Today we’d like to introduce you to Sarah Lively.
Sarah, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I became interested in marketing when I started interning throughout college. As a Sociology major, I was able to volunteer with different nonprofit organizations for course credit and I was lucky enough to have several marketing internships with local Atlanta nonprofits.
After discovering my love for marketing, I obtained my first job after graduation working in digital marketing for the Alzheimer’s Association in Georgia. From there, I moved into a more corporate role, and then realized I wanted to transition to an agency where I could heighten my growth trajectory a little faster. I had no agency experience, but luckily Nebo took a chance on me for an entry-level SEO role. I found I loved SEO. As a channel that’s always changing, it requires a mix of creativity and technical abilities to be successful, which was a great fit for me. I was able to learn and grow from the best of the best on the SEO team for the last four years, and now have recently transitioned to the Director of Social Media here at Nebo – and I’m so excited for the new challenge!
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
The road has been relatively smooth – I’ve been lucky in that I’ve known I wanted to pursue a career in marketing since college and I’ve pushed towards that ever since. It was tough finding my footing in the beginning as I interned everywhere from startups to tiny nonprofits, began working in nonprofit then moved to corporate. I was worried at first that I wouldn’t find the right fit for an industry I wanted to be working in long-term but finally found that the agency culture was the perfect fit for me.
Please tell us about Nebo.
Nebo is a human-centered agency. I’m currently the Director of Social Media Marketing, and I’m lucky to be able to work with some of the smartest people in marketing today. In general, Nebo wants to make the world a better place. I feel like we’re all working on making that happen and have been lucky enough to be a part of some amazing organizations like Operation PEACE, the Beltline, PAWS Atlanta, the Eames Foundation, and Hope Hill Elementary. At the end of the day, we want to bring humanity back to advertising and make a positive impact anyway we can along the way.
Do you look back particularly fondly on any memories from childhood?
My favorite memory from childhood… that would probably be anything happening around the holidays. We have a big family and every Christmas we get together at my grandparent’s house – and there is always at least a 13ft tall tree. Even to this day, my 80+ year old grandfather tops the giant tree with a star every year.
Contact Info:
- Address: 1000 Marietta Street NW, Suite 270,
Atlanta, GA 30318 - Website: www.neboagency.com
- Phone: 404-885-1201
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neboagency/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NeboWeb/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/neboagency
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