My name is Kelly Engram, and I'm a creative, hardworking marketer and graphic artist with 30 years in the marketing & advertising industry with 19 of those years as a freelancer specializing in the automotive industry. I'm accustomed to staying busy, tight deadlines, crazy attention to detail, uber organization, several projects going on at the same time, binge-watching shows with my husband of 22 years and giving my 14-year-old Boxer kisses. I'm not accustomed to my successful 31-year-old son not having time to talk to his mom anymore, but that's another story . . .
So what's going on? Well, long ago I fell into a career of working with Texas Ford dealers. My bread and butter was creating weekly newspaper ads for several dealerships across Texas. You might guess that I am a tragic victim of digital technology upending the world of marketing and advertising. Not quite, I still have a pretty good hold on my career because I have adapted by learning a few digital skills. This new knowledge has made me thirsty for more! Thus began my path to higher education.
I'm back to school after a 25-year hiatus, and I'm majoring in Mass Communications Digital Media Innovation. I saw this degree plan at Texas State University and said, "YES!" I want to learn more about social media! I want to know how to code! I want to be immersed in the methodology of actually working with data and how to present it!
I'm not exactly sure where this journey will lead me. The more knowledge I gain, the more options become available to me. Sometimes I have to fight that old dog feeling, but then I remember that it's more about the journey than the destination.
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