{"id":28855,"date":"2015-03-18T15:06:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T19:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28855"},"modified":"2020-06-18T13:09:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:09:41","slug":"job-opportunity-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/job-opportunity-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Opportunity &#8230; With Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m both happy and sad today. My <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/introducing-eryn-and-the-new-instagram-account\/\" target=\"_blank\">right-hand woman Eryn<\/a> has always wanted to try her hand at clothing design and, this month, an apparel company made her an offer she can&#8217;t refuse.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SeldwfOwuL8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m happy for Eryn, because this is a fantastic opportunity for her to get into that field. But, obviously, I&#8217;m sad for myself because Eryn and I had an extremely successful and enjoyable 18 months together. For instance, Eryn established and built the <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/wendybrandesjewelry\" target=\"_blank\">company Instagram account<\/a>, which currently has over 2200 followers.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_28856\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/yYA3yIjZfH\/?taken-by=wendybrandesjewelry\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28856\" class=\"wp-image-28856\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/eryn.jpg\" alt=\"eryn\" width=\"498\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/eryn.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/eryn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/eryn-300x301.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She even models for Instagram.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a retail buyer or editor who receives our monthly newsletter, those newsletters are Eryn&#8217;s work. And check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/press.php?currentpage=1\" target=\"_blank\">press section of my website<\/a>. The whole first page is her doing, and it doesn&#8217;t even include many of the online mentions she generated.\u00a0 All of this is just a fraction of her accomplishments. The results of her most amazing project can&#8217;t be revealed until later this year!<\/p>\n<p>It will be hard to find someone to fill Eryn&#8217;s shoes (which are flats, usually), but I will try. If you are looking for an entry-level job in public relations and marketing &#8212; or know someone who is &#8212; email us at hiring@wendybrandes.com with your resume and dazzling cover letter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fashionista.com\/2015\/03\/jewelry-designer-wendy-brandes-is-looking-for-a-full-time-pr-and-marketing-coordinator-nyc\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE JOB.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a full-time position in which you&#8217;d work closely with me while enjoying a level of responsibility and independence that you&#8217;d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WA4iX5D9Z64\" target=\"_blank\">never ever<\/a> get in a bigger firm. Yes, I do care about the smallest details, but only meaningful ones that lead to results, not what you are doing every second of your 9-to-5 (or 8-to-4 or 10-to-6) day. Related experience in public relations, marketing, sales or the jewelry\/fashion industry is a plus but not a requirement. Eryn came in with a couple of fashion internships under her belt, plus a flair for merchandising, a good attitude and stellar people skills. She learned on the job and now she&#8217;d be excellent at doing public relations\/marketing for any kind of company &#8230; except that she wants to design clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why Eryn thinks this job is perfect for you folks starting out:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The great thing about working for a small company is that you learn every aspect of the industry &#8212; from production, to wholesale account management, to design and materials, to writing pitches. For someone who is new to the industry, this experience is invaluable. When you start at a large company fresh from school, it&#8217;s easy to specialize quickly. But if you are looking for the opportunity to see how design affects sales and how getting those designs seen is really the biggest hurdle, a small company will give you a better understanding of the way each piece must work together in order to be successful.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All that is spot-on, but I was like, &#8220;Eryn &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28858\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Why_so_serious__by_Tyrite.jpg\" alt=\"Why_so_serious__by_Tyrite\" width=\"498\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Why_so_serious__by_Tyrite.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Why_so_serious__by_Tyrite-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So she added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Our weekly meetings include Dunkin Donuts, which we eat while petting two adorable <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/fitzroy_the_cat\/\" target=\"_blank\">internet-famous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/purrkoy_the_kitten\/\" target=\"_blank\">kittehs<\/a>; my &#8216;stalking&#8217; skills have improved tenfold (yes, I do count that as a bonus); I feel like by proxy I&#8217;m already BFFs with multiple rappers, namely, the legendary <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/gangsta-boo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gangsta Boo<\/a>; I&#8217;ve spent entire days researching cookies; and we&#8217;ve bonded over a mutual love of smelly cheese. I&#8217;ve learned that my heels will never be as high as Wendy&#8217;s, nor am I likely to wear half the interesting outfits she does. Oh, and, if Wendy doesn&#8217;t respond to an email fast enough, always follow up with an emojified tweet. Because that&#8217;s the biggest thing I&#8217;ve learned &#8212; following up is the key to success!&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>True that! Following up IS the key to success in this business. And I will have to follow up with Eryn after her brand-new septum piercing heals so I can make my first septum design for her.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the email for resumes is hiring@wendybrandes.com. (If you get a bounceback, as one or two people have due to volume, you can send to wbjewelry at hotmail dot com.) I&#8217;m going to take the way you pitch yourself to me as an indication of the way you&#8217;ll pitch ME to other people, so make your cover letter compelling, but not corny! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m both happy and sad today. My right-hand woman Eryn has always wanted to try her hand at clothing design and, this month, an apparel company made her an offer she can&#8217;t refuse. I&#8217;m happy for Eryn, because this is a fantastic opportunity for her to get into that field. But, obviously, I&#8217;m sad for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/job-opportunity-with-me\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[640],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eryn-patton","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28855"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45367,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28855\/revisions\/45367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}