{"id":3996,"date":"2015-10-29T19:44:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T19:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/?p=3996"},"modified":"2016-07-22T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T13:28:49","slug":"promotions-and-new-titles-are-fun-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pairdesignchicago.com\/tellyourstory\/promotions-and-new-titles-are-fun-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Promotions and New Titles Are Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you find people you work well with, you want to make it last.\u00a0 And when you find people who make your clients happy, you really want to make it last. At Tell Your Story, I\u2019ve had the privilege of having two such people work side by side with me, Amanda Pollard<\/a> and Nicole Benzer<\/a>.\u00a0 And it\u2019s about time I recognized them properly!<\/p>\n

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Amanda Pollard has been promoted to Director, Content & Social Strategy. We have been on a fun journey so far, having first met when I was heading up and growing the Chicago office of what is now gyro<\/a>. I introduced her to Twitter<\/a>! True story. She was a skeptic then, but now she jokes she spends half her day on Twitter and the other social channels we use to tell our clients\u2019 stories. She was my first full-time hire at Tell Your Story in 2011, and was an early new breed of public relations professional who understood the power of combining earned, owned and paid media to develop and share great stories. And she keeps getting better and broadening her story both professionally and personally.<\/p>\n

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\"Amand<\/p>\n

Amanda Pollard of Tell Your Story<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nicole Benzer has been promoted to Director, Digital Marketing. Amanda and I often say that we hit the jackpot when we hired Nicole, after reviewing more than 200 resumes back in early 2013.\u00a0 Nicole hasn\u2019t only mastered the role we hired her for \u2013 integrating traditional PR with social media community management \u2013 but she has taken herself and our small agency to the next level in developing crucial knowledge in the areas of paid social media, SEO and SEM, and our partnership with One North Interactive, providing a true digital marketing perspective to Tell Your Story and its clients.<\/p>\n

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\"Nicole<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicole Benzer of Tell Your Story<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I used to think titles weren\u2019t that important, especially at a flexible, nimble (and small) agency like ours. But I was wrong. Titles are signals to the marketplace of what we are and what we do. It sets expectations and it puts pressure on those with titles to meet and exceed those expectations for professional success and personal fulfillment. Plus, new titles are deserved as people grow into new specializations and take on more responsibility. So, it is with this that I say congratulations to Amanda and Nicole, my team members that rock the house.\u00a0 Give them a shout-out on Twitter at @apollard19<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@nicolebenzer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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