5:30 to 6:00 Dinner and Networking
6:00 to 7:00 Panel Discussion
Living Room Theaters
341 SW 10th Ave
Portland, OR 97205

Are you looking to make a career transition as the economy rebounds? Have you acquired the skills demanded by your target companies? Hear insight from local recruiters and hiring managers on the qualifications and abilities that will set you apart from the rest. Learn about new trends in the job market and find out what jobs may become available over the next year.

Take Aways:
-Learn the traits, characteristics and skills needed for marketing/communications positions, as told by area recruiters
-Find out what the hottest jobs are in the “new economy”
-Create an inventory of your key skills and abilities to better position yourself for a new career

Featured panelists:
Matt LeBlanc, Director Filter
Lauren Ranke, Creative Recruiter, Wieden & Kennedy
Jen Jacobs, Talent Scout, Global Brand Marketing Department at Nike

With moderator, Beth Ursin, Director of Career Management, Willamette University, SHRM Chapter President

Beth Ursin, Director of Career Management, Willamette University, SHRM Chapter President

Matt LeBlanc
Director, FILTER

Matt LeBlanc is the Director of FILTER’s office in Portland. FILTER is a full-service creative resources company that connects industry-leading companies with the very best creative and technology talent throughout the West. Offering both creative and technology staffing/recruiting services and interactive media design/ production, FILTER helps clients to make their ideas a reality and complete their projects with more speed, flexibility and cost efficiency.

Prior to joining FILTER, Matt most recently served as the Northwest Resource Manager for the Portland and Seattle offices of Razorfish. His 15 years of experience in advertising and marketing also include working with advertising agencies like TBWA\Chiat\Day, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, McCann-Erickson, and Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners. Matt has experience servicing big brands including Levi Strauss & Co., Hewlett-Packard Worldwide, Microsoft, and Nissan Motors of America.

Lauren Ranke
Creative Recruiter, Wieden & Kennedy

Straight from the suburbs of Flint, Michigan, Lauren stumbled on Wieden + Kennedy’s Portland office in 1995 wearing hippie cut-offs, unshowered. She was hired that day and has spent most of the last 14 years there. Her experience in Creative and Project Management led her to the role Creative Recruiter. Lauren is agency’s creative barometer, finding and vetting talent for the Creative Department. She loves misshapen vegetables and people who know about physics.

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