Career Explorations Meeting Recap
ATHENS, Ga. – On Tuesday, September 19, PRSSA hosted three professionals to highlight different careers in the communications field. Below you will find each guest and their main pieces of advice and background from the meeting.
Colleen Swanger, VP of Global Digital Marketing and Search Marketing at JLL
Swanger graduated from Grady with an advertising degree. In her current role, she focuses on paid media, optimizing JLL’s systems and visual identity and cohesion. She shared her experience working for a technology company and often being one of few women. Changes in technology that are consistently happening inspire her to keep going in the industry. Her best piece of advice is
Avery Carson, Manager of Content Strategy at See.Spark.Go
Carson started her career at the company through the apprentice program. Currently, she leads the content and social media teams while staying up to date with upcoming trends in the media to bring back to See.Spark.Go. Her favorite part of the industry is the ever-changing nature and how the space is constantly evolving. She advises PRSSA members to always be learning and consistently seek out new opportunities on your own time to develop new skills.
Erin Walsh, Senior Account Executive at Porter Novelli
Walsh interned with Edelman after graduating from Grady in December of 2018. Walsh’s day to day work changes, but she does a lot of copywriting in long and short form. Her favorite project she worked on was with Deion Sanders and California Almonds where she curated social media content. The different aspects of the industry and various transferable skills motivate her to work hard in her role
