Cecilia Correa joined Cisco because the Senior Director of Safety Model Advertising and marketing simply over a 12 months in the past. How did she domesticate a profession she cherished? By following what energized her most: enabling creatives to do their finest work in a area that impacts each single business on the planet. In the event you 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 is no such thing as a higher area to carry these two issues collectively than the tech class the place markets are continually being formed and made. There’s a lot innovation and at all times new tales to be advised. I like how advertising and marketing helps us all see alternatives and make sense of the fast-paced digital transformation we stay and expertise on daily basis.
Expertise in the end touches each business, each system of the world. It’s such a necessary 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 all the pieces. Cisco helps companies leverage expertise to rework 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 will have for different leaders?
Cecilia Correa: I’ve at all times cherished working with inventive groups and initiatives. Ideating, constructing, making issues collectively. I selected to remain centered on the extra inventive facet of selling, though different areas perhaps would’ve given me sooner paths for promotions as a result of there have been extra senior roles accessible. And I don’t remorse that. I feel all of us ought to observe our instincts to give attention to the issues that really encourage us. What I like about my job at Cisco and the work that I’ve finished over the previous 25 years is the collaboration on significant work with inventive thinkers and makers: from designers to writers, strategists, illustrators, photographers and filmmakers. I prioritized that over all the pieces else.
“What I like about my job at Cisco and the work that I’ve finished over the previous 25 years is the collaboration on significant work with inventive thinkers and makers: from designers to writers, strategists, illustrators, photographers and filmmakers. I prioritized that over all the pieces else.”
– Cecilia Correa
What profession recommendation do you give your daughters?
Cecilia Correa: Early on in my profession, I feel I took all the pieces manner too severely and was fairly onerous on myself. Over time, I discovered to chill out extra and have enjoyable alongside the best way – and it made such a distinction. When you possibly can let your guard down at work, be extra open, be extra susceptible, there are such a lot of extra connections which can be constructed and a lot extra creativity.
“When you possibly can let your guard down at work, be extra open, be extra susceptible, there are such a lot of extra connections which can be 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. In the event you’re additionally pushed by inventive enablement throughout business, take a look at our open roles.
We’d love to listen to what you assume. Ask a Query, Remark Beneath, and Keep Linked with Cisco Safe on social!
Cisco Safe Social Channels
Share:
