901 Advizers

Cory

Technical Marketing Manager

Edmund Optics

University of Arizona, Graduated in 2016
M.B.A. from University of North Dakota

Cory Boone has over 6 years of experience in content marketing, science communications, and social media in the optics and photonics industry
University of Arizona

University of Arizona

MBA
Technology
Advertising, Communications & Marketing
Communication and Marketing
Biology & Related Sciences
Honors Student
Scholarship Recipient

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."

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