Sara St. Hilaire

𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄: Sara St. Hilaire @saraesaint - Instagram, @saraest - Twitter

𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: Agency Planning Director

𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑: BA in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Virginia, MA in Music Business from New York University

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑? I started as a label manager at record labels for several years before working as a producer at ad agencies. Music was definitely my passion, and I knew that I wanted to get into the music industry

when I was a teenager, but I found it difficult to move up within the industry so I started looking at more lucrative opportunities with room for growth (which led me to ad agencies). Both career paths used similar marketing and creative skill sets so the transition was pretty smooth. After working with brands like Puma, Electric Daisy Carnival, Ferrara, and Tillamook, I'm now making another transition to working at a creative agency on social justice projects which is another life-long passion of mine.

𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒: Use internships to explore different careers so you can figure out which one you want to pursue. And never feel like you're stuck on a path—you can always change it up at any point in your career.

𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑:

Marketing

Advanced Marketing

Business Management

Economics

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