John Tripolsky, CEO:

• They will be looking for interns for the summertime
  • for market research
• all in one shop for marketing essentially
  • websites, apps, social media, branding etc.
  • digital and traditional marketing
  • one of the ways they have grown really fast

• looking outside of Charleston
  • office in Detroit, San diego, and Raleigh
  • some co-op space
  • charleston based company, but also go outside
• work well on a timeline
• everyone is very different at the company
• projects and steps
  • different departments, but there is overlap
  • copyright teams, website teams, social media teams
  • implementation is crucial to prevent failure
  • 4 people in Charleston, 22 people overall in the company, and probably 40 with contractors
• New office on broad street
  • before people worked virtually
• Starting a company
  • will fail multiple times before find something that works
• Resume/Job application advice:
  • Should understand how the company you work for is structured, will make you much more valuable
  • what makes you different than other people (especially on resumes), get specific
  • think about what you can do that will get you the job
  • stick to one page if possible
  • got one resume that was just a blank piece of paper and said call me for more information, sort of funny
  • may be interesting to create a website with a specific page for interests, experience, maybe a 30 sec video & include the URL in your resume
  • don’t use a QR code
  • should check your cover letter, look at it in outlook, gmail, on your phone etc.  to be sure the font doesn’t change too much
  • they are not necessarily looking for smart people, but creative people
  • teach yourself something
  • meeting and networking is the most key for them
    • never really ask for a job – get to know them
    • ask them what they are doing and be interested in it, lets them get to know you, you are selling yourself essentially
• Staying in Charleston
  • people want to live here, but can be tricky to find a job, especially in marketing
  • get ideas/influence from other cities as well
    • can lead to you having a different outlook
• Business Improvements
  • Started having a sales team this year
  • Definitely looking to grow in the future, pretty comfortable size right now
  • company grows itself, want to keep the creativity up
  • have to be fluid, changing based on location and ideas, not a static way to do things
• Training?
  • inDesign or adobe and what not should really know beforehand
  • 95% of tech work (websites, social, etc)
  • Think about the content of a job, in terms of whatever you are building, delivering it is what makes it worth it
  • website understanding
  • web apps and mobile apps
• Good mobile apps now cost $100,000-200,000