Marny Smith

Join us for a full day of panels, discussions, hands on workshops, networking, and fun. Meet the coolest creatives and companies in New York City, learn about different industries, and make great connections with peers and professionals. You’ll leave with inspiration, new ideas, friends, collaborators, and mentors.

Mar 02

We Are NY Tech

Feb 12

Scenes from my Job Hunting/Career Management Panel at Columbia’s #SMKWND 2012

Left to right: Emily Miethner, President of NY Creative Interns; Ron Thomas, Principal Consultant at Strategy Focused HR; Maggie Mistal, “Making a Living with Maggie” on SIRIUS XM; David Gaspin, Head of Talent Acquisition at The Ladders.

Patricia Kitchen, online reporter at Newsday, asked some great questions during the Q&A.

Jan 26

Social Media Weekend at Columbia School of Journalism: 2012

Social Media and Job Hunting/Career Management

87% of employers use social media for recruiting however over 40% of candidates have never used social media in their job search. — Vault.com

Many people are confused about which network to join, how to make the right connections, and how to translate these into meaningful career moves. Join career and social media experts in an interactive panel and Q&A session that will cover how to use social media for networking and tips on using social networks including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more, effectively for career advancement.

Moderator: @EmilyMiethner, President of NY Creative Interns.
Emily’s specialties include social media, community management, and event production and management. In 2010, Miethner founded NY Creative Interns, which is now the largest and most active Meetup for interns and recent grads in New York City. She works full-time as the Community Manager at RecordSetter.com, and her previous employers include Sterling Publishing, Gawker, Flavorpill, and Time Out New York Magazine. Emily is also on the board of Techies Give Back, part of the nextNY fellowship program, and is an active Skillshare teacher.

@MaggieMistal, ”One of the nation’s best known career coaches” – CNN
She has appeared frequently on CNN Newsroom as a career expert. Maggie is a certified life purpose and career coach and hosted a weekly national radio show called “Making a Living with Maggie” on SIRIUS XM. Maggie is a certified life purpose and career coach and her passion is her career consulting practice, working with individuals to identify their ideal careers and allowing them to make their career change. Her YouTube video on job interview tips has received 1.2 million views, check it out!

@Ronald_Thomas, Principal Consultant at Strategy Focused HR.
Ron’s background spans many industries, including technology, media, publishing, banking, insurance, and IT consulting. HR Examiner ranks him in the top 25 among both talent-management influencers and human resources influencers. He will receive the Strategic Leadership Award for HR Excellence by the World HRD Congress in February 2012. He is certified by the Human Capital Institute as a Human Capital Strategist (HCS) and Strategic Workforce Planner (SWP). In 2008 he was named HR Person of the year with inclusion to the HR Hall of Fame by the HR Network of NYC. He was the former VP Human Resources/OD at Martha Stewart Living, serving on the board of her personal foundation.

@DavidGaspin, Head of Talent Acquisition at TheLadders.com.
Throughout his career, David Gaspinhas recruited for positions at every level and has coached, counseled, mentored, and advised professionals at every stage of their careers on how to successfully navigate the job search process and grow to the next stage in their professional lives. Prior to joining TheLadders.com, David has held management positions in Human Resources/Recruiting at Condé Nast, Playboy, and 5W Public Relations among others. He holds an MBA from Baruch College/CUNY and a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the Hartt School of Music. Find him on Twitter at @davidgaspin(One of Youtern.com’s 2011 Top 50 Twitter Accounts Job Seekers Must Follow), on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/davidgaspin and on the web at http://hrdave.com.

Panel Organizer: @MarnySmith is the Community Manager for NY Creative Interns and the Customer Support Manager for ChallengePost.

Tickets are still available! RSVP now: http://socmediaweekend.wordpress.com/

Jan 10

Dec 04

NY Creative Interns One Year Bash: Celebrating 20+ Events, 1,000+ Guests and Countless Connections

In just one year NY Creative Interns has become the largest meetup group for creative college students and recent grads in New York City. We’ve thrown over 20 events that have been attended by more than 1,000 local creatives. The results? An inspired community of emerging creatives who have found inspiration, internships, jobs, mentors, and friends.

We’re celebrating in style with our One Year Anniversary Bash at The Wix Lounge. This night will celebrate the past and the future and is a chance for our community to come together, dress, up, and have fun.

Party Details

This is going to be so. much.fun. DJ Frankenmack will be spinning great tunes, Galo Delgado of The Photobooth Project will be snapping shots of you looking snazzy, our host The Wix Lounge is providing an open bar and Sweet Loren‘s is providing delicious cookies and brownies to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Cocktail attire. Think that fancy black dress you’ve been hoping you could bust out of the closet and for guys, ties and blazers abound. Use this as an excuse to play dress up and have fun. General rule of thumb, it’s better to be overdressed than underdressed.

Thanks to our friends (and sources of inspiration) at Holstee we are giving away Holstee Manifesto posters to three lucky party attendees.

When you arrive you’ll be receiving a half of an inspring image provided byThinkstock and their collection of royalty-free photos. Your mission throughout the night is to find your match. It will be a fun reason to introduce yourself to strangers. When and if you do find your match, be sure to get your photo taken together at our photobooth provided by The Photobooth Project. Then you can continue the fun by helping others find their match.

Find yourself in photos from this year’s event as our Wix site (which we built in about 20 minutes…check out Wix as a place to build an awesome portfolio site) is projected on the wall throughout the night.

Tickets can be purchased here and are our normal $5 for students and recent grads and $10 for professionals. We also have Super Supporter tickets for $50 and Micro-Sponsor tickets for $100. These are for folks who’d like to help NY Creative Interns continue to thrive. All the money from those tickets goes to programming costs and you get a permanent spot on our About Page. Be sure to print your tickets out and bring them with you.

We’d Love to Hear From You

Since we’re nothing without our community, we’d love to project quotes from you all on our Wix site through out the night. Share a quote in the comments here about being a part of NY Creative Interns Community and what the experience has given you and you could see yourself on the big screen. Sharing is caring. We can’t wait to celebrate with you all!

This post by Emily Miethner originally appeared on NYCreativeInterns.com on November 20, 2011.

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