3 Months To The Day

three months to the day i was offered an account executive position with a boutique fashion, entertainment, lifestyle and luxury public relations agency. i was ecstatic at the opportunity to finally be working again and ultimately thrilled that i was finally in the industry i had always seen myself in. i also really felt lucky to find out three months to the day that i got laid off from brainerd that i was now gainfully employed with benefits once again.

goldstein communications (www.goldsteincom.com) has hired me to co-manage the social media and consumer marketing group. the agency is a boutique firm with approximately six employees and it is currently being run out of the ceo's penthouse apartment in gramercy park. i heard about the job after a fellow gator friend whom i studied pr with knew the guy in charge of hiring the new account executive. she forwarded him my resume after i had let her know in january that i had been laid off. amazingly enough she kept me in mind when the opportunity arose and from there it was up to me to interview, follow up, interview again and cross my fingers. 

my first week as a full time employee went quickly. i mean why shouldn't it when i spend nearly my entire day on twitter or facebook for my clients. i put together three new business proposals and pitched one publicity proposal to actor Elias Koteas. i found out friday morning we had landed Elias as a full-time client and that he would be my first official account. therefore it is up to me to make sure you guys grow to learn and love elias. it really is kind of a dream come true because when i first chose to enter the pr route i wanted to take the publicist route and i'm doing it. 

in moving from a mid size agency to a boutique firm i have come to realize that the level of responsibility and the burden to succeed is increased. there is really no one to lean on when you are essentially running and managing the account by yourself. admittedly, the challenge scares me a bit, but i know that i can handle the pressure and the amount of exposure and experience i will gain from just jumping in with both feet will reap some serious benefits in the long run. 

i don't think it has fully sunk in that i am finally spending my days at a job where i can be and do what i use to waste time at my previous job doing. it almost doesn't feel like work and the work day flies by. i won't lie though, by the end of the week, i was ready for my 2-4-1 happy hour. i guess if that's not any indication that i have officially re-entered the workforce, i don't know what is.

i feel fortunate, grateful and above all else happy about the path i'm taking. there's so much left to still see and do and there couldn't be anything greater.