Cecilia Correa joined Cisco because the Senior Director of Safety Model Advertising and marketing simply over a yr in the past. How did she domesticate a profession she cherished? By following what energized her most: enabling creatives to do their greatest work in a area that impacts each single trade on the earth. For those who additionally need to do work that’s energizing and significant, go to our openings.
Contemplate the place your passions intersect
What led you to advertising and marketing in expertise?
Cecilia Correa: I’ve at all times been drawn to the intersection of enterprise and storytelling. There isn’t any higher area to deliver these two issues collectively than the tech class the place markets are always being formed and made. There may be a lot innovation and at all times new tales to be advised. I really like how advertising and marketing helps us all see alternatives and make sense of the fast-paced digital transformation we reside and expertise on daily basis.
Know-how finally touches each trade, each system of the world. It’s such a vital a part of what each group is driving in service of delivering higher worth and outcomes to the audiences that they serve. It’s a privilege to work in expertise as a result of it impacts merely every part. Cisco helps companies leverage expertise to remodel and drive higher outcomes and experiences for everybody, powering an inclusive future for all. It feels so significant to be part of that — and assist steward what the model stands for within the safety area.
Do work that excites you
What recommendation do you could have for different leaders?
Cecilia Correa: I’ve at all times cherished working with artistic groups and tasks. Ideating, constructing, making issues collectively. I selected to remain centered on the extra artistic aspect of promoting, despite the fact that different areas possibly would’ve given me quicker paths for promotions as a result of there have been extra senior roles obtainable. And I don’t remorse that. I believe all of us ought to comply with our instincts to concentrate on the issues that really encourage us. What I really like about my job at Cisco and the work that I’ve carried out over the previous 25 years is the collaboration on significant work with artistic thinkers and makers: from designers to writers, strategists, illustrators, photographers and filmmakers. I prioritized that over every part else.
“What I really like about my job at Cisco and the work that I’ve carried out over the previous 25 years is the collaboration on significant work with artistic thinkers and makers: from designers to writers, strategists, illustrators, photographers and filmmakers. I prioritized that over every part else.”
– Cecilia Correa
What profession recommendation do you give your daughters?
Cecilia Correa: Early on in my profession, I believe I took every part manner too significantly and was fairly exhausting on myself. Over time, I realized to calm down extra and have enjoyable alongside the way in which – and it made such a distinction. When you’ll be able to let your guard down at work, be extra open, be extra weak, there are such a lot of extra connections which are constructed and a lot extra creativity.
“When you’ll be able to let your guard down at work, be extra open, be extra weak, there are such a lot of extra connections which are constructed and a lot extra creativity.”
– Cecilia Correa
Able to discover a profession you like?
Keep tuned for extra profession insights from Cecilia Correa throughout Nationwide Cybersecurity Consciousness Month. For those who’re additionally pushed by artistic enablement throughout trade, take a look at our open roles.
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