You never know what
to expect in life, where it can take you and what kind of fulfillment it can offer you. It’s just like an amazing lottery with millions of winning tickets. My name is Paula, I am an Online Marketing Specialist at
Oracle University and this is my story. Having graduated from a technical profile college, it seemed almost normal
to follow the same career path. But I said no. I wanted
to try something else, so I took an Advertising Masters Program and I really became in love with this entire industry. Advertising and the new impact of the Internet through social networking is my current fascination. I knew I had
to work
to incorporate both my skills intro one dream job. I want
to believe that I have come
to work at
Oracle as part of a great plan that life has for me. It’s not the most glamorous job in advertising or in the fashion industry, but it’s everything you need
to start investing in your development and
to build relationships. A normal day at work begins at 9.30 at our
Oracle Office in Bucharest. After a short chit-chat, coffee and some conference calls, marketing gets
to work! Some of the members of my team are working besides me but others are based all over Europe. This is extremely useful when coordinating the EMEA Marketing for
Oracle University, because this way it’s easier
to keep an eye on these various locations. Even though it’s a team play, you need
to speak up and make your mark. I am the kind of person that never stands-by and waits
to be given directions, I am curious and intuitive. This makes things easier. In
Oracle you really need
to find your own way and
to discover how
to organize your time and how
to get involved with people. People
to people, this is the focus. But everything is up
to you and it strongly depends on the type of personality that you have. I try
to get involved in various activities, participate in
Oracle Days Events, interact and meet all kinds of people. For those who are newly graduates or interns,
Oracle has lots of trainings and webcasts you can attend
to help you develop your career shape and
to understand better the way the business works. You can also be awarded for ideas and setting the trends so that makes it worth it. What I like most about my job is the fact that I can come with ideas and bring them
to life. For example
Oracle University has a special seminar program called “Celebrity Seminars” where top industry speakers teach 1-day or 2-day condensed seminars. We thought of creating something exclusive and a video was the best idea. So my colleague and I became reporters for a day and interviewed this well-known speaker regarding his seminar. I think this is a good way
to market this business. Live footage is a very good marketing tool so we are planning
to use the video
to target our online audiences via Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. This can even go in the newsletters that marketing sends regarding the Celebrity Seminars. This is what I meant when I said
Oracle is a free spirited organization and you can surely find your place here among us. The best way
to describe my job is WEB 2.0. The modern online approach comes
to life while we are trying
to sell our business. We need
to be out there and we are responsible of spreading the buzz regarding our training offerings and our official courseware materials. There are so many new ways
to interact with the target audience nowadays and I am so eager
to discover the best online techniques! If you have any questions related
to this article feel free
to contact
[email protected]. You can find our job opportunities via http://campus.
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