At Ohio University Megan Malloy studied Integrated Marketing Communications, a major she created. Now, Malloy is a Vice President at Ketchum. During her career she has overseen campaign development, tactical execution and media strategy for a range of clients, including Néstle, Hershey, Hain Celestial Group, Hilton and more. She’s been instrumental in orchestrating numerous award-winning campaigns, leading awareness-driving programming, issues and crisis counsel, talent partnerships and influencer and digital strategy for one of Ketchum’s largest accounts, Clorox. She also serves as the client director for the plant-based food company Quorn.
Key Takeaways:
- Agency life is not as scary as it seems.
- It is important for people, especially women to self-advocate in public relations.
- As an intern, take daily logs of what you do; it can be hard to remember all the project experience you gained.
- Meghan says she would not have gotten her job at Ketchum without her masters degree; however, she recognizes that there are high-level professionals who have not gotten the degree.
- Keep your focus on what you want and make sure your decisions are all stepping stones to lead you to that goal.
- Send a thank you email after your interview, it always goes a long way.
Connect with Megan on LinkedIn here.
Maxwell Burton is a sophomore studying journalism – strategic communications and pursuing a minor in marketing at Ohio University. He serves as the Vice President of Public Relations for Scripps PRSSA. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.