i’m the manager of digital marketing @ universal pictures. i’ve worked on movies like jurassic world: fallen kingdom, hobbs & shaw, the grinch, us, and so much more.

here’s how i got my job [thread]

2/ i went to school at @ucla and interned A LOT. i worked for @beastmodesoccer, @redbull, @lafc, and various marketing and pr agencies.

3/ my senior year of college i was working for @lafc and so badly wanted a full time gig. i had played soccer all my life until a career ending injury and it felt like the stars were aligning. my dream job!

4/ unfortunately, they were on a hiring freeze but i did some awesome work there, made great connections, and one of my mentors there referred me to a job at @focusfeatures

5/ lesson one: it’s true, when one door closes another one opens. and you’re not a failure because you didn’t get your dream role. sometimes you succeed in all that you did chasing the dream.

6/ so i interview at @focusfeatures for a role in creative advertising and make it to the final round. it’s between me and another candidate who has intern experience within the company. she gets the gig.

7/ BUT i really hit it off with my could-have-been boss. so we keep in touch. i email her weeks later checking in because i saw one of her trailers. she replies telling me there’s a position opening up in digital marketing and she’s referred me.

8/ lesson two: keep in touch with people you’ve made a connection with, even if you didn’t get the job. connections are valuable.

9/ so i interview for the role in digital marketing and the role sounds PERFECT for me. meant to be. and in this case, it really was. i got the job!

10/ working at @focusfeatures was fantastic. it’s a small studio so you get to take on a lot of work. i had the best boss ever and my colleagues taught me a ton. it was the best first job a kid could ask for!

11/ buuuuut i was always a bit jealous of the @universalpics team upstairs. i wanted to work on some of the franchises they had, and i especially wanted to work on a movie they had coming up, the grinch!

12/ the grinch (with jim carrey) is my FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME. you don’t often get the chance to work on a remake of your favorite movie of all time.

13/ a position opens up at @universal pics and i go for it. i talk about how much i love the grinch in my interview and get a look...i still somehow manage to get the job after a series of interviews. and i get to work on the grinch!!

14/ and now it’s been almost three years and i was promoted to manager earlier this year it’s the best, i get to work on so many different genres and do so many creative things. here are some career highlights:

15/ a branded emoji for @theinvisibleman that you could only reveal in night mode: https://screenrant.com/invisible-man-movie-twitter-emoji/

16/ and a first of its kind tweet-for-remind program that we launched with jordan peele for @candymanmovie:

https://www.adweek.com/digital/what-did-twitter-users-summon-by-including-candyman-5-times-in-tweets/

17/ lesson three: chase your dreams!

if you’re a student or just someone who took the time to read this entire thread (hah!) feel free to dm me if you ever wanted to have an informational or just talk more about movies, social media, etc.