ARTS - Mona
Meet Go Girl’s Artist:
MONA
Studies
Post Graduate Diploma in Science, Major in Bio Medicine & Bachelor of Science, Major in Bio Medicine
Current role
Digital Marketing Lead
role DESCRIPTION
As Digital Marketing Lead, Mona is responsible for managing online marketing; including creating engaging content for social media channels and websites, running successful campaigns to create new customers, and promoting branding and products online
Watch Video 1
“Lots of people have no idea what they want to do, or where they are at. It’s to be expected and is part of your life journey!”
Go Girl chatted to our very own Artistic genius, Mona about her journey from school to now, what she learnt along the way, and who she’s become. Mona is passionate about digital arts, and it was great for her to think about when she was in school, and what advice she’d give to her younger self. Mona has made it her life’s work to inspire others into a career in digital arts, and hopes to inspire other Go Girls!
Watch Video 2
“Trust your gut instinct that you are making the right choices for yourself. Follow the things that you enjoy as there are so many pathways’ things can take.”
Go Girl Interview with Mona
Tell us about yourself? What do you enjoy?
My hobbies include poetry, running, hiking & fishing
what subjects did you like in high school?
I really enjoyed Mathematics (especially Statistics), and Sciences (Physics, Biology & Chemistry). However funnily enough, I didn’t really enjoy Arts & Drama Studies in school
When did you realise you wanted to do in your career?
When doing my Masters, I realised I didn’t want to be a researcher and took a break as I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I travelled and worked overseas for four years. I then joined a startup when I returned home. I picked up socials and digital marketing as it needed to be done. I felt it came naturally to me, and I also got a lot of autonomy. Rather than going back to University, I took up lots of short courses and self-learning in marketing, and learnt a lot on the job. I feel my Science background and "thinking" helped a lot in my approach to marketing throughout my career
Who inspires you?
Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, inspires me. She has a background in chemical engineering and often still one of the few females in a male dominated industry. Dr Holmgren is not a typically loud person, however, she is so engaging and always captures the room; works very hard, and is also very humble
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Trust your gut instinct that you are making the right choices for yourself. Follow the things that you enjoy as there are so many pathways' things can take. Also, find yourself mentors and sponsors. If I had better mentors in high school and/or University, and sponsors in the workplace, I could have fast tracked lots of my learning I did on my own, and it would have helped me with various opportunities I felt I missed out on
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