Most people wake up on New Years with a hangover or a bunch of resolutions they are going to break a few weeks later. Me? Well this year I am going to wake up with a new job. I started with Destination Marketing back in 2001 as a bright eyed and smart lipped Account Manager ready to take on the world. Through the years it seems like I have done a little bit of everything at Destination Marketing, most recently being their Chief Digital Strategist.
Dan Voetmann, the owner of Destination Marketing, has allowed me to set my own path and grow within the company, and for that I am extremely grateful. Not to mention the fact that he allowed me to spend time as President of SMC Seattle these past two years. His thoughtfulness and understanding is a big reason I have been at Destination Marketing for so many years.
I also have been surrounded with some amazing people at Destination, and I have learned a great deal from each person I worked with there. While I was at Destination my two daughters were born, and everyone at Destination knows their names. My kids love coming to visit, not to see me, but because they love the office parrot Ricco.
When I was at Destination I even worked with some clients for the entire 9 years I was there and it is going to be very hard to not have constant contact with those friendships as well. It’s been an honor to be part of the Destination Marketing family and I will always look back on it fondly.
Starting in 2011 I pursue another path, with a different business family at Spring Creek Group. I will be the Director of Client Account Management at Spring Creek Group, and I can’t be more excited. I’ve learned a lot working with Clay McDaniel (Managing Director and Founder of Spring Creek) these past two years on the SMC Seattle board, and I look forward to working with him full time.
Also, through SMC Seattle I have had a chance to meet many of the employees of Spring Creek, and I’m always impressed with their passion for the industry and their clients. I look forward to being surrounded by that, and having some of the thought leaders in the social media space around me on a daily basis, continuing to push me forward.
So this year I have more then a simple resolution to uphold. I have a new job and career path to set forth on. That is something I could not be more excited about, and I can’t wait for 2011 to begin!
Kevin