Dancing By Life With Samantha Finley

For Samantha, artistic writing has all the time been the secret. So, to attain a profession that performed to her strengths, she danced on over to the College of Texas at Austin to main in Promoting. Not solely that, however whereas there she made positive to construct a backup plan for herself to ensure success, it doesn’t matter what.

That meant minoring in Media and Leisure in addition to snatching up a certificates in Enterprise Foundations to “cowl all her bases.” And although that’s loads to place in your plate, she says, and I quote: “I beloved each second of it.”

From Internship to Achieved Skilled

From faculty to profession, her pen carried her by Branding Strategist internships and freelance work the place she received to flex her artistic muscle mass for shoppers within the leisure trade.

Alas, her pen saved shifting, and writing and scribbling till it scrawled a line throughout the arm of a Brafton recruiter (figuratively talking, in fact) who instantly observed her potential and reached out for an interview. That’s proper, of us: Samantha was scouted. Just a bit testomony to her expertise.

“Once I was job looking, I used to be really linked to Brafton by a recruiter,” she says. “She felt I’d be a superb match for the open Content material Author position. After making my method by a few interview rounds to make sure I’d be a superb match for the staff and the corporate can be a superb match for me, I used to be ultimately supplied a place and the remainder is historical past!”

A Brafton Legacy within the Making

Samantha’s Brafton legacy remains to be unfolding. What began as an entry-level Content material Author position blossomed right into a Senior Author place the place Samantha takes on extra obligations and shoppers, and writes for numerous advertising channels. She by no means slows down, and for her, that’s a superb factor.

“You’re just about by no means bored,” she says when describing what it’s wish to work at Brafton. “I’m all the time studying new issues and enhancing my writing expertise, so it’s a win-win-win (for me, Brafton and our shoppers) on the finish of the day!”

Brafton’s construction is a win for Samantha, too, who appreciates the chance to work 100% remotely. “Any such office flexibility was one thing I used to be in search of in my preliminary job search, and I believe Brafton has discovered a setup that basically works effectively and helps a various personnel from everywhere in the world!”

Such flexibility has allowed her to make a moderately giant transfer from Texas to New York, which is one thing she’s all the time dreamed of doing.

Keepin’ Issues Movin’ After Hours

Sufficient about work … until work means dancing. And for Samantha, it does. Earlier than changing into a useful asset to Brafton’s editorial division, she received paid to maneuver. “I spent my days writing and my nights dancing, which isn’t far off from how I spend my time nowadays,” she says about her time earlier than Brafton. “I used to be working as a choreographer for a few dance studios in Texas, educating new hip-hop routines each week.”

Evidently, Samantha is all the time making an attempt to take advantage of her artistic pursuits.

As for a brand new New Yorker with town as her oyster, Samantha says, “I’m fortunate sufficient to have the ability to stroll, run or discover to my coronary heart’s content material on the finish of the day.” And so she does, unwinding from the workday by waltzing the streets of NY to a soundtrack comprised of her present musical obsessions. Recently? Blondie and Donna Summer season, to which Samantha admits she’s “conscious they’re fully unrelated.”

Seaside Days and Sunrays

Now I ask you, reader, to image your excellent day. Does it contain a seashore? Nicely, you possibly can meet Samantha there. “Life is hectic, so my dream is all the time a calming day on the seashore. How are you going to not love the seashore? If there’s a possibility to put within the solar and take heed to the sound of the ocean for hours, I’m in.”

She admits that residing in Texas after which New York has, in some methods, stuffed that dream right into a pipe. Nevertheless, she’s dedicated to the water, waves and sunshine as a lot as she may be. “I make my solution to the water at any time when I can!”

Brava, Samantha. Brafton is a greater, extra attention-grabbing content material advertising company due to you!