from University of North Dakota
University of Arizona
Q1Career path
Technical Marketing
Project Management
Optics
2:52
"I never considered that something I'd wanted do, but I did the rotation in marketing, ended up loving it."
Q2Main responsibilities
Content Creation
Technical Marketing
Marketing Strategy
1:36
"what approaches do we want to take to, you know, how should we structure the articles? Uh, what styles should we use for the videos?"
Q3Day in the life
Technical Writing
Project Management
Communication
1:42
"learning how to tailor what you're saying or writing for that given audience"
Q4Most important skills - role
Technical Proficiency
Communication Skills
Storytelling
2:07
"more importantly than that is the communication skills. So mainly writing, so understanding how to write effectively."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Teaching and Education
Marketing
Technical Applications
1:09
"So it's to be involved in an industry that I think leads to, uh, great improvements for a lot of people's lives."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Project Management
Communication
Teamwork
0:59
"My biggest challenge is getting a lot of people that don't work for me to do stuff for me."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Optics
Networking
Photonics
1:18
"I feel like there's even more of a tight-knit sense of belonging in that industry."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Technical Proficiency
Problem-Solving
Communication Skills
1:45
"Definitely an interest in science, an interest in technology, how can you use to help people."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Career Development
Project Management
Career Exploration
0:59
"it'd be really useful to have more of that career education, things like this. Just making people aware of different careers."
Q10Entry-level positions
Product and Application Support
Manufacturing and Fabrication
Research and Development
1:54
"you're helping the Googles of the world, people making self-driving cars, you're helping people do really cool stuff."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Overcoming Challenges
Career Development
Communication
1:05
"Sometimes the fear of starting something is preventing you from doing it at all."
Q12College ideas for success
Communication
Problem-Solving
Resilience
1:18
"And then while I didn't really know it, then developing the communication skills became invaluable to me doing what I'm doing now."
Q13How identity impacted career
Overcoming Challenges
Communication
Stress Management
1:47
"Learning how to deal with that has been very important for my work life, understanding how to balance everything and just personally as well."

