{"id":26975,"date":"2022-02-22T18:58:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzie.ac.nz\/?p=26975"},"modified":"2022-02-23T09:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:35:27","slug":"success-story-amanda-upskilling-in-digital-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nzie.ac.nz\/success-story-amanda-upskilling-in-digital-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Upskilling in digital marketing landed me a role with an award-winning\u00a0Agency."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
My name is Amanda and <\/span>I live in my <\/span>hometown<\/span> of Rotorua. <\/span>In <\/span>the early 2000\u2019s <\/span>I g<\/span>raduated <\/span>from <\/span>U<\/span>niversity with a BCS and Diploma in Marketing. <\/span>My career has consisted of me working<\/span> in Sales and traditional marketing jobs <\/span>most of<\/span> my working life.<\/span> However,<\/span> I decided to upskill myself before returning to the workforce<\/span>. After <\/span>having spent the last 3 years at home with my youngest<\/span> child<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t In my <\/span>last role <\/span>I <\/span>was a <\/span>Marketing Manager<\/span> in Rotorua <\/span>where digital aspects were involved. That\u2019s when I noticed Digital Marketing was a big area that<\/span> was growing. Furthermore,<\/span> I<\/span> came to the realisation that<\/span> needed to get up to scratch <\/span>with digital tools and strategies.<\/span><\/span><\/p> \u201cI knew that if I didn\u2019t upskill myself now, I would get left behind. I also like that with digital I can work from home<\/span>,<\/span> if need be, so it fits in around my kids schedule.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t NZIE covered all the bases<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/strong> When I was Googling solutions, I looked at other options. But a lot of other courses were more so design heavy.<\/span> Whereas<\/span> NZIE<\/span> had a great<\/span> mix of content and strateg<\/span>y specified within the digital umbrella.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div> \u201cWhat <\/span>enticed me<\/span> was NZIEs<\/span> professional looking presence online<\/span>.<\/span> But what won me over was<\/span> the fact that it was all done remotely<\/span> \u2013 that <\/span>was perfect for a mum of three like me<\/span>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tWhy Digital Marketing and why now? <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Why NZIE? What made you choose to study the Diploma in Digital Marketing? <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Were there any roadblocks you had to overcome before starting out?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>